Frontline action for Saharawi human rights activists
Frontline Defenders has started a campaign to denounce the systematic repression of human rights activists in the Moroccan occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Frontline is deeply concerned about the human rights situation in the occupied Western Sahara. During a mission in the territories from 15 to 22 September 2008, the organisation took note of the “intrusive surveillance of defenders, the imposition of obstacles to registration of non-governmental organisations, physical attacks and arbitrary detentions”.
Front Line believes that the systematic repression of Western Saharan human rights defenders is directly related to their legitimate and non-violent work in defence of human rights, in particular the exercise of the right to freedom of assembly and freedom of expression.
The organisation expresses its concern for the physical and psychological integrity of all the human rights defenders involved, as well as that of their families.
Their website offers the possibility of copy-pasting a letter and sending it to Mohamed VI, the king of Morocco: www.frontlinedefenders.org
Africa's last colonySince 1975, three quarters of the Western Sahara territory has been illegally occupied by Morocco. The original population lives divided between those suffering human rights abuses under the Moroccan occupation and those living in exile in Algerian refugee camps. For more than 40 years, the Saharawi await the fulfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
Since 1975, three quarters of the Western Sahara territory has been illegally occupied by Morocco. The original population lives divided between those suffering human rights abuses under the Moroccan occupation and those living in exile in Algerian refugee camps. For more than 40 years, the Saharawi await the fulfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
