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(Special Envoy)
Nairobi, 22/01/2007 (SPS) The members of the Saharawi civil
society accompanied by activists, from many nationalities,
supportive of the Saharawi cause marched for an hour in the "Moi
International S.C Casaran" stadium in Nairobi, where the activities
of the 7th WSF, demanding the abolition of the Moroccan colonialism
and the independence of the Western Sahara, the lat colony in
Africa.
Directly after having organised a workshop on the Moroccan human
rights violations in the Western Sahara, on Monday morning, the
participants to the workshop decided to march for an hour to clearly
express their rejection of the Moroccan presence in the Western
Sahara and their determination to defend their fundamental right to
self-determination and independence.
"Liberate the Western Sahara", "Down with the colonialism, down with
imperialism down with the Moroccan occupation of the Western
Sahara", "Despite the repression we are an immortal people", were
some of the slogans chanted by the participants in the march.
The present medias immediately seized the event and started
interviews with the members of the Saharawi delegation and the a
group of activists supporting the Saharawi cause.
The representatives of the Saharawi civil society cornered the
Moroccan State on the systematic human rights violations in the
occupied territories of the Western Sahara, on Monday morning, in a
workshop organised by the Saharawi delegation participating to the 7th
World Social Forum in Nairobi, Kenya.
The workshop, which was organised under the title "SOS, human rights
violations in the occupied Western Sahara", exposed to about one
hundred activists from many nationalities, the history of the
Moroccan systematic violations of the fundamental, political,
social, economical rights of the Saharawi people in the occupied
territories of the Western Sahara. (SPS)
060/KENYA/000 222044 Jan 07 SPS
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