SPS SADR/SAHARA
MARATHON/DECORATION The President of the Republic
gives medals to the winners of the 5th edition of the Sahara Marathon
09.03.05
Marrakech, 09/03/2005 (SPS)
Saharawi students in Marrakech and Agadir organised Wednesday a
demonstration of solidarity with their compatriots in Rabat. 18 of the
students of Rabat were injured Tuesday in confrontations with the
Moroccan police in the university campus "Al Irfan", reported SPS
correspondent on the ground.
In Marrakech, the students read a press release denouncing "the
repressing practices" of Moroccan authorities against the students of
Rabat, who chanted slogans in favour of "Saharawi people
self-determination" and claim for "excuses and " to their injured
compatriots and for compensations for their rooms destroyed by Moroccan
police.
In Agadir, the demonstration was also followed by all the Saharawi
students in this Moroccan city where hundreds of Saharawis study in
Moroccan universities there because of the non existence of
universities in Western Sahara.
They read the same press release joining the wave of protest that also
attained Casablanca in the morning and which is proposed to be
generalised in all schools and educational institutions where Saharawis
study, it was indicated.
Many injured, 18 so far named, were transferred to hospitals near
university campuses "Souissi 1" and "Souissi 2", according to the same
source.
The Ministry for Occupied Territories publicised the following list of
the victims of this new human right violation: (Girls):
• Muna
• Mahjouba Saadi
• Bahan Minetou
• Krima M’Barka
• Mariam
• Khouta Bahia
• Doub Mohamed (Boys):
• Leghzal El Houssein
• Iccharafi Khatri
• Dahmi Mohamed Fadel
• Saleh Smail
• Said Beillal
• Bainnahou Boujama
• Saleh Allaoui
• Bounaaj Mohamed Salem
• Assalhi Nafi
• El Ghailani Mansour
• El Ghailani Mohamed
• Boubrik Boushab
• Aba Ali Limam
• Saleh Mohamed Khaled
• Cherif Mohamed Salem
• Saadi Loud
• El Khalil Salama
• El Gharhi El Khalil
• Bahia Terrouzi
• Dih Rachid
• Agharas Ali
• Mouti Mohamed
"The same sources indicated that there are still police pursuits
undertaken against Saharawi students in the campus of Marrakech,
Agadir, Casablanca and Rabat. (SPS)
010/090/100/TRD 092007 MARS 05 SPS
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