Thursday, November 17, 2005

The Uprising continues


The uprising independence continues and the challenges by the Saharawi militants to the Moroccan oppressive apparatus in Layoune which confirmed to the Moroccan occupiers that there will be no peace nor stability before its departure and full idependence.
In the morning of November the 6th 2005, there was a big demonstration at the Layoune III, avenue Boukraa high School, where Saharawi flags and anti-occupation slogans chanted. In the evening of this same day, another demonstration took place at the avenue of Bir Djedid, where the demonstrators are still chased in all the streets of the area.

In Marekesh University Ghady Aayad, the Saharawi students organised a solidaity march from the Rights faculty to the Literatures faculty. The speakers denouced the savage oppression against the helpless people in the occupied territories. The area where the march was organised was sieged by an intense security apparatus.

Samara:15/11/2005
the students of the Lycee of the Saghya el-hamra and Wady Dhahab organised a protest in solidarity with the Layoune population who endures the sagave and unhuman Moroccan oppression and punishment. Independence, freedom and struggle slogans were chanted. The students were violently dispersed by the Moroccan security forces.
the following students were interrogated:
- Hamdi Ghlana Moulay Ahmed
- Boulahi Mokhtar Hmadou
- Ahmed Lebnine
- Daowdy M´barek
Many parents were called by the Morccan authorities in order to put pressure on them.
الجمعية الصحراوية لضحايا الانتهاكات الجسيمة
لحقوق الانسان بالصحراء الغربية

بيان

عوض أن تضع الدولة المغربية حدا للانتهاكات الجسيمة لحقوق الانسان التي ارتكبتها على مدى ثلاثة عقود على خلفية النزاع السياسي العسكري بالصحراء الغربية. وبدل ان تكشف عن مئات المختطفين الصحراويين الذين ظل مصيرهم مجهولا. وتسليم رفات المتوفين داخل المعتقلات السرية واطلاق سراح المعتقلين السياسيين فانها ومن خلال اجهزتها الامنية ابت الا ان تتمادى في هدر كافة حقوق الشعب الصحراوي وتعميق ماساته بمزيد من الاختطافات والاعتقالات والمداهمات الليلية والقمع والمنع والتعذيب والتهريب والتضييق على كافة الحريات بالاقليم الذي يشهد مند نهاية مايو2005 تصعيدا خطيرا للعنف الممارس من طرف مختلف الاجهزة الامنية في حق المواطنين الصحراويين العزل الذين نظموا احتجاجات سليمة للتعبير عن حق الشعب الصحراوي في تقرير مصيره تماشيا مع قرارت وتوصيات الجمعية العامة للامم المتحدة ومجلس الامن وطبقا للمواثيق والعهود الدولية.
وبالرغم من النداءات الدولية المتكررة. وحملات والتنديد وبيانات المنظمات الحقوقية المحلية والدولية التي كشفت كلها عن حجم الخروقات والانتهاكات اليومية التي طالت كافة شرائح المجتمع الصحراوي والتي وصلت حد القتل العمد للمواطن الصحراوي لمباركي حمدي الذي فارق الحياة نتيجة ما تعرض له من تعذيب وحشي من طرف عناصر من الشرطة بتاريخ 29 اكتوبر2005. بمدينة العيون، فان الوضع ينبىء بوقوع ما هو أسوأ.
واننا نحن اعضاء الجمعية الصحراوية لضحايا الانتهاكات الجسمية لحقوق الانسان بالصحراء الغربية. اذ نعبر عن قلقنا العميق ازاء التدهور الخطير لوضعية حقوق الانسان بالاقليم. نحذر من خلال التطورات الحاصلة الى ما من شأنه الدفع بانتكاسة الوضع وتكريس عدم الاستقرار وارتكاب مجازر دموية في حق المواطنين الصحراويين. ونعلن للراي العام المحلي والدولي ما يلي
- تعازينا الحارة لأسرة الشهيد لمباركي حمدي السالك المحجوب وللشعب الصحراوي عامة ومطالبتنا بفتح تحقيق دولي وتقديم مرتكبي جرائم التعذيب للعدالة الدولية
- ادانتنا لاختطاف المواطن الصحراوي الهيبة محمد محمود ومطالبتنا بالكشف عن مصيره المجهول واطلاق سراحه بدون قيد أو شرط.
- شجبنا لما تعرض له الناشط الحقوقي ابراهيم دحان رئيس جمعيتنا- الجمعية الصحراوية لضحايا الانتهاكات الجسيمة لحقوق الانسان المرتكبة من طرف الدولة المغربية - الذي تم اعتقاله يوم 30 اكتوبر على خلفيتة أنشطته الحقوقية ومباشرته للتحقيق في جريمة اغتيال الشهيد لمباركي حمدي ومشاركته في الوقفة التضامنية مع عائلة الشهيد.
- استنكارنا لسوء المعاملة التي يتعرض لها المعتقلون السياسيون و النشطاء الحقوقيون بالسجن لكحل وباقي السجون المغربية وما يتعرض له عائلاتهم من اعتداءات من طرف أجهزة الأمن المغربية .
- مطالبتنا بوضع حد للانتهاكات المستمرة في حق الطلبة والتلاميد والنشطاء الحقوقيين وغيرهم من شرائح المجتمع وفتح الاقليم أمام الوفود الاعلامية والحقوقية الدولية
- مطالبتنا بالكشف عن الأسرى ومئات المختطفين الصحراويين مجهولي المصير وتسليم رفات المتوفين داخل المعتقلات السرية واطلاق سراح جميع المعتقلين السياسيين الصحراويين ومحاكمة المسؤولين عن ارتكاب جرائم ضد الانسانية .
وفي الختام ،- نحمل الدولة المغربية مسؤولية ما قد يسفر عن هذا الوضع المتردي لواقع حقوق الانسان وما يمكن أن يترتب عن تحريضها للوافدين على الاقليم ضد الساكنة من الصحراويين.ونطالب المنتظم الدولي بالتدخل العاجل لوقف هذا النزيف تفاديا لأي انزياح للوضع بالاقليم نحو الأسوأ.كما ندعو الأمم المتحدة الى تحمل مسؤولياتها ازاء ما يجري بالصحراء الغربية من انتهاكات جسيمة لحقوق الانسان وتفعيل المادة 73 من ميثاق الأمم المتحدة والتعجيل بتطبيق استفتاء تقرير المصير.و نناشد كل الضمائر الحية في الداخل والخارج العمل من أجل حمل الدولة المغربية على الانصياع للقرارات الأممية والجهود الدولية لوضع حد لمأساة الشعب الصحراوي وتمكينه من ممارسة حقه في تقرير مصيره تنفيذا لقرارات الشرعية الدولية.
حرر بتاريخ12/11/2005
العيون الصحراء الغربية
عن الجمعية الصحراوية لضحايا الانتهاكات الجسيمة بالصحراء الغربية

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

more photos from Layoune




photos from Layoune Demonstrations




New uprising in Western sahara.High Bills.

Since midnight November 13th 2005, there was an unprecedented overwhelming uprising in the history of the city(Layoune) since last May.
This uprising has included the following places:
Rass El-Khaima, Skeikima,, Cherif Errady, Zawyat Esheikh, Ben Hyousse, Tweiref, Niger, 23rd May, Mezwr to Tantan, Smara Avenue, Nhouhy Maataalla, Larak quarter, The avenue of El-Meduna to the camps of Chila, Boukraa avenue, Zanghat Boulmane, Zanghat Arrachidya, Zanghat Achawya, Nadhi Lahamar and its suburbs.

The demonstrators raised the national flags and was fixed on roofs and hung on electricity pillars and chanted slogans rejecting occupations and demanding self-determination and independence.
Many of the above mentioned avenues were blocked by burned tires and rocks. Among many other slogans there were the following:
- No alternative other than self-determination.
- Martyr rest, we will continue the fight.
- Saharawi (man) and Saharawi (woman) my hand in yours for freedom.
- Alive Polisario Front.

In front of this tense explosive situation, and massive uprising that knew the occupied territories, the Moroccan oppressive apparatus of all its kinds are now confused between spontaneous reaction full of savagism and violence and brutal intervention using all means of assault and punishment, sticks, beating, kidnapping, torture backed by anti-riot water-pumping trucks. The main brutal intervening forces are: The bloody GUS (Urban Security Group), the SIMI and the GIR (a new intervention group, first time deployed in the territory) and finally the intervention of the military Gendarmerie.
Many citizens were seriously injured others were detained, many Saharawi housed were broken into, their belonging destroyed, among the detainees are:

- Massamiyh Baba (former detainee)
- Haddy Mohamed Lamine
Among the injured:
- Khadudja Tahar
- Mohamed Ragraggy ( he is now in comma after being terribly tortured)
- Brahim Bayaaha
- Mohamed Hassoune
- Hamza Moulay
- Naama Mousawy
- Ahmed Djoumany
- Sidahamed Rgueiby Laaroussy ammad (seriously wounded due to torture, can not move)
- Hamza Mohamed said Mehdi ( was hit by a GUS vehicle type Land Rover 110 driven by the executioner Ichi Hossein)
- Abdel Rahamman Salek Omar.
- Moulay
- Botabaaa Amina
- Ali Tounssy
- Aziza Amidane
- Habiba Amidane


The Houses of the following citizens were assaulted:

- Wali Abnine
- Ahl Laaroussy ( were aggressively attacked by Moroccan settlers)
- Ahl Ahmass and their store door was damaged
- Ahl Lashagar
- Ahl sheigh Amidane
- Ahl Mohamed Housseine
- Ahl Aallali Ramdane
- Mohamed Omar Dadde
- Boujamaa Doudy
- Yarbanna Maalainine
- Hafed Hweidy
- Abdel Samed Ahmaddane
- Loud Ahmed Baba
- Abdallal El-hor (nicknamed Katoursi)
- Yara Lehkhlifa
- Maryame Aamara
- Ment Akhwalaha Boutabaa
- Abdallahi Lembairkat
- Yara Ahmed Ali Salem
- Mohamedou Dah
- Mahmoud Dkhil
- Mohamed Salem Sidi Bachri Rahal.


