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Dublin,
15/12/2006 (SPS) The Saharawi human rights activist and ex-political
prisoner, Ali Salem Tamek, undertakes a visit to Ireland following
an invitation of the human rights organisation, Front Line.
The Saharawi human rights defender met on Thursday with
representatives of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in charge for
International Cooperation and human rights, within the framework of
a campaign aiming at unveiling the truth about the repression
perpetrated by the Moroccan coloniser against the Saharawi people
and the attempts to deprive them from their right to
self-determination.
Mr. Tamek will meet on Friday with Irish European Parliamentarians,
who had vigorously opposed the adoption of the EU-Morocco fishing
agreement that includes the Saharawi territorial waters in complete
violation of the international law.
The Saharawi activist will also meet representatives of Irish human
rights organisations.
Ireland, which supports the Saharawi people’s right to
self-determination like the Nordic countries, has voted in favour of
the UN General Assembly’s resolution adopted on Thursday and that
reiterated the international community’s attachment to the Saharawi
people’s right to self-determination.
Front Line, has visited Morocco and the Saharawi occupied
territories and met with the Saharawi officials and human rights
activists last May 2006.
After this visit, the organisation published a report in which it
condemned the violations committed by the Moroccan authorities and
the abuses of the Saharawi people’s most fundamental rights. (SPS)
010/090/700/TRD 151145 DEC 06 SPS
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