Petition: Western Sahara Appeal for Release of Sahrawi Prisoners
The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States of America
and The Honorable Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations:
We
the undersigned citizens from nations around the world and leaders and
representatives of many non- governmental organizations appeal to you to
demand that the King of Morocco immediately release the Sahrawi Akdeim
Izik's political prisoners currently held in Sahrawi prisons since
November 2010.
These
Sahrawi civilians were subjected to arbitrary arrest and torture
before being subjected to a mock military trial and given from twenty
years to life sentences. Their imprisonment and torture is a direct
violation of numerous international conventions to which Morocco is a
party.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT: AHMED
SBAI, SIDI ABDEL JALIL LAARUSSI, LAKHFAUNI ABDALAHI, MOHAMED EL BACHIR
BUTANGIZA, BRAHIM ISMAILI, SIDAHMED LEMJAYED, MOHAMED BANI, ABDELAHI
ABHAH.
30 YEARS IN JAIL: ENNAAMA ASFARI, CHEIKH BANGA, BURIAL MOHAMED, HASSAN DAH.
25 YEARS IN JAIL:
DEICH DAFFI, MOHAMED LAMINE HADDI, MOHAMED MBAREK LAFKIR, MOHAMED
KHOUNA BABAIT, EL BAKAY LAARABI, EL HUCEIN AZAUI, ETAWBALI ABDALAHI.
20 YEARS IN JAIL: EL BACHIR KHADDA, MOHAMED TAHLIL.
We consider this to be a matter of great urgency as each day they face potential death from their imprisonment.
With
the upcoming meeting of the United Nations Security Council we
furthermore call upon you, President Obama, as the leader of the Free
World and you, Secretary General Ban, as the leader of the United
Nations, to ensure that the long promised referendum on Western Sahara
will occur in 2015 in order to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara
in accordance with international law and bring an end to the horrific
human rights abuses being committed against the Sahrawi people by the
Kingdom of Morocco.
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