Madrid, June 18, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi community in Spain condemned Saturday all forms of repression practiced by the Moroccan occupation against the Saharawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a statement marking the anniversary of the historic Zemla Uprising.
“The Saharawi community whilst it commemorates the historic Zemla Uprising 1970/2012 under leadership of the deceased Mohammed Sidi Brahim Bassiri, it expresses strong condemnation to all forms of harassment and repressive practices experienced by heroes of the blessed Intifada of Independence and our prisoners, who are languishing in the dark jails of Moroccan colonizer,” asserted the statement.
The Saharawi community expressed solidarity with the young Saharawi on hunger strike Lafgir Kaziza, deploring the deportation of the Saharawi athletic champion Salah Din Amidan and preventing him from entering his occupied homeland and visiting his family and relatives.
They urged the international community and all organizations of human rights to rapidly intervene to save lives of the Saharawi prisoners in the terrible jails of occupation, who subjected to all kinds of torture, repression and abuse by the Moroccan repressive apparatus.
They also called for opening the occupied Western Sahara to the international press and observers of human rights. (SPS)
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