As a continuity to the 13th uprising, a demonstration was launched the 14th in different avenues and quarters of the city raising the national flags and chanting slogans demanding the departure of the occupiers and calling for independence therefore, besides the police and the army, more troops of the bloody forces mentioned above were deployed. News violent clashed took place where tens of houses were assaulted and their inhabitants beaten, belongings were either damaged or stolen. No exact number can be figured out until now among the demonstrators whose injuries are between wounds to broken bones ant the level of legs, arm, vertebra, crane and there are cases of comma due to the serious injuries.
There are about 54 detainees besides tens who were tortured and released later.
Primary list of some injured and detainees:

- Yahdih Maatalla
- Bekay Mheissanate
- Sweyeh Mohamed Lamine Salek
- Sidaty Aassaly
- Akmach Mohamed Ali
- Hamza Ghady
- Mahjouba Bachir Kreita
- Mansoura Chakoutty
- Geiraa Abdel-Rahmane
- Saadi Sahal.
- Mousawi Ahmed Boujmaa
- Haidala Khouna
- Najem Khalil
- Boutabaa Hanafy Ahmed
- Sweyheh Cheikh Mohamed Najem
- Sweyeh Adel-Rahmane
- Bochra Mohamed Fadel Bouchraya
- Boutabaa Boukhary
- Ragueb kenty
- Saleh Ahmed Hamma
- Mohamed Mohamed Salem
- Ahmed Nah
- Haidala Khalil
- Haidala Faddali
- Fdeily Tahar Maatalla
- Cheikh Mohamed Najem
- Mohamed Lamine Dgheich
- Chaarawi Bochra
- Hassana el-Khalfawi
- The whole Family of Tangi
- Sidahmed Ahmedou Boujamaa
- Ment Akhwalha Mohamed Lamine Djaaydar




Families whose houses were assaulted:

-Ahl Hafed
-Mousawi Boujamaa
- Ahl saadi Sahel
- Aabidyne Brhim
- Fatma Mohamed Maatala
- Salma Maatala
-Bahya Naouf
- Cheikh Amidane
- Mouloud Aali
- Bachir Lebayhi
-Ahmed labeid
-Salek Noumraya
- khouna Rgueiby
- Mbarak Sallouky
- Lamen Ahl Cheikh
- Boujamaa Ahl Mamoune
- Ahl Mamy Mohamed said
- Ahl Akmache
- Al Ghadi Ailal
- Ahl Barya
-Ahl Djaidar

Among the injured are:
- Mohamed Saleh Hossein
- Mohamed Ahmed Filali
- Nadjem khalil
- Mohamed Boulahi
- Maryam Salahi
- Aminatou Sidi Mohamed boutabaa
- Fatima Ahmed Ali Salem
- Salma Salek Lefdil
- Aliha Alfanych
- Mohamed Andalla Rahmoune
- Fatma Hmade
- Sahel Brahime Aalaya
- Naama Ahmed Salem Baba
- Idrissy Sidahmed Rgueiby
- Hallaty Aazza
- Boukhreisse Ameima
- Manna Galana Ali
- Ahl Ameidou
- Lebeihy Mouloud
- Hadamine Habouh
- Nedrouha Bouzeid’
- Ahmed Bahaya Naouf
- Bismi-Allah- aliha Fanych
- Saadi Aziza
- Saadi Sal
- Ragueb Kenty
- Khawala Assaaidy
- Ahmed Assaaydi
- Maahfoud Saady Ragueb
- Sal Massaoud
- Moussawi Sidahamed
- Aziza Salma Bachir
- Faddalla Ameidou
- Ameina Ameidou
- Aabeida Ameidou
- Maryem Bdel-rahmane
- Feila Boullahi Breir
- Noumraya Habib Alloud Andel-Rahmane
- Boussawla Abdelllahi
- Salka Mohamed Salem Mekky
- Beila Fatma
- Aamary Abdal-Moula
- Ahl Aali Maatalla
- Agheila Mohamed Salem
- Saadi Hazaña
- Omar Sidahamed AbdelMoula
- Mohamed Habib (Sarghaly)
- Fatma Amed Boutabaa
- Aminatou Ahmed Boutabaa
- Aziz Salama Bachir
- Mouloud Ali
- Hazaña tgalbout
- Abder-Hmane Salek
- Maryam Brahim Dweih
- Aaza Karkoube
- Hayoune Mahjoube
- Zeidane Moussawi
- Aabidyne Sbaayi
- Bakka Djanhawi
- Brahim Ragraggy
- Brahim Manssouri
- Moahmed haddi
- Mostaza Mannane
- Brahim Lembarki
- Mhamed Boulahy
- Mammadi Llak
- Bachie Foughrawi
- Mohamed Mouloud Matnane
- Ben El-Aalem Ahmed Mohamed Fadel
- Ghadi Hamza
- Dahwar Ali Salem
- El- Barbouch Sidi Mohamed
- Lehbib Laaroussy
- Lehbib Noumrya
- Aalaya Laadjaj
- Mohamed Mahmoud Achnane
- Zerwali Housseine
- Ahmed Bachir Ahmed Aali
- Fatimatou Yarba
- Mohamed Toubali
- Fatma Mohamed Yahdih maatalla.

Monday, November 14, 2005

30 000 demonstrators for Western Sahara.

Madrid, 14/11/2005 (SPS) More than 30.000 persons demonstrated, Saturday in Madrid, to demand the withdrawal of Morocco from Western Sahara and to demand from the Spanish Government to play an effective role within the international community so as to enable Saharawi people exercise their legitimate right to self-determination, according to press agencies.The demonstration, which started from the Atocha Place marching towards Plasa Mayor in he centre of the Madrid, counted with the participation of many Spanish political personalities, especially the Coordinator of the Izquierda unida (Unified Left), Gaspar Llamazares, and the Spanish Popular Party’s Secretary for Foreign Relations, Jorge Moragas, besides members of the Executive Committee of all Spanish political parties, including Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE- in power), representatives of trade unions, including the Secretary General of Cimisiones Obreras (one of the most important Spanish Trade Unions), José Maria Fidalgo.
Representatives of the Spanish and European civil society, NGOS, committees of support to the Saharawi cause and citizens also took part to the march that was widely covered by the Medias. "30 years of injustice and sufferings! 30 years are enough for the decolonisation of Western Sahara", "Justice for the Saharawi people", "Free Sahara", "Morocco guilty, Spain accountable", were some of the slogans chanted by the demonstrators during this march, which was organised on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Madrid’ Tripartite Accords through which Spain ceded the territory to Morocco and Mauritania. The participants, who were lifting pictures of Saharawi human rights activists (Ali Salem Tamek, Aminatou Haidar, Brahim Noumria an others), denounced human rights violations in the occupied territories that culminated lately by the assassination of the young Martyr Lembarki Hamdi under torture in El Aaiun. At the end of the demonstration the declaration of Madrid "for the decolonisation of Western Sahara" was read before the participants. The text, which was signed by more than 700.000 signatures of support, will be handed over to the Spanish Government this week, it was indicated."The Spanish State is historically and politically responsible of the colonisation the people of the Western Sahara is suffering, since Spain has occupied the territory and exploited its resources for more than a centaury", the text of the declaration underlines. It calls the Spanish Government to undertake "a determined action" so as the process of decolonisation that was interrupted in 1975 can be completed in a just way through the organisation of a self-determination referendum. It further called on Zapatero’s Government to demand from Morocco the respect of the UN’s Security Council’s resolutions, especially the resolution 1495, in which the Council endorsed the" Peace plan for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara”, most known as the Baker Plan.
Before that, Mr. José Taboada, President of the State Coordination of the Spanish Associations of solidarity with the Sahara (CEAS-Sahara), affirmed that it "is time to put an end to injustice and to the tragedy lived by the Saharawi people". "Saharawi people said: 30 years of repression is enough", he added referring to the uprising of Saharawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
"Spanish political powers are unanimously considering that the Sahara is a problem of the Spanish State. Spain must assume, within the international community, the leadership of the efforts aimed at setting justice for the Saharawi people", he underlined. The writer Mrs. Rosa Regas, who undertook lots of visits to the Saharawi refugee’s camps, declared she was "moved" by the number of participants, some 30.000 according to the organisers. (SPS)010/090/000 140940 nov 05 SPS
Source: Sahara Press ervice

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Spain hides its real politicy about Western Sahara.

Spain hides its real politics about Western Sahara.
This analysis was highly spread in the Solidarity of the Saharawi people milieu, the Polisario Front leadership has always tried to avoid tackling it publicly but it became unanimous attitude among the strong solidarity associations with the Saharawi people which has a big influence on the Spanish political milieu mainly at regional levels. Therefore, these associations celebrated yesterday the anniversary of the Madrid Agreement by organizing a huge demonstration that walked along Madrid streets from the Train Station which was the target of the Moroccan Commando March bombing to the main square in the city center known as “Plaza Mallor”. In this overwhelming gathering, the Solidarity associations demanded that Morocco stop immediately the oppression in the occupied territories and requested that the Spanish government must denounce publicly the “Madrid Agreement” which “legalize” the invasion of Western Sahara by the Moroccan Forces in the end of 1975 and the withdrawal if the Spanish forces with a humiliating way according to the officers who received the orders to do so.
The demonstration was supported by the presence of President Mohamed Abdel-aziz who is now in Spain. He declared previously that there is no other option exept the referendum for self-determination as a solution for the question of Western Sahara and the rejection of any other approach that does not take into consideration the non-negotiable right of the Saharawi people to freely choose his destiny.
The Saharawi leadership and the Spanish supporting forces launched jointly an unprecedented attack on the Zapatero government mainly against the foreign Affairs minister in person, Moratinos, and accused a lobbying group close to the government headed by the previous president Consalez to defend the Moroccan regime goals in the region despite that the government has several times declared its neutrality and its support to the UN but behind the curtains it hides maneuvers that aim at the realization of the Moroccan strategic objectives on the detriment of the Saharawi people, the balance and stability in north west Africa.

In this regard, the discourse of the Saharawi government calls the Spanish government to denounce an agreement that is totally contradictory to the international legality concluded by Spain on the eve of its withdrawal from the colony and never got back on it until now despite the UN resolutions which abolished it.

The demonstration organized yesterday in Madrid was attended by 30 000 people. It should be recalled.

Translated from Arabic
Source: El-khabar.
By:Nafaa Mohamed Salem

Saturday, November 12, 2005

Enclosure of Madrid Conference

The International Conference for the Solidarity with the Saharawi people, which is held in Madrid under the auspices of the Madrid mayor, ended today with the participation of mote than 250 national and international personalities. The conference was inaugurated by the Belgian Senator Pierre Galand, chairman of the European Coordination for the support of the Saharawi people. Besides, African and international personalities, representatives of the Spanish political parties who followed one another on the stage declared their full support for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination. Saharawi President ended the intervention by calling upon Morocco to respect the international legality emphasizing on the peaceful option.

The Conference was closed by issuing the Madrid Declaration, as a response to the “Madrid Agreement” which divided Western Sahara between Morocco and Mauritania. The Conference came up with the Madrid Declaration that includes the following:

1- Reminding Madrid of its historical responsibility regarding the decolonization, which is known as “Madrid Agreement” and the occupation and partition of Western Sahara.
2- Spain remains responsible as long as the Saharawi people do not exercise their right to self-determination.
3- Calling upon the Spanish Government to assume its responsibilities and to put pressure on Morocco to stop oppression against the Saharawi people.
4- Calling upon Spain to put pressure on Morocco to set free all the Saharawi detainees in the Black Jail in Layoune and shed light on the fate of 651 missing Saharawis, disappeared after the Moroccan invasion October 31st 1975.
5- Calling upon the UN to exercise pressure on the kingdom of Morocco to respect the international laws in force and the resolutions related to the decolonization and the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people.
The former Saharawi minister of defence and present Polisario representative in Spain, Mr. Brahim Ghali, declared to El-khabar that “the Declaration will be read in front of the Spanish Foreign Affairs Ministry after the March which is organized today in Madrid.

Translated from El-khabar, Algerian daily newspaper.
By: Nafaa Mohamed Salem.

Madrid Conference.

Madrid, 11/11/2005. The president of the Saharawi Republic, Mohamed Abdel-Aziz declared that “the Madrid Agreements of (1975) violated the international legality and tarnished the prestige of France” estimating that a durable peace in the region depends on the respect of the international legality and the Security Council resolutions which call for the exercise by the Saharawi people of his right to self-determination.

“The Madrid Agreements violated the international legality and tarnished the prestige of certain civilized nations who contributed to the progress of the humanity, such as France, who intervened militarily in the conflict and continues today within the UN Security Council to support Morocco, preventing thus the advent of the peace in the region” underlined the president of the Republic in the opening of the International Conference for the support of the Saharawi people this Friday in Madrid.

The Conference coincides with the thirtieth anniversary of the Madrid tripartite Agreements signed the 14th November 1975 between Spain, Morocco and Mauritania, which put the seals on the military invasion and the partition of the territory of Western Sahara.

