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President of Republic demands “immediate and unconditional” release of Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik Group (Full text letter)

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Bir-Lehlu, July 23, 2017 (SPS) – President of Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, has called on the United Nations “to make all necessary representations to the Moroccan authorities to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of the Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik Group and all Sahrawi political prisoners held unlawfully in Moroccan jails,” in a letter Friday to UN Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres.

President of Republic considers sentences against prisoners of Gdeim Izik further evidence of Morocco's intentions to continue policy of human rights violations without witnesses

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Bir-Lehlu (Liberated Territory), 23 July 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, considered the rulings against Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik group as another proof of Morocco's intentions to continue to violate human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara With the presence of witnesses.

Trial of Gdiem Izik Group clear example of judicial system failings in Kingdom of Morocco (Adala U.K.)

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“The trial of the Gdiem Izik Group of Saharawi political prisoners is a clear example of the failings of the judicial system in the Kingdom of Morocco; a system that is neither just nor independent
Posted on July 22, 2017
The long sentences imposed on each of the political prisoners reflects the practice of the Moroccan authorities to continually ignore national and international legislation.

Sahrawi ambassador to Algiers denounces prison sentences against Gdeim Izik group

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Algiers, July 20, 2017 (SPS)  - Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algeria Bachraya Hamoudi Bayoune denounces the heavy prison sentences handed down Wednesday against the political prisoners of Gdeim Izik.
These prison sentences were predictable, considering the political nature of the trial, which concerns detainees defending a just cause and claiming their rights to freedom and independence, he said.

Italian Deputy Stefano Vaccari condemns illegal sentences against Gdeim Izik's group

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Rome (Italy), July 19, 2017 (SPS) - The outstanding member of Parliament of Italy and president of the Parliamentary Group of Solidarity with the Saharawi People, Stefano Vaccari, condemned the illegal and arbitrary  sentences against the Sahrawi political prisoners of the group Gdeim Izik.
 
The Italian deputy told reporters in his country that "all the accusations are not fair and even more unjust according to what Human Rights Watch collected, on what the Saharawi prisoners suffered, such as the use of torture for get confessions ".

Saharawi Government strongly condemns harsh sentences against Gdeim Izik prisoners

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Bir Lahlou, July 19, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi government through a Ministry of Information statement, strongly condemned the sentences against Saharawi political prisoners knows as  Gdeim Izik Group, considering that "the verdicts are a clear repetition of Those issued by the Military Tribunal before. "