Repression of Saharawi human rights activists continues
16 March 2010
20 Sahrawis were injured by Moroccan police at a peaceful demonstration last week in El-Aaiun, Western Sahara. The protestors were demanding that the United Nations apply international law with respect to the Saharawi people's right to self-determination.
Brahim Sabbar, General Secretary of the ASVDH
Human rights activists Brahim Sabbar (left), the General Secretary of the ASVDH (Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State), and Neaama Asfari, a human rights defender and co-chairman of CORELSO (Committee for the respect of freedoms and human rights in Western Sahara), were brutally beaten and injured.
The ASVDH strongly condemns the brutal tactics being used by the Moroccan police to intimidate Saharawi human rights activists. The Security Council will soon discuss a report submitted by the General Secretary regarding Western Sahara's situation.
The ASVDH, as well as other organisations supporting the Sahrawi people, are calling on the United Nations to expand the mission of MINURSO (The United Nation's Mission for the Referendum in Western Saraha) to include the monitoring of human rights violations in the Western Saharan occupied territories.
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