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Johannesburg, 31/05/2007 (SPS) A Saharawi delegation composed
of Saharawi human rights activist, Fatma Ayach and representatives
of the international movements of solidarity with the Saharawi
people attended the ordinary session of the Central Committee of the
South African Communist Party, on Saturday in Johannesburg following
an official invitation, indicated a source from the Saharawi Embassy
in Pretoria.
Many personalities of the South African Communist Party were
present, such as Mr. Blade Nzimande, Secretary General of the Party
and his Deputy, Geremy Cronin as well as some Ministers and members
of the Political Bureau and the Central Committee of the party, the
same source indicated.
Mrs. Fatma Ayach presented a moving testimony on "the serious human
rights violations and abuses systematically and daily perpetrated by
the Moroccan colonial authorities against the Saharawi defenceless
civilians".
She also stressed "the legal and moral responsibility of the UN in
the dramatic situation in the occupied territories of the Western
Sahara", asking for "the establishment of mechanisms for the
protection of the Saharawi civilians from the crimes committed every
day against them in the territories occupied by Morocco".
Mrs. Ayach also underlined that "the UN silence in the face of the
tragedy the Saharawis are suffering in a systematic way is a shame
to this organisation and to the international community".
Mrs. Helena Fiddian from the British movement of solidarity an Mr.
Ismael Dich of the Algerian Committee of solidarity with the
Saharawi people (CNASPS) reaffirmed "the duty of the international
community to help the Saharawi people", before they underlined "the
horrors practiced by the Moroccan colonialism against the Saharawi
people" and the "heavy cope covering these criminal practices".
The Saharawi Pan African Parliamentarian, Mr. Saleh El Abd,
expressed, on behalf of the Saharawi people, "deep gratitude towards
the South African people and government and towards the South
African Communist Party for the support to the Saharawi people in
this current tragedy".
The Communist Party Central Committee "vividly condemns the Moroccan
occupation of Western Sahara and the atrocious crimes committed
against the Saharawi people", affirming "the support of the South
African Communist Party to the Saharawi people until the final
victory".
(SPS)
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