For Abdelaziz, these illegal Agreements “had unleashed an unjust war which transformed thousands of children into orphans and hundreds of women widows” and obliged the Saharawis to “bring about an independence national war in very hard conditions” in which thousands of Saharawis lost their lives in the battle fields for freedom” while “ tens others lost theirs in Moroccan secret prisons” “where the young Lembarki assassinated as a result of torture which was inflicted on him during his detention by the Moroccan occupying forces, October the 30th 2005”.

The President has, moreover, deeply regretted that the Polisario exemplary conduct and its enormous concessions, did not serve yet for that the UN to “put the necessary pressure on Morocco in order to respect the Human rights of our populations residing in the occupied zones”.

According to Abdelaziz, the international Community ought to restore a “just” peace in the region in conformity with the principles and resolutions of the UN Security Council concerning the decolonization and not an erroneous interpretation based on relations of the actual and future forces in the region.

He warns “the one willing to manipulate these criteria to sabotage a possible peace perspective” the one “who only sows winds today, will harvest storms tomorrow”.

The international Conference for the solidarity with the Saharawi people, which is held under the theme “30 years of injustice and suffering! 30 years are enough! for the decolonization of Western Sahara” has been attended by leaderships of all Spanish political parties represented at the Parliament, Trade Unions organizations and solidarity movements with the Saharawi people at the European and Spanish level, personalities from the cultural and juridical milieus.

It will be followed, Saturday by an imposing march in the Spanish capital to remind the political rulers of the Spanish peninsula “the historical, political and ethical responsibility of Spain, in view of its status of a colonial power of Western Sahara until 1976”, in the settlement of the conflict, indicated the organizers and to denounce the Moroccan repressive practices in Western Sahara”

Translated from French. Source SPS.
Nafaa Mohamed Salem

Friday, November 11, 2005

News from Occupied territoies

Smara (occupied territories), 09/11/205(SPS) Saharawi political prisoner, Ismaili Hamada, was condemned last Tuesday by the Moroccan colonial court in the occupied city of a Smara to 3 years imprisonment and a 5.000 Moroccan dirham fine, according to sources from the Saharawi Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities.

The trial took place under high security measures by the Moroccan colonial forces, who sealed the court so as to prevent Saharawi citizens from attending the trial, it was indicated.

Demonstrators, who gathered in front of the doors of the court denounced this "abusive" judgement, calling for the "release of all Saharawi political prisoners and chanting slogans in favour of Saharawi people right to self-determination and independence", the same source added.

The forces of repression intervened brutally to disperse the demonstrators, injuring 2 persons, El Hidari Hayat and Cherif El Ghalia and arresting 2 others, Abdelmaoula Ould Mohamed Afif and Deddi Mohamed Béchir Hmada, it was stressed.

On another hand, flags of SADR were lifted in many streets of the city of Tan Tan, Legsabi and Goulimine (south Morocco) and tracts were distributed in the schools of these cities expressing the rejection of the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara and claiming for Saharawi people right to self-determination and independence. (SPS)


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Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Legal Issues

Facts:
Formerly Western Sahara was a colony of Spain. In 1975 the International Court of Justice ruled that the people of Western Sahara were entitled to self-determination including independence. That same year a UN mission determined that the people of Western Sahara were "categorically" for independence and opposed to the territorial claims of Morocco and Mauritania. But when Spain pulled out in 1976 it divided the territory between Morocco and Mauritania. Polisario, found in 1973 to oppose Spanish colonialism, rejected this action and declared the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Much of the population of Western Sahara fled the territory to Polisario run refugee camps in the neighbouring Algerian desert.
Polisario, which had led an armed struggle against Spain, turned its military efforts against Morocco and Mauritania. In July1978 there was a coup in Mauritania. Two days later Polisario declared a unilateral cease-fire with Mauritania. In 1979 Mauritania formally abandoned its claim to Western Sahara. Morocco immediately asserted a claim for the portion of Western Sahara previously claimed by Mauritania.

A United Nations General Assembly 1980 resolution stated clearly that the issue of Western Sahara is one of self-determination. The resolution "Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence" and expresses "deep concern… at the aggravation of the situation prevailing in Western Sahara because of the continued occupation of that Territory by Morocco."
The question of Western Sahara was first on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly in 1965, a time in which Morocco was an independent state. The argument for the liberation of the territory was based - as in so many analogous cases - on the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 1960, the Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The 1965 resolution set the tone of the many resolutions subsequently passed on the Sahara question, both by the UN General Assembly and by other international gatherings, especially the Non-Aligned Mouvement and the Organization of African Unity.
In 1966, The U.N. ratified the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to self-determination. Morocco and Mauritania support the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence at meeting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (June); the OAU Council of Ministers adopts its first resolution on Western Sahara, calling for the "freedom and independence" of Western Sahara (October-November); for the first time the UN General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for self-determination to be exercised through a referendum.

In 1974 , December 13, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution (No. 3292) requesting "the International Court of Justice, without prejudice to the application of the principles embodied in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), to give an advisory opinion on the question of Western Sahara.

In 1975, A UN Visiting Mission tours the country, witnessing unprecedented pro-Polisario demonstrations (May 12-19) and later reporting that the overwhelming majority of Saharawis want independence and reject the territorial claims of Morocco and Mauritania. The Mission reported:
"It became evident to the Mission that there was an overwhelming consensus among Saharans within the Territory in favour of independence and opposing integration with any neighbouring country....The Mission believes, in the light of what it witnessed in the Territory, especially the mass demonstrations of support for one movement, the Frente Polisario..., that its visit served as a catalyst to bring into the open political forces and pressures which had previously been largely submerged. It was all the more significant to the Mission that this came as a surprise to the Spanish authorities who, until then, had only been partly aware of the profound political awakening of the population."
The ICJ holds its sessions in The Hague on the Western Sahara problem (June 25-July 30, 1975) and ruled that the people of Western Sahara were entitled to self-determination including independence, (October 16). The court ruled “the Court's conclusion is that the materials and information presented to it do not establish any tie of territorial sovereignty between the territory of Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco or the Mauritanian entity. Thus the Court has not found legal ties of such a nature as might affect the application of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) in the decolonization of Western Sahara and, in particular, of the principle of self-determination through the free and genuine expression of the will of the peoples of the Territory”.
The UN Security Council meets and asks Kurt Waldheim to consult all interested parties (October 20 and 22) he visits Spain, Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria, discussing the possibility of transferring administration of Western Sahara temporarily to the UN (October 25-28).
Negotiations open in Madrid between Spanish, Moroccan and Mauritanian officials (Nov. 12), culminating in the signing of Madrid Agreement (Nov. 14).
The UN General Assembly adopts two resolutions advocating UN involvement in an act of self-determination (December 10)
In 1982, OAU admits SADR as a full-fledged member and in 1984 the OAU adopts resolution of AHG104 that will be the base of UN Peace Plan calling for self-determination for the Saharawi people.
In 1988 Morocco and Polisario accept UN peace plan for which in 1990 the UN Security Council resolutions 158/90 and 160/90 contain the Settlement Plan for Western Sahara, and referendum set for Jan 1992 and in (September 6,1991) Ceasefire begins, monitored by the UN but in direct violation, Morocco sends thousands of settlers to the territory and attempts to block the referendum process by forcing the UN to accept them as voters.
1992 Referendum delayed following disputes about who is eligible to vote.
1994 Start of identification of voters, a process later stopped by Morocco
1996 UN suspends registration of voters blaming Morocco for problems.
1997 Deadlock broken following talks in Houston (Houston Agreements) chaired by James Baker, former US Secretary of State.
1998 Referendum set for 7 December. Suspended after further disagreements.
1999 First voting lists published (more than 86 000 voters) and in December - referendum on independence or integration into Morocco?
2000 Failure of negotiations between Polisario Front and Morocco in London and Berlin.
2001 Tension mounting in region. Referendum has been delayed 12 times and in 2003 Morocco rejected the last possible chance for a just solution when refusing the James Baker Plan II that offers autonomy for years followed by a referendum. James baker resigned and a Dutch (Peter Van walsum) appointed recently to come up with a miracle.
Besides the obstacles put by Morocco in front of the organization of a fair and just Referendum, it engaged itself into illegal exploitation of the Natural Resources of Western Sahara, the UN made it clear in this regard:
“The foregoing legal principles established in the practice of States and the United Nations pertain to economic activities in Non-Self-Governing Territories, in general, and mineral resource exploitation, in particular. It must be recognized, however, that in the present case, the contracts for oil reconnaissance and evaluation do not entail exploitation or the physical removal of the mineral resources, and no benefits have as of yet accrued. The conclusion is, therefore, that, while the specific contracts which are the subject of the Security Council's request are not in themselves illegal, if further exploration and exploitation activities were to proceed in disregard of the interests and wishes of the people of Western Sahara, they would be in violation of the international law principles applicable to mineral resource activities in Non-Self-Governing Territories”. Hans Corell, Under-Secretary for legal Affairs, The Legal Counsel.
Nafaa Mohamed Salem.

"The Green March", 30 years after

"The Green March", 30 years after , by Fernando Arias-Salgado ex- Spanish Ambassador to Morocco.

The relations between Spain and Morocco and the future of the Maghreb will depend on the will of Spain to assume, once and for all, its responsibility as a democratic European country having big national interests in this African region.

Last November the 6th 1975 king Hassan the II of Morocco decided to defy the United Nations and the international legality regarding their principles on decolonisation. He launched a march (the Green March) of 350.000 non armed civilians towards the Western Sahara so as to “recuperate” the territory. This march was organised under the protection of the Moroccan Royal Army. A decision that was personally declared by the monarch in October the 16th 1975, who based it on an arbitrary interpretation of the legal opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Western Sahara, that was publicised the same date.

The ICJ, recognised the existence of judicial relations of « fidelity» (allegiance) between the Sultan of Morocco and some tribes in the territory of Western Sahara in the past, but declared on another hand, in very clear terms, that Morocco and Mauritania have absolutely no sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara.

Consequently, the Court concluded, in paragraph 162 of its opinion, that the resolution 1514 (XV) adopted by the UN’s General Assembly in 1960 on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples must be enforced with a view to decolonise the Western Sahara, and it especially stressed on "the principle of self-determination through the free and authentic expression of the will of the population of the territory".

The UN’s Security Council, solicited by the Spanish Government because of the seriousness of the situation created by the green march, adopted three resolutions then: resolution 377(1975), in October the 22nd; resolution 379 (1975), in November the 02nd, and resolution 380 (1975), in November the 06th the same day of the starting of the march.

In these resolutions, unanimously adopted, the Security Council deplored the launching of the green march and asked for the immediate withdrawal of the participants. In vain, that same day, the march, and in complete violation to the international legality regarding the decolonisation, crossed the borders of the non-self-governing territory that was under Spanish administration.

In November 1975, the Spanish Government, chaired by M. Arias Navarro, while the General (Franco) was in agony, ceded to the Moroccan pressures after a set of negotiations in Agadir and Madrid, and signed a "declaration of principles" in which a temporary Moroccan-Mauritanian administration is installed in Western Sahara to whom Spain would transfer the responsibilities and powers it has over the territory as an administrating power.

By this unilateral decision, which is legally questionable and which excluded the recognition of the right to self-determination of the Saharawi population that was confirmed by the ICJ, the participation of Western Sahara was "falsified" and the abandon of the Saharawi people to their fate between the hands of Moroccans and Mauritanians was passed. In February the 26th 1976 Spain abandoned the temporary administration to put an end to its civil and military presence in the territory.

