Western Sahara: dignity massacred
Army Moroccan knows no boundaries. Takes several days to prevent, by all means, that water, food and medicine from reaching a makeshift camp on the outskirts of occupied Laayoune, where thousands of Saharawi camp from October 10 to protest against the humiliation and exclusion to which they are subjected by the kingdom of Rabat for 35 years. At gunpoint, beatings, not allowing the continued nd sum more people to the already concentrated there. Apparently the orders are clear: to kill if necessary. And they did.
On Sunday afternoon, eight Sahrawi citizens who tried to bypass the roadblocks set around A makeshift camp gdaym Izik (about 18 miles east of Laayoune) were targeted by the shrapnel of the Moroccan army, once it was notified. Nayem Elgarhi
Foidal, 14, did not come with vid to the hospital after receiving multiple gunshot wounds, while unaware of the serious condition of the rest, as they were taken to a military hospital surrounded by controls that can access or relatives of the victims. U not the injured died on Monday, but none of the families know exactly whether their dead, because the troops do not say a word about it.
All this, while envoy UN to the Sahara Occ idental, American Christopher Ross, was on tour in Morocco with the stated purpose of his government and the Frente Polisario feel to talk next month in New York. To this end he met up with King Mohammed VI himself.
is another so-called informal meetings so far have not yielded results, as the regime in Rabat just want to propose autonomy for the Saharawi people, as this demand to be granted the right to self-determination .
Surely the Moroccan army to attack the demonstrators put enough pepper to the tension is growing hotter, and ys further radicalize the position of a people weary of the occupation and looting.
The President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mohamed Abdelaziz, called on UN secretary general, Ban Ki-Moon, to intervene with "emergency" for prevent further massacres. And the Saharawi authorities had earlier warned about the possibility of the occurrence of events such as the weekend, but again the calls and complaints were received by deaf ears and credibility of this international organization continues dancing on a string.
Today in the encampments of tents (tents) are about 20 000 people. Although Moroccan troops increasingly strengthened their blockade at gunpoint, some Sahrawi risk death when trying to reach Agdaym Izik. Nor
lack of psychological violence. Moroccan helicopters that fly overhead in the morning, at night turn off their lights, and spend it glued to the ground, simulating landings, to frighten. The police will pass subreptic iously Moroccans with the intention of entering the tents to threaten its residents.
However, stationed not even mention the word independence. If in response to peaceful protests by social demands the Moroccan army is free to kill, just imagine what would happen if they speak of an independent homeland.
Some malicious media have used the absence of demands for independence in this protest, to minimize the Saharawi cause. But as stressed Sahara Today, when asked if the determination is among the rights they claim, they answer that "is at the heart of all the Saharawi and Moroccan knows," but proclaiming it would "become the" harakiri "," as would excuse the army to dismantle the camp by force.
The list of victims continues to grow and experience of the "camps of dignity"-as is already known to Agdaym Izik-has been repeated in other places such as busy Smara. Rabat Will killing innocents? Did Christopher Ross will pull the ears of Mohamed VI?
* Photos: Images
Demotix
0 comments:
Post a Comment