Paris, April 06, 2018 (SPS) - The lives of the five Sahrawi prisoners, on the 27th day of unlimited hunger strike in Moroccan prisons, "are in danger," warned the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (AA-RASD), urging Morocco to abide by the international humanitarian law.
"Five Sahrawi political prisoners are on unlimited hunger strike in Moroccan jails since 27 days to demand the respect for their human rights; It is urgent to support them," said the French association.
These hunger strikers are demanding, among others, their transfer to prisons near their families in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and denounced ill-treatments and lack of medical care in Moroccan prisons, added the association.
On 12 February, two of Gdeim Izik prisoners' lawyers, Ingrid Metton and Olfa Ouled, were expelled from Morocco and prevented from visiting the Sahrawi prisoners, who are scattered in the prisons of Kenitra, Tiflet, Aarjate, Casablanca, Ait Melloul and Bouizakarne, often over 1,000 kilometres away from their places of residence, recalled the association.SPS
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