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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