Bir Lehlu , Feb16, 2021 (SPS) - The President of the Saharawi Republic, Mr. Brahim Gali regretted this Tuesday the inaction of the international body and its Security Council in the face of serious aggressive acts against Sahrawi citizens in Occupied Zones.
The Sahrawi president in two messages to the UN SG and the president of the UN Security Council, said that the Frente POLISARIO condemns in the strongest terms, the practices of intimidation and retaliation of the Moroccan security apparatus against defenseless Sahrawi citizens, and blamed the Moroccan occupation for the escalation and reprisals in the Sahrawi Occupied Zones”.
"The war of aggression and retaliation waged these days by the Moroccan occupation authorities with all their security apparatus in the occupied areas of the Western Sahara adds to the history of crimes of genocide and murder that the Moroccan occupation state has been practicing against the civilian population Saharawi since the beginning of its invasion and military occupation of the territory, on October 31, 1975 ", affirms the Head of State in his message.
In this context, the President of the Republic regretted "the inaction of the General Secretariat and the Security Council and their shameful silence in the face of this aggressive act and barbaric practices in the occupied cities of Western Sahara, in view of the United Nations and its mission in the region”
He said that the UN should assume its "legal and moral responsibility towards the Saharawi people, especially civilians living in the areas under illegal Moroccan occupation, through the use of international protection mechanisms and the development of practical measures that guarantee their safety and protection, including the establishment of an independent and permanent United Nations mechanism for the protection of human rights in occupied Western Sahara”.
POLISARIO’s SG stressed that "the intimidation and physical and psychological torture suffered today by the Sidi Brahim Khaya family in the occupied city of Bojador, is just one example of the oppression, abuse and daily practices suffered by civilians Sahrawis in occupied Sahrawi cities ".SPS
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