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Saharawi Community Basque Country organize protest against brutal repression in occupied Western Sahara

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Bilbao (Basque Country), July 03, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi Representative  in the Basque Country in coordination with the Saharawi Community and all the solidarity movement at Euskadi level, organized yesterday a rally in front of the Consulate of Morocco in Bilbao against the brutal repression of Sahrawi people by the Moroccan military and security forces in occupied Western Sahara.
The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “enough of repression and impunity, no to occupation, yes to independence and self-determination”
They clearly demonstrated the will of the Saharawi people and their firm determination to achieve self-determination and independence despite the complicity of the international community.
In the same context, the protesters criticized that these lamentable and unacceptable acts of brutal repression happen during the visit of the special representative of the SG of the UN. SPS
125/090/TRA