Thursday, September 29, 2011

WE CONDEMN THE BRUTAL INTERVENTION IN THE OCCUPIED CITY OF DAKHLA

The Women and the whole people of Western Sahara express their deep condemnation to the brutal intervention of the moroccan army and settlers in the occupied city of Dakhla and also would like to express their condolence to the Mohamed-Lamin Lehbib´s family.
Last sunday,  September 25th, a group of sahrawis organized a peaceful demonstration in the occupied saharawi city of Dakhla for  protesting against the savage attack carried out by a moroccan settler on a sahrawi fan during a football match between a local team and a team coming from Morocco.
Saharawi Women strongly condemn this new brutal intervention of the moroccan oppressive forces and hundreds of settlers which has caused the death of the young sahrawi called: Maichan Ould Mohamed Lamine Ould Lehbib, while a lot of other saharawis were seriously injured and many Saharawi houses and properties were ransacked and vandalised.
Saharawi Women launch an urgent appeal to the European Union and the United Nations to put pressure on the moroccan government to stop the great violations of human rights in the occupied cities of Western Sahara and on the face of this new and repeated terrorising act, it is imperative that the United Nations proceeds immediately to the establishment of a UN mechanism to enable the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to protect monitor and report on the human rights in the territory. The protection of civilians as an international obligation should not be subjected to double standards and discrimination in terms of what is happening in Western Sahara and in other parts of the world.