Madrid (Spain), Dec 11, 2016 (SPS) - Spanish trade union confederation condemned Saturday the systematic human rights violations committed by Moroccan occupation authorities in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, calling the United Nations to set a date for a referendum on Western Sahara people's self-determination.
In an address marking the International Human Rights Day, Jaime A. Tonda, A confederation's member, "strongly condemned the unfair trials against Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik group."
Tonda demanded from Morocco to set free Gdeim Izik group and all Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jail."
He asked the United Nations to set a date for the holding of a referendum on Western Sahara people's self-determination.
Earlier on Saturday, Paloma Lopez, a member of the European Parliament, said the "Saharawi people have the right to live in their territory freely and under a democratic system."
"The Saharawi cause is fair and just as recognized by the international law," Lopez stressed, urging Western Sahara people "to resist and not to lost hope in a better future." (SPS)
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