Smara (Occupied territories), January 27, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi citizens in the occupied city of Smara organized Saturday a peaceful demonstration in Shaheed Saeed Dembar neighborhood, calling for the expansion of the prerogatives of MINURSO to include human rights monitoring in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, according to the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.
The demonstrators also called for enabling the Saharawi people to its right of self -determination through a free and democratic referendum.
Moroccan repressive forces responded violently to disperse the protest and chased the demonstrators in the nearby alleys and streets. (SPS)
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