The tragic consequences of this unilateral decision are known by everybody. A 15 years war waged until the enforcement of the case-fire in September 1991 between Morocco and Polisario Front. Thousands people died and disappeared. Millions dollars uselessly wasted in the sands of the desert. A 2.000 Kms long wall, filed with mines in the two sides, divides the territory from the north to the south. A big party of the Saharawi population was pushed to exile and persecuted. The entire region of the Maghreb lives under a state of political instability and blockage. Thirteen years after, the conflict is still ongoing and the political solution proposed by the UN’s Security Council; known under the name Baker Plan II, is still blocked.

Thinking about the future of the Maghreb, especially the relations between Spain and Morocco, I though it was interesting to go back a little bit to the past so as to remind the declarations of King Hassan II of Morocco to a French journalist, Eric Laurent, ten years ago, which were also reproduced by another journalist, Ignace Dalle, in his recent book in French, "Les trois rois ; la monarchie marocaine de l'indépendance à nos jours" (Three kings; Moroccan Monarchy from independence to the current days). In his statements concerning the green march king Hassan the II, affirmed, according to the mentioned journalist, that "it is a question of a psychological bet. I knew that Franco and his close collaborators are militaries. If they react as real militaries they won’t start fire on 350.000 non armed civilians". The monarch added according to the journalist: "to tell you the truth it was a cruel blackmailing, but no law consider it as illegal".

In the anniversary of these pitiful dates of the Spanish history, in which I think, one of the biggest strategic mistakes of the Spanish foreign policy was made, it will be necessary then to think about our relations with the Maghreb in general and with Morocco in particular. The green march contributed to the consolidation of the Moroccan monarchy represented by King Hassan the II, during international circumstances that were totally different from the current in Spain and in Morocco. Spain could have passed the Sahara to the UN’s temporary administration until the will of the Saharawi population is expressed in a valid way. That was the international legality at the time. The Spanish Government did not respect it. The strategic option of signing the Accords of Madrid in November the 14th 1675 did not bring peace, neither stability nor development to the Maghreb. It did not contribute to facilitate the development of the common interests that exist for geographic reasons between Spain and Morocco. In the future it is not necessary that this situation stay unchangeable. Regarding the new international state of affairs and the situation in the two countries, the political solutions must be democratic and we can not admit any other criteria to legitimise territorial acquisitions based on pretended "historical rights".

The democratic Government of Spain is now chaired by the Secretary General of the PSOE, Mr. Rodriguez Zapatero. It is perhaps the moment to put right, though partly, the damages caused to the Saharawi people by the last Government of the regime of Franco, and this through the support -not only via statements but also with deeds- of the referendum on self-determination in suspension since 1675, which is adopted in all the UN’s resolutions especially in the Settlement Plan, accepted by Morocco and in the Baker Plan II, Morocco continues to reject.

In my personal and professional opinion, besides my experience and knowledge about this question along the last 30 years, the relations between Spain and Morocco and the future of the Maghreb will depend on the Spanish Government’s will to assume, once and for all, its responsibilities as an occidental and European democratic country that has national interests in this African region, to which it should be recalled, Spain belongs geographically and strategically. (SPS)

010/090/666/TRD 081339 nov 05 SPS

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Letter to the EU.

Frente POLISARIO
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Representación para Europa






Brussels 7th of November, 2005


Mrs Benita Ferrero-Waldner
Commissioner for External Relations
& European Neighbourhood Policy






Dear Commissioner,


On 30 October 2005, the Saharawi citizen, LEMBAREK HAMDI SALEK MAHJOUB, died in El Aïoun (capital of Western Sahara under Moroccan occupation) as a result of blows and injuries inflicted by the Moroccan police force known as GUS (the sinister Urban Security Corps). This young man, aged 32 years, was arrested on Saturday, 29 October, while he was taking part in a peaceful demonstration with other Sahrawis. He was tortured to death.

It is a case of political murder and a premeditated assassination that has driven the family of the victim and the entire Saharawi people into deep mourning.

It is the proof that the Moroccan authorities of occupation are determined to go to the extent of committing a crime in their attempt to stifle the voice of defenceless civil population unwavering in its demand of right and justice.

It also shows the gravity of the current situation in the occupied Western Sahara, which is marked by massive violations of human rights: abduction, persecution, torture and detention in despicable conditions coupled with intimidation of families and denial of entry to the territory by international observers…

This recent act of the occupying authorities is taking place only 3 days after the European Parliament demanded Morocco, in its resolution of 27 October 2005, to put an end to its politics of repression and oppression in Western Sahara. That is to say the contempt demonstrated by this country towards international decisions and resolutions.

In light of these highly serious developments, we demand you:

To publicly condemn the Moroccan State for the murder of LEMBAREK HAMDI SALEK MAHJOUB,

To demand Morocco to immediately cease its policies of violence and repression targeting the Saharawi civil population that is only demonstrating peacefully to demand its right to self-determination.

This crime committed by Morocco in broad daylight is in flagrant contradiction with the values of justice, liberty, democracy and respect for human rights that are the founding values of Europe. It is in this context that, for months, Morocco has been holding in detention more than 40 Saharawi prisoners of conscience including Aminattou Haidar and Ali Salem Tamek.

The situation now necessitates that the European Union engages in a firm and urgent action towards the Moroccan Government that must not be allowed to continue to act like this with impunity. For it is true that Morocco has so far been benefiting from the generosity of the EU, without being worried too much or feeling compelled to implement the clauses relating to the respect for human rights enshrined in the association agreement concluded with this country.

Hoping that you will duly heed the call of the Saharawi defenceless population, I renew to you the assurances of my highest consideration.

Mohamed SIDATI
Minister Delegate for Europe
Member of the National Executive Board
POLISARIO Front

Monday, November 07, 2005

Secuestro del ciudadano Saharaui Haiba Mohamed



Secuestro del ciudadano Saharaui HAIBA MOHAMED MAHMUD, Un caporal en el ejercito Marroqui.

El jueves por la mañana, el 3 de noviembre de 2005, el ciudadano saharaui « Lmah Lhaiba ould Mohamed ould Mahmoud » es secuestrado por miembros de la gendarmería real marroquí a su lugar de trabajo, el cuartel militar del 4 ème grupo de ingenieros situado a El Aaiún. Ha sido conducido, las manos esposadas y los ojos bendados, hacia una destinación desconocida fuera del Aaiún.
Es necesario mencionar que la casa de Lhaiba ha sido saqueada y totalmente registrada , el 30 de Octubre durante la noche, por miembros de GUS bajo la dirección del verdugo marroquí " Ichi Aboulhassane ".
El día siguiente, el lunes, 31 de noviembre, ha sido convocado por la policía judicial para someterlo a una hora y media de interrogatorio a propósito de sus relaciones con los defensores saharauies de Derechos humanos.
HAIBA, nació en tantan el año 1970 , padre de una niña de menos de un año de edad, llamada "Najla". Haiba, Tiene el grado de cabo en las filas de las fuerzas armadas reales.

Diario de Sevilla/ Layoune(Spanish, English,French,German)

