Appeal by Fatimatou Iazza, the 11 year old daughter of Sahrawi political prisoner Yahya Mohamed El Hafed, currently serving a 15 year sentence for alleged participation in a pro-indepence manifestation. El Hafed has been on hungerstrike since April 4.
Africa's last colony
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.