Half a month ago our relatives, human rights defenders and political prisoners in Salé/Morocco, embarked upon a hunger strike which was necessary in order to protest the denial of their fundamental rights and to demand either a date be set for their trial or their unconditional release.
Due to two weeks of starvation, they are now entering a dangerous phase which will negatively impact their already poor health and which is a reason for serious concern. They are showing symptoms of asthma, allergy, loss of consciousness, cardiac pain, intestinal pain, tension, fatigue, stomach ache, head ache, immobility, moreover they are suffering diseases caused by previous imprisonments and hunger strikes.
Today, we would like to inform the international community and the international public opinion about the fragile and constantly deteriorating health situation of our relatives, and we’d like to raise concern about the threats faced by our loved ones, the prisoners of conscience who are on hunger strike to demand basic rights that the Moroccan authorities do not consider to be important.
Through this urgent appeal we call upon all the international human rights organisation, the international community, and the democratic forces around the world to urgently intervene in the case of our relative and to raise pressure on Morocco to meet their demands.
Signed; The families of the Saharawi political prisoners who are on hunger strike in Salé prison/Morocco;
Lkhalifa Rgaibi, wife of Ali Salem Tamek, prisoner number 50010 Lmahfoud Dahane, brother of Brahim Dahane, prisoner number 50014 Lalla Salakha Baiba, wife of Ahmad Nasiri, prisoner number 50015 Aziza Ettarrouzi, sister of Yahdih Ettarrouzi, prisoner number 50012 Ahmad Sghayar, brother of Rachid Sghayar, prisoner number 50013
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.
