domingo, 16 de novembro de 2008

8 thousands demonstrators in Madrid to ask for Saharawis right to self-determination


More than 8 thousands demonstrators marched in the Spanish capital, Madrid, Today to express support to Saharawi people´s right to self-determination, according to the Spanish news agency, Europa Press.

Intellectuals, political personalities, trade unionists, actors and artists and hundreds supporters of the Saharawi people, got to the street to answer the call of the Spanish Coordinating committee of associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people (CEAS) and artists platform "all for Western Sahara".

The same source added that there were also participants from the occupied zones of Western Sahara and Saharawi migrants coming from different Spanish regions and from abroad to take part to the protest.

The demonstrators marched towards the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Madrid, raising a placard that reads "Freedom and independence for Western Sahara, Morocco guilty, Spain accountable".

In the first rank of the demonstration Saharawi officials were marching besides famous Spanish personalities such as Spanish film-Director, Fernando Colombo, actor Fran Perrera, former Coordinator of Isquiedra Unida, Gaspar LLamazares, and representatives of Spanish political parties among others.

Once arrived to the Spanish Ministry for FA, demonstrators read a declaration reiterating support to the Saharawi people´s right o self-determination and independence.


They also condemned the Moroccan violation of human rights and the systematic plundering of the Saharawi natural resources by the Moroccan State and international powers, and multinational.

In this respect, they called on Spain and the European Union to clearly exclude Western Sahara from the advanced status accords it is planning to sign with Rabat.

They also called on the Spanish government to assume its responsibilities and put pressures on Morocco to accept the international legality and enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.


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