In Spanish:
sevilla / El aaiأ؛n. Importantes fuerzas de la Policأ­a marroquأ­ estأ،n desplegadas desde hace dأ­as en El Aaiأ؛n, capital del Sahara Occidental, cuando se acerca el 30 aniversario de la Marcha Verde que marcأ³ el comienzo de la anexiأ³n por Marruecos del territorio administrado por Espaأ±a. Desde hace una semana, se han producido escaramuzas a la salida de las escuelas entre los menores y los adolescentes que lanzan consignas independentistas y la Policأ­a que los dispersa a garrotazos, indicaron habitantes y responsables de organismos de derechos humanos.
El sأ،bado pasado la situaciأ³n adquiriأ³ contornos dramأ،ticos con la muerte de un hombre, cuando un grupo de saharahuis gritaba consignas hostiles a Marruecos, en la avenida Smara, principal arteria de la ciudad.
Segأ؛n la versiأ³n dada por la Policأ­a, Hamdi Lambarki muriأ³, "al parecer, por efecto de una pedrada de los manifestantes", cuando se producأ­an enfrentamientos con las fuerzas del orden. Por el contrario, segأ؛n testimonios obtenidos por la familia de la vأ­ctima, el hombre fue embestido por un vehأ­culo de la Policأ­a y luego los ocupantes lo golpearon en la cabeza. Abandonado inconsciente por las fuerzas del orden, fue conducido al hospital que rechazأ³ ingresarlo y muriأ³ el domingo en la maأ±ana.
Esta agitaciأ³n se produce tres dأ­as antes de trigأ©simo aniversario de la Marcha Verde, lanzada por el rey Hassan II en 1975 en direcciأ³n a la antigua colonia espaأ±ola. En esa ocasiأ³n, unos 350.000 marroquأ­es se dirigieron, el 6 de noviembre de 1975, hacia la frontera con el Sahara Occidental, para reclamar la soberanأ­a de Marruecos sobre este territorio.
Desde finales del mes de septiembre hasta ahora, multitud de saharauis han sido encarcelados y arrestados en los territorios ocupados tras manifestarse exigiendo la liberaciأ³n de todos los presos polأ­ticos y el derecho a la celebraciأ³n del referأ©ndum de autodeterminaciأ³n. Muchos de ellos son activistas de derechos humanos.
Los saharauis fueron encerrados en las diferentes cأ،rceles y finalmente reagrupados en la cأ،rcel Negra de El Aaiأ؛n, tal como exigأ­an los recluidos y que Marruecos cediأ³ debido a la presiأ³n internacional. Uno de los detenidos ha sido Ali Salem Tamek, activista de los derechos humanos, quien denuncia la ausencia sanitaria en las cأ،rceles marroquأ­es y las continuas violaciones a los derechos humanos de Marruecos por su "polأ­tica sistemأ،tica de represiأ³n, torturas, juicios injustos y de malos tratos en el interior de las cأ،rceles". Del mismo modo, hizo un llamamiento para "el levantamiento del bloqueo de seguridad en los medios de comunicaciأ³n en las ciudades del Sahara Occidental, ademأ،s de una apertura del territorio a las misiones de observadores internacionales". Actualmente Marruecos tiene encarcelado a 27 saharauis en la cأ،rcel Negra de El Aaiأ؛n y 3 en la de Agadir (Marruecos) tras distribuir panfletos y banderas del Polisario en los que exigأ­an la liberaciأ³n de los presos polأ­ticos y la inmediata retirada de las fuerzas de ocupaciأ³n en el Sahara.
Pero las detenciones arbitrarias no son el أ؛nico escأ،ndalo en el que se ha visto envuelto el Gobierno alauita. El pasado 9 de octubre se descubrieron fosas comunes con cadأ،veres de algunos desaparecidos saharauis. Un organismo oficial marroquأ­ llamado Instancia de Equidad y Reconciliaciأ³n (IER), informأ³ de la exhumaciأ³n de 50 cadأ،veres de personas desaparecidas durante el reinado de Hassan II en diferentes cementerios situados cerca de los centros secretos de detenciأ³n. Entre estos cadأ،veres se encontraron 43 saharauis que fueron secuestrados en la dأ©cada de los 70, 80 y 90 por el rأ©gimen marroquأ­ y que murieron durante la detenciأ³n en prisiones secretas que se encuentran en zonas montaأ±osas del sur de Marruecos, como Agdez, Kalat Magunna y Tagunit.
Por el momento, los familiares de los muertos han rechazado negociar con la delegaciأ³n del Magzen marroquأ­ IER, el cual pretendأ­a llevar a los familiares con el objetivo de cerrar este expediente para finales de noviembre, fecha tope en que se acaba la prأ³rroga de la existencia de la propia IER. Para algunos miembros del Polisario, el rأ©gimen marroquأ­ "utiliza esta tأ،ctica para eludir responsabilidades ante los crأ­menes cometidos contra la humanidad y pasar pأ،gina, rechazando todas las reivindicaciones legأ­timas de los familiares".
In English:
Seville/aaiأ؛n. Important forces of the Moroccan Police have been unfolded for days in the Aaiأ؛n, capital of the Western Sahara, when anniversary of the Green March approaches the 30 that marked the beginning of the annexation by Morocco of the territory administered by Spain. For one week, skirmishes when coming out of the schools between the minors have been taking place and the adolescents who send independentist slogans and the Police that disperse them with cudgels, indicated inhabitants and people in charge of organisms of human rights. Last Saturday the situation acquired dramatic contours with the death of a man, when a group of saharahuis shouted hostile slogans to Morocco, in the avenue Smara, main artery of the city. According to the version given by the Police, Hamdi Lambarki died, "apparently, by effect of throw of stones of the demonstrators", when confrontations with the forces of the order took place. On the contrary, according to testimonies obtained by the family of the victim, the man was attacked by a vehicle of the Police and soon the occupants struck it in the head. Left unconscious by the forces of the order, he was lead to the hospital that he rejected to enter it and he died Sunday in the morning. This agitation takes place three days before thirtieth anniversary of the Green March, sent by king Hassan II in 1975 in the direction of the old Spanish colony. In that occasion, about 350,000 Moroccans went, the 6 of November of 1975, towards the border with the Western Sahara, to demand the sovereignty of Morocco on this territory. From end of the month of September to now, multitude of saharauis has been jailed and arrested in the territories occupied after pronouncing itself demanding the liberation of all the political prisoners and the right to the celebration of the self-determination referendum. Many of them are activists of human rights saharauis were locked up in the different jails and finally regrouped in the Black jail from the Aaiأ؛n, as they demanded the shut in ones and that Morocco yielded due to the international pressure. One of the prisoners has been Ali Salem Tamek, activist of the human rights, that the sanitary absence in the Moroccan jails and the continuous violations to the human rights of Morocco by its "systematic policy of repression denounces, tortures, unjust judgments and of bad treatments inside the jails". In the same way, it made a call for "the rise of the blockade of security in mass media in the cities of the Western Sahara, in addition to an opening from the territory to the missions of international observers". At the moment 27 Morocco saharauis in the Black jail of the Aaiأ؛n has jailed to and 3 in the one of Agadir (Morocco) after distributing panfletos and flags of the Polisario in which they demanded the liberation of the political prisoners and the immediate retired of the forces of occupation in the Sahara.Pero the arbitrary haltings are not the only scandal in which it has been surrounded the alaui Government. The past 9 of October were discovered common graves with corpses of some disappear saharauis. An official organism Moroccan called Instance of Fairness and Reconciliation (IER), informed about the exhumation of 50 corpses of people disappeared during the reign of Hassan II in different cemeteries located near the secret centers from halting. Between these 43 corpses were saharauis that they were kidnapped in the decade of the 70, 80 and 90 by the Moroccan regime and that died during the halting in secret prisons that are in mountainous zones of the south of Morocco, like Agdez, Kalat Magunna and Tagunit. At the moment, the relatives of deads have rejected to negotiate with the delegation of the Moroccan Magzen IER, which tried to take to the relatives with the objective to close this file for end of November, date top in which the prorogation of the existence of the own IER finishes. For some members of the Polisario, the Moroccan regime "uses this tactics to elude responsibilities before the crimes committed against the humanity and to pass page, rejecting all the legitimate vindications of the relatives".
In French:
Seville/aaiأ؛n. Des forces importantes de la police marocaine ont أ©tأ© dأ©ployأ©es depuis quelques jours dans l'Aaiأ؛n, capital du Sahara occidental, vue la proximitأ© du 30ieme anniversaire de la matche verte qui a marquأ© le commencement de l'annexation par le Maroc du territoire administrأ© par l'Espagne. Durant une semaine, les escaramouches en sortant des أ©coles ont eu lieu avec les eleves et les adolescents qui criaient des slogans independentistes, آ et la police qui les dispersent avec des triques, ont rapportأ© des habitants et des personnes responsables des organizations des droits de l'homme. Le samedi passأ© la situation a acquis des dimensionss dramatiques avec la mort d'un homme, quand un groupe de saharahuis a criأ© des slogans hostiles au Maroc, dans l'avenue Smara, l'artأ¨re principale de la ville. Selon la version donnأ©e par la police, Hamdi Lambarki est mort, "apparemment, par effet du jet des pierres des manifestants", quand les confrontations avec les forces de l'ordre ont eu lieu. Au contraire, selon des tأ©moignages obtenus par la famille de la victime, l'homme a أ©tأ© attaquأ© en un vأ©hicule de la police et bientأ´t les occupants l'ont frappأ© dans la tأھte.Les forces de lآ´ordre lآ´ont laissأ© sans connaissnace, il a أ©tأ© menأ© أ l'hأ´pital qui a refusأ© son admissionآ et il est mort dimanche le matin. Cette agitation a lieu trois jours avant le trentiأ¨me anniversaire de la marche verte, menأ©e par le Roi Hassan II en 1975 vers la direction de la vieille colonie espagnole. Au cours de laquelle, environ 350.000 Marocains se sont acheminأ©s, le 6 de novembre de 1975, vers la frontiأ¨re avec les Sahara occidental, pour exiger la souverainetأ© du Maroc sur ce territoire. Depuis la fin du mois de septembre jusquآ´a aujourdآ´hui, multitude de saharauis a أ©tأ© emprisonnأ©e et arrأھtأ©e dans les territoires occupأ©s aprأ¨s s'أھtre prononcأ© exigeant la libأ©ration de tous les prisonniers politiques et le droit أ la cأ©lأ©bration du rأ©fأ©rendum d'autodأ©termination. Bon nombre d'entre eux sont des activistes des droits de l'homme qui ont etأ© آ enfermأ©s dans diffأ©rentes prisons et finalement regroupأ©s dans la آ prison noire de l'Aaiأ؛n, car ils lآ´ont exigأ© et le Maroc a cأ©dأ© en raison de la pression internationale. Un des prisonniers a أ©tأ© Ali Salem Tamek, activiste des droits de l'homme, qui a denoncأ© l'absence sanitaire dans les prisons Marocaines et violations continues des droits de l'homme au Maroc par sa "politique systأ©matique de rأ©pression, des tortures, jugements injustes et de mauvais traitements أ l'intأ©rieur des prisons". De la mأھme maniأ¨re, elle a fait un appel pour "enlever le blocus de sأ©curitأ© sur les mass media dans les villes du Sahara occidental, en plus d'une ouverture du territoire aux missions des observateurs internationaux". En ce moment, il ya emprisonnأ©s dans la prison noire de Al Aiأ؛n, 27 saharauis et 3 dans celui dآ´Agadir au maroc pour avoir آ distribuأ©sdes panflets et des drapeaux du Polisario dans lequel ils ont exigأ© la libأ©ration des prisonniers politiques et le retrait immأ©diat des forces marocaines du Sahara.Pero les arrets arbitraires ne sont pas le seul scandale quآ´a commis le gouvernement آ alaui. Le 9 du mois d'octobre passأ© ont أ©tأ© dأ©couvertes des tombes communes avec des cadavres de gens disparusآ´, des saharauis. Une organization officielle marocaine , appelأ©e Instance de l'equitabilitأ© et de la rأ©conciliation (IER), a informأ© au sujet de l'exhumation de 50 cadavres des personnes disparues pendant le rأ¨gne de Hassan II dans diffأ©rents cimetiأ¨res situأ©es prأ¨s des centres secrets dآ´arrets. Entre ces 43 cadavres أ©taient les saharauis qu'ils ont أ©tأ© enlevأ©s dans la dأ©cennie des 70, des 80 et des 90 par le rأ©gime marocain et qui etaient morts pendant lآ´arret dans les prisons secrأ¨tes qui sont dans des zones montagneuses du sud du Maroc, comme Agdez, Kalat Magunna et Tagunit. En ce moment آ les parents des dأ©cأ©dأ©s ont refusأ© entrer en pourparlers avec la dأ©lأ©gation du Magzen marocain IER, qui a essayأ© de les emmenأ©آ aux cadavres avec l'objectif de fermer ce dossier pour fin novembre, date a laquelle doit se dissoudre lآ´IER selon ses propres statuts. Pour quelques membres du Polisario, le rأ©gime marocain "emploie cette tactique pour أ©luder ses responsabilitأ©s danst les crimes commis contre l'humanitأ© et pour passer la page, rejetant toutes les revendications lأ©gitimes des parents".
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In German:
Seville/aaiأ؛n. Wichtige Krأ¤fte der marokkanischen Polizei sind fأ¼r Tage im Aaiأ؛n, Kapital des Westsahara ausgebritten worden, wenn Jahrestag des grأ¼nen Mأ¤rzes den 30 sich nأ¤hert, die den Anfang der Annexion durch Marokko der Gegend kennzeichneten, die durch Spanien ausgeأ¼bt wurde. Fأ¼r eine Woche haben Skirmishes, wenn sie aus die Schulen zwischen die Minderjأ¤hrigen herauskamen, stattgefunden und die Jugendlichen, die independentist Slogans und die Polizei senden, die sie mit cudgels, angezeigte Einwohner und Leute verantwortlich fأ¼r organismen der menschlichen Rechte zerstreuen. Letzter Samstag erwarb die Situation drastische Formen mit dem Tod eines Mannes, als eine Gruppe saharahuis feindliche Slogans zu Marokko, in der Allee Smara, zur Hauptarterie der Stadt schrie. Entsprechend der Version, die von der Polizei gegeben wurde, starb Hamdi Lambarki, "anscheinend, durch Effekt von Throw der Steine der Demonstrationsmodelle", als Konfrontationen mit den Krأ¤ften des Auftrages stattfanden. Auf dem Gegenteil entsprechend den Zeugnissen, die von der Familie des Opfers erreicht wurden, wurde der Mann durch einen Trأ¤ger der Polizei angegriffen und bald schlugen die Inhaber ihn im Kopf an. Linkes unbewuأںtes durch die Krأ¤fte des Auftrages, war er fأ¼hrt zu das Krankenhaus, dem er zurأ¼ckwies, um ihn einzutragen und er Sonntag morgens starb. Diese Bewegung findet drei Tage vor dem dreiأںigsten Jahrestag des Grأ¼ns Mأ¤rz statt, gesendet vom Kأ¶nig Hassan II 1975 in der Richtung der alten spanischen Kolonie. Dadurch, daأں Gelegenheit, ungefأ¤hr 350.000 Marokkaner ging, die 6 von November von 1975, in Richtung zum Rand mit dem Westsahara, die Hoheit von Marokko auf dieser Gegend verlangen. Vom Ende des Monats September jetzt, ist Menge saharauis in den Gegenden gefangengesetzt worden und festgehalten worden, die nachdem man die Befreiung aller politischen Gefangenen und das Recht zur Feier des Self-determinationreferendums verlangend besetzt werden, sich ausgesprochen hatte. Viele von ihnen sind Aktivisten der menschlichen Rechte, die saharauis oben in den unterschiedlichen Gefأ¤ngnissen verriegelt waren und schlieأںlich im schwarzen Gefأ¤ngnis vom Aaiأ؛n umgruppiert, da sie geschlossen in eine verlangten und dieses Marokko wegen des internationalen Drucks erbrachte. Einer der Gefangenen ist Ali Salem Tamek, Aktivist der menschlichen Rechte, die die gesundheitliche Abwesenheit in den Marokkanergefأ¤ngnissen und in den ununterbrochenen Verletzungen rechts menschlichen von Marokko durch seine "systematische Politik der Unterdrأ¼ckung kأ¼ndigt, Folterungen, unjust Urteile und der schlechten Behandlungen innerhalb der Gefأ¤ngnisse" In der gleichen Weise bildete es einen Anruf fأ¼r "den Aufstieg der Blockade der Sicherheit in den Massenmitteln in den Stأ¤dte des Westsahara, zusأ¤tzlich zu einer أ–ffnung von der Gegend zu den Missionen der internationalen Beobachter". In dem Augenblick als 27 Marokko saharauis im schwarzen Gefأ¤ngnis des Aaiأ؛n zu gefangengesetzt hat und 3 in dem von Agadir (Marokko) nachdem verteilende panfletos und Markierungsfahnen des Polisario, in dem sie die Befreiung der politischen Gefangenen und des sofortigen verlangten, welche von den Krأ¤ften der Besetzung im Sahara.Pero die willkأ¼rlichen haltings zurأ¼ckgezogen wurden, nicht der einzige Skandal sind, in dem es der alaui Regierung umgeben worden ist. Die letzten 9 von Oktober wurden entdeckt, daأں allgemeine Grأ¤ber mit Leichen von einigem saharauis verschwinden. Ein amtlicher Organismus marokkanischer benannter Instance von der Gerechtigkeit und von der Versأ¶hnung (IER), informiert أ¼ber das exhumation von 50 Leichen der Leute verschwand wأ¤hrend der Herrschaft von Hassan II in den unterschiedlichen Kirchhأ¶fen fand nahe den geheimen Mitten vom Anhalten. Zwischen diesen 43 Leichen waren saharauis, daأں sie in die Dekade der 70, der 80 und der 90 durch das marokkanische Regime entfأ¼hrt wurden und daأں gestorben wأ¤hrend des Anhaltens in den geheimen Gefأ¤ngnissen, die in den Gebirgszonen des Sأ¼dens von Marokko, wie Agdez, Kalat Magunna und Tagunit. In dem Augenblick als, die Verwandten von deads zurأ¼ckgewiesen haben, um mit der Delegation des marokkanischen Magzen IER zu vermitteln, das versuchte, zu nehmen den Verwandten mit der Zielsetzung, um diese Akte fأ¼r Ende November zu schlieأںen, datieren Sie Oberseite, in der die Vertagung des Bestehens von IER Ende besitzen. Fأ¼r einige Mitglieder des Polisario, verwendet das marokkanische Regime "dieses die Taktiken, zum von von Verantwortlichkeiten vor den Verbrechen auszuweichen, die gegen die Menschlichkeit und der Seite zu fأ¼hren festgelegt werden und weist alle gesetzmaأںigen Rechtfertigungen der Verwandten" zurأ¼ck .
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In Italian:
Seville/aaiأ؛n. Le forze importanti della polizia marocchina sono state spiegate per i giorni nel Aaiأ؛n, capitale dei Sahara occidentale, quando l'anniversario di marzo verde si avvicina ai 30 che hanno contrassegnato l'inizio del annexation dal Marocco del territorio amministrato dalla Spagna. Per una settimana, gli skirmishes quando esce dalle scuole fra i minori stanno avvenendo e gli adolescenti che trasmettono gli slogan di independentist e la polizia che li disperdono con i cudgels, abitanti indicati e popolano incaricato degli organismi dei diritti dell'uomo. Ultimo sabato la situazione ha acquistato i profili drammatici con la morte di un uomo, quando un gruppo dei saharahuis ha gridato slogan ostili nel Marocco, nel viale Smara, l'arteria principale della cittأ . Secondo la versione data dalla polizia, Hamdi Lambarki أ¨ morto apparentemente, ", da effetto del tiro delle pietre dei dimostranti", quando i confronti con le forze dell'ordine hanno avvenuto. Al contrario, secondo le testimonianze ottenute dalla famiglia della vittima, l'uomo أ¨ stato attacato in veicolo della polizia e presto gli occupanti lo hanno colpito nella testa. Unconscious di sinistra dalle forze dell'ordine, era conduce all'ospedale che ha rifiutato per entrarlo ed ha morto domenica alla mattina. Questa agitazione avviene tre giorni prima del trentesimo anniversario del verde marzo, trasmesso dal re Hassan II di 1975 nel senso della colonia spagnola anziana. In quanto l'occasione, circa 350.000 marocchini أ¨ andato, i 6 di novembre di 1975, verso il bordo con i Sahara occidentale, richiedere la sovranitأ del Marocco su questo territorio. Dalla conclusione del mese di settembre ora, il gran numero di saharauis أ¨ stato imprigionato ed arrestato stato nei territori occupati dopo la pronuncia che richiede la liberazione di tutti i prigionieri politici e la destra alla celebrazione del referendum di self-determination. Molte di loro sono activists dei diritti dell'uomo che i saharauis sono stati bloccati in su nelle prigioni differenti ed infine che si sono raggruppati nella prigione nera dal Aaiأ؛n, poichأ¨ hanno richiesto chiuso in un ed il quel Marocco ha reso dovuto la pressione internazionale. Uno dei prigionieri أ¨ stato Ali Salem Tamek, activist dei diritti dell'uomo, che l'assenza sanitaria nelle prigioni del marocchino e nelle violazioni continue ai diritti dell'uomo del Marocco dalla relativa "politica sistematica di repressione denuncia, torture, giudizi unjust e dei trattamenti difettosi all'interno delle prigioni". Nello stesso senso, ha fatto una richiesta per "l'aumento del blocco di sicurezza nei mass-media nelle cittأ dei Sahara occidentale, oltre che un'apertura dal territorio alle missioni degli osservatori internazionali". Dal momento che 27 saharauis del Marocco nella prigione nera del Aaiأ؛n ha imprigionato a e 3 in quello di Agadir (Marocco) dopo che i panfletos e le bandierine di distribuzione del Polisario in cui hanno richiesto la liberazione dei prigionieri politici e dell'immediato pensionati delle forze dell'occupazione nel Sahara.Pero i haltings arbitrari non siano l'unico scandal in cui sia circondato il governo di alaui. I 9 passati di ottobre sono stati scoperti che le tombe comuni con i corpses di alcuno spariscono saharauis. Un organismo ufficiale Instance denominato marocchino dell'imparzialitأ e della riconciliazione (IER), informato circa il exhumation di 50 corpses della gente أ¨ sparito durante il reign di Hassan II in cimiteri differenti ha individuato vicino ai centri segreti dalla fermata. Fra questi 43 corpses erano i saharauis che sono stati rapinati nella decade dei 70, dei 80 e dei 90 dal regime marocchino e che morto durante la fermata nelle prigioni segrete che sono nelle zone montagnose del sud del Marocco, come Agdez, Kalat Magunna e Tagunit. Dal momento che, i parenti dei deads hanno rifiutato per negoziare con la delegazione del Magzen marocchino IER, che ha provato a prendere ai parenti con l'obiettivo per chiudere questa lima per la conclusione di novembre, dati la parte superiore in cui proroga dell'esistenza del possedere i rivestimenti di IER. Per alcuni membri del Polisario, il regime marocchino "usa questo le tattiche per eludere le responsabilitأ prima dei crimini commessi contro l'umanitأ e per passare la pagina, rifiutante tutte le rivendicazioni legittime dei parenti
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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Killed under torture (New corpse uncovered)



