SAHARA PRESSE SERVICE

27 February School (refugees' Camps), 19/09/2004 (SPS) Belgian Senator, Pierre Galand (Socialist Party), revealed Sunday in 27 February School camp, that " All international bodies recognise Saharawi people's legitimate right", estimating that the Saharawi struggle motivates "legitimacy and peaceful coexistence between the peoples of the world".

Chairing a delegation from the Belgian Senate composed of Mrs. Jacinta De Rock (Socialist Green), Mr. Jean Cornil (Socialist Party) for a two days visit to SADR, Mr. Galand underlined that the Saharawi people are defending their legitimate rights, which are "recognised by the international community".

"Your rights are also recognised by the International Court of Justice, UN's General Assembly, UN's Security Council, African Union, the International Assembly of the European Union and the European Parliament, the International Socialist, International Liberal, International Christian Democrat and by all international bodies", he stressed during a conference to the population in 27 February camp.

"All Human Rights' and peace activists are now unanimous in their support to the Saharawi cause", he noted, estimating that South Africa's President, Thabo Mbeki, has just adopted "an important initiative for Africa and the world by recognising SADR and Saharawi people's right to self-determination".

To the Senator the adoption of this position in September 2004 is "very important", since it intervenes "in the eve of the UN General Assembly's meetings and few time before the UN Secretary General hands over his report in the end of the coming October".

Mr. Galand also noted that the recognition of SADR, last Wednesday, will exhort and stimulate the international solidarity "and strengthen us in our solidarity actions with you at the eve of the 30th annual conference of solidarity with the Saharawi people, which will take place in Spain this October".

The Belgian Senate delegation arrived Saturday in a two days work visit of solidarity, during which it will be received by the Parliament and the President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, as well as by other high Saharawi political officials, it was indicated. (SPS)

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OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Saharawi political detainees alert about the deterioration of human right situation in occupied territories

Aaiun, 19/09/2004 (SPS) Saharawi political detainees condemned Friday from La Carcel Negra (Black Jail) in El Aaiun, "the serious process human rights question knows in occupied territories of Western Sahara", demanding from Moroccan authorities "to immediately release all Saharawi political prisoners and account for the reported missing persons".

In a communiqué released Friday, after "the summary trials" Thursday of the two young Saharawis, Mahmoud Moustapha Haddad and Mohamed Mahmoud Fekak by the appeal court of El Aaiun, the Saharawi political detainees called upon "all human rights organisations to intervene near Moroccan authorities to put an end to the serious human rights' violations perpetrated by Morocco in occupied territories of Western Sahara" and face "the serious process human rights know in occupied territories of Western Sahara".

Meanwhile, Saharawi human rights activists in occupied territories of Western Sahara called to "the immediate and unconditional release of all Saharawi political detainees in Moroccan cells", expressing their "solidarity with their families" and exhorting them to struggle "for the release of their sons with all the means in their possession", indicated a communiqué released by the activists, of which SPS received a copy.

"We demand the improvement of the conditions of the Saharawi political detainees in Moroccan prisoners, conforming to international norms relating to prisoners' treatment", underlined the same source.

The Saharawi activists, had also launched an appeal "to all international human rights organisations and associations, in order to put an end to the flagrant human rights violations in occupied territories of Western Sahara", they stressed.

The two victims of this summary judgement, read the text, did only express "their support to Saharawi people's right to self-determination", by rejecting Moroccan colonial fait accomplit in Western Sahara "before of the Moroccan court"

It should be recalled that El Aaiun's Appeal Court condemned Thursday two Saharawi political prisoners, Mahmoud Moustafa Haddad and Mohamed Mahmoud Fakak, respectively to 2 years imprisonment and 5000 Dirhams fine to the first and 4 years imprisonment to the second.

The Association of Saharawi prisoners and disappeared's Families (AFAPREDESA) and Saharawi Jurists Union (UJS) had denounced the violation of individuals right to fair judgement, condemning the torture and ill-treatment to which these two Saharawi citizens were subjected. (SPS)

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