- Here are photos of Mohamed ould Barka knowed as "Cheibani" born 1967, was tortured to death in the Black Jain in Layoune on November 28th 2002.
- Cadaver de Muhamed ould Barka conocido por "Cheibani" nacido en 1967 torturado hasta morir en la carcel Negra del Layoune en el 28 Noembre 2002.
- Cadavre de Mohamed ould Barka connu sous nom de "Cheibani" troturé á mort á la Prison noire de Layoune le 28 Novembre 2002.

Polisario Front-European Parliament

Geneva, 05/11/2005 (SPS) The European Parliament (EP) congratulated Polisario Front for its commitment to destroy its anti-personnel mines, estimating that this "courageous decision" shows the will of Saharawis to resolve the conflict "in peaceful ways conforming to the international legality", reported a press release publicised Friday by the EP’s intergroupe for Western Sahara."We invite Morocco to show similar will with substantial deeds, as a first step towards the destruction of the notorious wall, which does not only divide the territory of Western Sahara but also a whole people and families for more than three decades", declared the intergroup’s President, Mrs. Karin Scheele.The text, further, condemned ad denounced "successive human rights violations committed by Moroccan police and army in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, especially the horrible and abject assassination of the young Lambarki Hamdi, last October the 30th 2005, for the simple reason of having demonstrated in a peaceful way claiming for the respect of the international resolutions for a definitive solution to the conflict".On another hand, the Euro-parliamentarians demanded "the opening of an independent, impartial, transparent and competent investigation", on the circumstances of the crime, so as to define and punish the authors, calling for "the remuneration" of the family of the late "in an adequate and respectful way".They also required "the respect of the right to free expression and demonstration" in the occupied territories of Western Sahara. (SPS)040/090/000/TRD 051650 Nov 05 SPSup

La provincia (Spanish Media)

Agencias el aaiún Las fuerzas antidisturbios marroquíes tomaron ayer el barrio de El Aaiún en el que vivía el saharaui fallecido hace una semana tras una manifestación independentista. Agentes de las Fuerzas Auxiliares provistos de material antidisturbios vigilan todas las calles del barrio de Colominas, en donde se encuentra la vivienda familiar de Hamdi Lembarki, de 31 años, que falleció el pasado sábado tras una manifestación a favor de la independencia del Sahara Occidental. El amplio dispositivo policial trata de impedir que se reproduzcan las manifestaciones independentistas, como la que tuvo lugar el viernes en este barrio. Durante esa manifestación, tres periodistas españoles fueron conducidos a comisaría por la policía marroquí, que requisó a dos de ellos las tarjetas de memoria de las cámaras fotográficas y se las devolvió después con los archivos borrados. La hermana del saharaui fallecido, Salam Lembarki, reiteró ayer que todos los testimonios que han recogido aseguran que su hermano murió tras recibir una paliza por parte de la policía. La primera autopsia realizada indicaba que el joven había muerto a consecuencia de un traumatismo craneal, pero la familia ha reclamado una segunda autopsia cuyos resultados esperan conocer la semana próxima. La policía marroquí sostiene que el joven recibió una pedrada en la cabeza en el transcurso de los enfrentamientos que se produjeron entre los manifestantes independentistas saharauis y las fuerzas del orden. Una calma aparente reinaba ayer en El Aaiún, la capital administrativa del Sahara Occidental, la víspera del trigésimo aniversario de la Marcha Verde que supuso el comienzo de la anexión de la antigua colonia española por parte de Marruecos. Como es habitual en Marruecos cada 6 de noviembre, el rey dirigirá hoy un discurso a la nación a través de las cadenas de radio y de televisión para conmemorar la Marcha Verde, cuando, bajo el reinado de Hasán II en Marruecos, cerca de 350.000 marroquíes ocuparon el Sahara Occidental.

La Venguardia (Spanish Media)

Treinta años después, el Sahara Occidental se mantiene entre el estancamiento político y la tensión social
CARLA FIBLA - 06/11/2005Aaiún. Servicio especial Hace treinta años la fiebre nacionalista hacía vibrar a los marroquíes. El Sahara era una esperanza, la patria, un futuro. Hoy, en la época de la mundialización, del paro de los licenciados, de la inmigración clandestina hacia Occidente, la fiebre del nacionalismo de los marroquíes hace aguas. "¿Acaso vibra aparte de ciertos partidos de fútbol?", inquirió en un análisis recientemente publicado en el semanario independiente Le Journal Hebdomadaire el historiador Mustafa Buaziz. La marcha verde, meticulosamente estudiada por el difunto rey Hassan II durante dos meses y gestada con el apoyo de Estados Unidos en Londres, fue lanzada el 16 de octubre de 1975. La Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya publicó un aviso consultivo respecto al problema de la pertenencia del Sahara Occidental, tras haber recibido en diciembre de 1974 un informe de la Asamblea General de la ONU. En la comunicación se respondió que no había lazos de soberanía con Marruecos ni con Mauritania sobre el territorio, aunque se admitió que existían lazos de unión con los sultanes de Marruecos mediante las tribus que llegaban en sus nomadeos hasta el territorio marroquí. Por lo que nada impedía la autodeterminación saharaui. Pero, tal y como ha ocurrido reiteradamente durante los últimos 30 años, las interpretaciones con relación a este contencioso llevaron en 1975 a Hassan II a considerar que la respuesta de la Corte Internacional de Justicia "abría las puertas jurídicamente" a Marruecos y que "reconocía que el Sahara nos pertenecía", y en el 2005 su sucesor, el rey Mohamed VI, estudia una amplia autonomía para resolver definitivamente el conflicto en la que se respete la soberanía y la integridad del territorio marroquí. Al grito de "sólo nos queda ir hacia nuestro territorio" y la perfecta organización de camiones con 350.000 hombres y mujeres equipados con el Corán, fotografías del rey Hassan II y banderas marroquíes, la marcha verde partió de Tarfaya (situada 100 kilómetros al norte de El Aaiún), en una demostración de que el sistema puso en marcha todo su arsenal. El himno nacional de Al Masira (que en árabe significa la marcha) es una reliquia del pasado en las calles del actual Sahara. Apenas tres días antes de la celebración, operarios de la Administración decoraron con banderas nuevas las avenidas principales y envolvieron edificios oficiales con largas tiras verdes con el símbolo de la corona real. Desde que Mohamed VI subió al trono, en 1999, ya no se celebran desfiles ni se muestra de forma ostentosa esta celebración, que para una parte de la población del Sahara fue el principio de la marcha negra.Además, la histórica unión de los líderes políticos del nacionalismo en 1975, Allal El Fasi y Abderrahim Buabid, quienes concretaron con Hassan II el "consenso nacional" sobre el Sahara Occidental marroquí, tiene en la poco creíble clase política actual un tibio reflejo que apenas ha logrado renovarse en este trigésimo aniversario de los hechos. Pero quizás el mayor fracaso de estas tres últimas décadas en el territorio ha sido el constante engaño a la población sobre que un día se celebraría un referéndum de autodeterminación.

MARRUECOS-SAHARA(Spanish media)

MARRUECOS-SAHARA
La policía reprime con dureza una manifestación independentista
El Aaiún (Sahara Occidental), 5 nov (EFE).- Las fuerzas de seguridad marroquíes reprimieron hoy con dureza una manifestación independentista que tuvo lugar en el barrio de Matallah de El Aaiún y detuvo a varios jóvenes, según pudo constatar EFE.
Este barrio, en el que se registraron violentos incidentes el pasado mes de mayo, estaba hoy fuertemente controlado por efectivos de las Fuerzas Auxiliares (policía antidisturbios) y de los Grupos Urbanos de Seguridad (GUS) de Marruecos.Los incidentes comenzaron hoy poco después de que dos jóvenes saharauis se acercaran al lugar donde se encontraban varios periodistas extranjeros, mayoritariamente españoles.Uno de los jóvenes se arrodilló en la acera y lanzó consignas a favor del movimiento independentista Frente Polisario y en contra de Marruecos.La policía golpeó violentamente a los dos jóvenes e intentó impedir que los cámaras de televisión y fotógrafos presentes pudieran grabar imágenes o tomar fotografías de los hechos.En ese momento, por dos calles que confluían en ese lugar aparecieron pequeños grupos de jóvenes que lanzaron piedras contra las fuerzas de seguridad marroquíes, que inició inmediatamente su persecución por los callejones de este barrio popular de la capital administrativa del Sahara Occidental.Algunos policías se mostraron agresivos con los periodistas españoles y varios de ellos les espetaron: "vosotros sois los terroristas".Poco después otro joven se acercó a los informadores y fue inmediatamente perseguido por las fuerzas del orden, que le detuvieron, le golpearon violentamente y le detuvieron al igual que a los dos anteriores.Las fuerzas antidisturbios marroquíes habían tomado horas antes otro barrio de El Aaiún en el que vive la familia del saharaui que falleció hace una semana tras una manifestación independentista.Agentes de las Fuerzas Auxiliares provistos de material antidisturbios controlaban todas las calles del barrio de Colominas, en donde se encuentra la vivienda familiar de Hamdi Lembarki, de 31 años, que falleció el pasado sábado tras una manifestación a favor de la independencia del Sahara Occidental.El importante dispositivo policial impidió que se reprodujeran allí manifestaciones independentistas como la que tuvo lugar ayer, viernes, en este barrio.Durante esa manifestación, tres periodistas españoles fueron conducidos a comisaría por la policía marroquí, que requisó a dos de ellos las tarjetas de memoria de las cámaras fotográficas y se las devolvió después con los archivos borrados.La hermana del saharaui fallecido, Salam Lembarki, reiteró hoy que todos los testimonios que han recogido aseguran que su hermano murió tras recibir una paliza por parte de la policía.La primera autopsia realizada indicaba que el joven había muerto como consecuencia de un traumatismo craneal, pero la familia ha reclamado una segunda autopsia cuyos resultados esperan conocer la semana próxima.La policía marroquí mantiene que el joven recibió una pedrada en la cabeza en el transcurso de los enfrentamientos que se produjeron entre los manifestantes independentistas saharauis y las fuerzas del orden.Marruecos conmemorará mañana, domingo, el trigésimo aniversario de la Marcha Verde, que supuso el comienzo de la anexión de la antigua colonia española por parte de Marruecos.Como es habitual en Marruecos cada 6 de noviembre, el rey dirigirá un discurso a la nación a través de las cadenas de radio y de televisión para conmemorar la Marcha Verde.El 6 de noviembre de 1975, bajo el reinado de Hasán II en Marruecos y en plena agonía del régimen franquista en España, alrededor de 350.000 marroquíes iniciaron una marcha pacífica hacia el Sahara Occidental, un territorio semidesértico de 266.000 kilómetros cuadrados cuya soberanía se disputan desde entonces el reino alauí y el movimiento independentista Frente Polisario. EFEfl/pg

New demonstartion in front of the media

Occupied Layoune (Main City in Western Sahara):
In spite of the huge deployment of the Moroccan security forces and the status of curfew imposed on the occupied territory of Western Sahara, an overwhelming demonstration took place in the afternoon of November the 5th 2005 when hundreds of Saharawi youngs went out in major Layoune avenues and quarters (Avenue of Smara, Maatallaa, Duraydik, Skeikima, Boukraa, Mezouar) chanting independence slogans and waving Saharawi flags under the eyes of Spanish media who witnessed the torture and beating of the Saharawi citizens who were savagely led to Moroccan police Stations, among them:
- Bourajaa and Hassan Aassry who was speaking to foreign journalists, Mohamed Aajna.
It should also be recalled that Reuters photograph was beaten by Moroccan security forces.
Other detainees:
- Daoudi Hammadi, Daoudi Kaltoum, Daoudi Brahim.

Media who were present:
- Spanish TV Channel 1.
- Spanish TV channel 2.
- TV Catalonia.
- TV Andalusia.
- Spanish News Agency.
- ABC newspaper.
- La Vanguardia Newspaper.
- Reuters photograph.
- Radio Cadena SER Correspondent.
- Sahyfa El Maghribya and others.

Occupied Smara (North West Western Sahara):
Big demonstrations took place in Smara (North West Western Sahara) raising Saharawi flags and chanting slogans for the uprising and independence. The demonstration was brutally oppressed by the Moroccan Forces and families of the militants were threatened.
The Demonstration started from the so-called Hassan II avenue and ended in front of the Juridical Police School after violent confrontations with the occupying forces.

Tantan (South Morocco):
Also a big independence challenging demonstration took place in Tantan; it started from Arbi Massoaoud Avenue, named “Mohamed 5” Avenue and ended at Hamdi Lambarki Avenue named Hassan II Avenue. The Moroccan Forces intervened brutally to disperse the demonstrators. Tantan is still under horrible siege since then.
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Moroccan Party Statement (in Arabic) important

النهج الديمقراطي العيون في :01 نونبر 2005
اللجنة المحلية
العيون



بيان


أيتها الجماهير الشعبية ، أبناء الصحراء الأبرار :
ما أشبه اليوم بالأمس
وما أتعس من يعتقد ولو لبرهة أن فجرا جديدا قد حل ، وأن زمن الرصاص قد رحل.
سقطت الأقنعة في عز الإنتفاضة، اعتقالات....اختطافات....تعذيب...وليس أخرها الاستشهاد.
هذه عناوين مدينة جريحة تئن وتختزن دموعها للنصر . هي ذي العيون الصامدة تخاطب الضمائر الحية .
فليهنأ حفارو القبور ومشعوذو هيأة " الأصناف والمحالصة "
فليست هذه قبور تبحث عن شواهد ، بل هذه أجساد حية تتساقط ، ولستم بحاجة لأرشيف أسيادكم لكتابة تاريخكم الرديء ، بل هذه أحداث تقع يوميا أمام مرأى ومسمع سماسرتكم بالمنطقة .
أما جوقة " الانتقال الديمقراطي " وعازفو نغماته المخزنية فهنيئا لهم جميعا برواتب السخرة والصمت والخيانة .
فما عدنا كما كنا على الدوام في حاجة إليكم فصمتكم فيه معنى قد وصل .
إن هذا الشعب عصي على التدجين ، إن هذا الشعب لاينسى وإن صبر .
أيتها الجماهير الشعبية ، أبناء الصحراء الأبرار :
ما كنا في حاجة لهذه المقدمات والاستعارات لولا المرارة التي أصبحنا كفصيل جذري ، نعاين بها خطورة الأحداث التي تعرفها العيون ومدى الصمت المريب من طرف الفاعلين السياسيين والجمعويين تجاه هذا المسلسل من الخروقات والتجاوزات والإنزلاقات التي تعيش تحت وطأتها المنطقة .
وأمام هذا الوضع فإننا كفصيل سياسي جذري نمتلك من الجرأة الأخلاقية والسياسية ما يكفي لنعلن للرأي العام ما يلي :
1- نعلن عن استشهاد المواطن : لمباركي حمدي جراء العنف الممنهج الذي تعرض له من طرف عصابة " الجيس "(مايسمى الشرطة الحضرية ) وأسفر عن إصابات بليغة في الرأس لفظ على إثرها أنفاسه الأخيرة بالمستشفى . وبهذه المناسبة الأليمة نعزي عائلة الشهيد الصغيرة والكبيرة . وندعو إلى فتح تحقيق نزيه حول ملابسات الحادث وتقديم الجناة إلى المحاكمة .
2- ندعو كافة المواطنين بالعيون إلى تقديم شكايات للنيابة العامة بمحكمة الاستئناف ضد عناصر الشرطة الحضرية التي تقترف خروقات أو تتجاوز القانون صيانة لكرامة الإنسان التي أصبحت مهانة منذ دخول فرق الشرطة الحضرية للمدينة . كما ندعو النيابة العامة بالعيون لتفعيل المسطرة القضائية اتجاه عشرات الشكايات الموجهة اليها في نفس الموضوع .
3- نعتبر أن مايحدث من خروقات جسيمة لحقوق الإنسان بالعيون ليس مجرد أخطاء شخصية لعناصر الأمن أو سوء في التقدير ، بل هو سياسة ممنهجة ومقصودة لنظام سياسي فضل المقاربة الأمنية وشراء الذمم وسياسة الامتيازات عن تدبير ديمقراطي وشفاف لملف الصحراء .
4- ندين بشدة العسكرة التي أصبحت تعيشها المدينة وكل مرافقها الحيوية مما جعل ساكنة المدينة تعيش جوا من الرعب والخوف .
5- ندين بشدة التدخل السافر لعناصر القوة العمومية في المؤسسات التعليمية ( ثانوية لمصلى- ثانوية محمد الخامس – ثانوية لسان الدين – إعدادية التعاون – مدرسة حي مولاي رشيد ....) مما يشكل سابقة خطيرة ومسا بحرمة المؤسسات التعليمية ونحمل كامل المسؤولية للقيمين على شؤون التربية والتعليم بالمنطقة . ونذكر الجميع أن هناك فرقا كبيرا بين مهام وزارة التربية الوطنية ومهام وزارة الداخلية .
6- نشجب بشدة التصريحات غير المسؤولة لمدير أكاديمية العيون بوجدور أثناء اجتماعه مؤخرا مع مديري المدارس والثانويات والذي هدد من خلالها بأنه مستعد لتسريح نصف التلاميذ وتوقيف الأساتذة لأنه معين بظهير ! . إننا نذكر السيد مدير الأكاديمية أن هذه التصريحات تنضاف إلى الاقتطاعات الممنهجة التي نزلت كالصاعقة على نساء ورجال التعليم في الشهور الأخيرة باستثناء المقربون تعتبر حربا تشن على نساء ورجال التعليم مما يحول الأكاديمية إلى قاعدة خلفية لتصفية حسابات سياسية ونقابية فجة . إن للمدرسة حرمتها وإن المدرسة مؤسسة عمومية وليست ضيعة لأحد يتصرف فيها كما يشاء وإن التلاميذ أبناء شعب يمون المدرسة بضرائبه، وإن الأساتذة موظفون عموميون يعاقبون ويكافؤن وفقا للقانون وليس وفقا لرغبات أحد ، وبعد ذلك فلتزبد! فقد تمخض الجبل وولد فأرا .
7- نناشد الضمائر الحية في المنطقة للوقوف ضد هذه الهجمة الشرسة التي تستهدف الحريات العامة والفردية .
8- ندعو القوى السياسية التي تعتبر نفسها تقدمية وديمقراطية عدم الانزلاق مع الطروحات الشوفينية الضيقة والالتزام الأخلاقي والسياسي بأبسط ما تتضمنه أجندتها السياسية وهو الدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان التي تذبح يوميا أمام أعينها . كما نذكرها بأن هذا الصمت الممنهج تجاه ما يجري غير مبرر لا أخلاقيا ولا سياسيا وأن الإجماع لايعني بالضرورة الانصهار. ونذكرهم بقولة فولتير : " قد أخالفك الرأي لكني مستعد للموت من أجل الدفاع عن رأيك "
9- نحذر الجميع من مغبة السقوط في صراعات ثنائية غير محمودة العواقب ، علما أن هذا الاتجاه مافتئت تغذيه أطراف لها مصلحة في ذلك . إن الصراع الإثني والعرقي ليس إلا تعبيرا متخلفا وبدائيا للوعي ، فالصراع الحقيقي للجميع يجب أن يوجه ضد أعداء الديمقراطية والتحرر والعدالة الاجتماعية . وندعو الجميع لليقظة وتفويت الفرص لمصاصي الدماء الذين يتشوقون للمزيد .
10- ندعو السلطات للإفراج الفوري عن جميع معتقلي الرأي الصحراويين وفتح حوار جدي مع الأحزاب والجمعيات الحقوقية قصد وضع حد للاحتقان الذي تعرفه المدينة عن طريق تسوية فورية لبؤر التوتر .


المجد والخلود للشهداء
والخزي والعار للجلادين والمتملقين



عن النهج الديمقراطي
اللجنة المحلية
العيون



Saturday, November 05, 2005

Morockos ockupation av Västsahara skördar nya offer

2005-11-05
Marockos ockupation av Västsahara skördar nya offer
Debatt: Västsahara
Ännu en västsaharier som protesterat mot Marockos ockupation av landet har dött efter att ha gripits under en demonstration. Världen fortsätter att svika Västsahara, skriver Aron Lund, Liberala ungdomsförbundet.
I går mördades Moubarki Hamdi Salek Mahjoub av sina torterare i det ockuperade El-Aaiun. Idag, den 31 oktober, är det 30 år sedan Västsahara invaderades av marockanska trupper, en massiv etnisk rensning inleddes, och det svartaste kapitlet i landets historia tog sin början.
Moubarki var bara ett år gammal när de första stridsvagnarna korsade gränsen, och han har levt hela sitt medvetna liv under militär ockupation. I förrgår stod han på El-Aaiuns gator i en demonstration för självständighet. Protesten slogs ner med våld och Moubarki fördes bort av Stadssäkerhetsgruppen, en av Marockos många fruktade och hatade säkerhetstjänster. På polisstationen misshandlades och torterades han till döds. Igår överlämnades hans sönderslagna kropp till familjen, som ett blodigt kvitto på dissidentens lön. 30 år bakom tystnadens mur
Västsahara har kämpat för sin självständighet i 30 år och Moubarki är varken den förste eller den siste som dött för landets frihet, för demokrati och mänskliga rättigheter i Afrikas sista koloni. Han är det senaste offret i en tre decennier lång frihetskamp som aldrig syns i våra medier, för en nation som fullständigt svikits av världssamfundet, som långsamt stryps bakom en mur av tystnad. En mur som Marocko upprätthåller genom militärpatruller, vägspärrar, tortyrhålor, en 1800 kilometer lång minerad ökenmur, och utvisandet av journalister och internationella inspektörer - tiotals har deporterats bara det senaste året.
Den 27 oktober antog Europaparlamentet med 98 röster mot noll en resolution som krävde ett stopp för attackerna på det sahariska civilsamhället, och det omedelbara släppandet av Aminatou Haidar, Ali Salem Tamek och de 35 andra politiska fångar som ockupationsmakten håller. Marocko avkrävdes också besked om de över 500 sahariska
Aron Lund, Förbundsstyrelseledamot Liberala ungdomsförbundet

Polisario ban anti-personal mines

Geneva, 05/11/2005 (SPS) Polisario Front commits to a total ban on the use of anti-personnel (AP) mines in signing Geneva Call’s Deed of Commitment and will destroy 6.000 anti-person landmines in its possession, reported the Saharawi delegation that took part to the signing act that took place in Geneva on Thursday.
"Given the current deadlock in the peace process and the threat of renewed hostilities, this decision from the Polisario Front to unilaterally renounce the use of AP mines is a significant gesture" said Geneva Call President, Elisabeth Reusse-Decrey, in a press release publicised on Thursday."It reflects the will of the Polisario to actively participate in eradicating the landmine scourge and to seek a peaceful resolution of the conflict. We hope that Morocco will reciprocate and soon accede to the Ottawa Convention", she hoped."The Polisario Front believes that landmines are unacceptable weapons in any conflict. It is intolerable that after 14 years of the ceasefire between both parties, landmines continue to kill and maim people, livestock, and divide Saharawi families" declared Saharawi Minister for Defence, Mohamed Lamine Bouhali, during the ceremony of signature, according to the press release."Landmines also constitute a serious obstacle to the future development of our country" he emphasised, saying that his country is "willing to cooperate in all fields of humanitarian mine action and to destroy our stockpiles". He urged the international community "to assist us in this endeavour", knowing that more than 525 inhabitant of the zone have lost one or more parts of their bodies because of landmines, while some 40 persons were killed since 2001.Geneva Call is an international humanitarian organisation constituted in the year 2000 by members of the International campaign against landmines. The ONG is dedicated to engaging actors which are not eligible to sign the Ottawa Convention in the fight against anti-personnel mines. It provides a mechanism, complementary to the Ottawa Convention, by which these actors can adhere to the mine ban norm through their signature of the Deed of Commitment. To date, 27 movements have signed the Deed of Commitment.
Rabat, which is not a signatory to the Ottawa Treaty of 1997 that bans AP mines, as installed millions mines along the Moroccan wall of more than 2.000 kilometres, which is dividing Western Sahara and its people in two from the north to the south. (SPS)010/090/666/TRD 04103 nov 05 SPS

What happened on November the 6th 1975?

What happened on November the 6th 1975?

On November 14th 1975, Spain former colonial Power of Western Sahara concluded an agreement known as “Madrid Agreement” by which it handed over illegally Western Sahara to neighbouring Countries Morocco and Mauritania. To deceive the International opinion about this invasion, King Hassan II previously organized a March of 350 000 of his own subjects raising the Koran Book and the Moroccan flags to cross the territory. Behind these huge waves of humans hide a monster army equipped of all kind of lethal weapons and machinery. November the 6th 1975 marked the crossing of these bloody invading forces into Western Sahara.
The people of Western Sahara were forced to flee to the neighbouring desert to live the last thirty years in the most inhospitable places in this universe.

New torture in Western Sahaara





Since last may 2005, Western Sahara is under censorship, black-out and military, siege. Journalists, parliamentarians, politicians and independent observers are not allowed in the territory. The Moroccan Military and Intelligence apparatus are committing fragrant human right violations on daily bases, away from the eyes of all both interested and uninterested people and organizations. These pictures, recently hardly smuggled from under this horrible siege reveal some of these atrocities inflicted on the helpless people of Western Sahara by the Moroccan regime.

Dags att Sverige erkänner Västsahara

Dags att Sverige erkänner Västsahara

Fjorton mil från Kanarie-öarnas badstränder kämpar ett folk för rätten att bestämma över sitt eget liv och sin framtid. Men hur många känner till västsahariernas kamp?
Västsahara och dess befolkning är offer för sina rikedomar: olja, fosfat, järn, koppar, naturgas och uran. En ironi som blivit närmast en naturlag i Afrika: deras rikedom har berövat dem deras land.
I måndags var det 30 år sedan marockanska trupper inledde en militär offensiv mot Västsahara. Sedan dess kämpar världens 750 000 västsaharier för att erhålla sina grundläggande mänskliga rättigheter inbegripet rätten att bilda ett eget land. Hur många måste man vara för att vara värd ett eget land?
Redan i slutet av 1800-talet, vid Berlin-konferensen 1884, tilldelades Spanien Västsahara. 1934 intog spanjorerna med stöd av Frankrike staden Smara och eliminerade dess historiska bibliotek som hade omkring 5 000 världsunika skrifter. Men full kontroll fick inte spanjorerna förrän 1957, efter att ha stött på hårt motstånd från de
frihetstörstande västsaharierna.
När Spanien efter nästan 90 års kolonial närvaro lämnade Västsahara 1975 trodde befolkningen att de skulle få leva i frihet, men Marocko ockuperade deras land.
Västsaharierna frigav nyligen marockanska fångar. Men den marockanska regeringen avfärdar kategoriskt alla förslag till kompromisser. Under tiden rapporteras hungerstrejker, arresteringar, mord och våldtäkter. FN lovade 1991 att västsaharierna skulle tillåtas en folkomröstning om sin framtid. Marocko lyckades att stoppa folkomröstningen eftersom landet "är rädd för folkomröstningens resultat". Motiveringen låter konstig, till exempel påstår man kallt att alla marockaner är västsaharier.
Det är dags att Sverige tar ställning och påverkar FN för att påskynda en folkomröstning om Västsahara. Det är dags att låta 165 000 västsahariska flyktingar i Algeriet få återvända hem.
KURDO BAKSI
författare och journalist Stockholm