Morocco: Polisario Recalls OHCHR to Political Motives Behind Heavy Sentences Against Gdeim Izik Group

Bir Lehlou — The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz called, in a letter a copy of it reached Friday SPS, attention of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay regarding the political motives behind the heavy sentences pronounced by Moroccan martial court against 25 Saharawi rights activists on Feb 17th.

"These politically motivated and unfair sentences, including that of life imprisonment, issued against Saharawi human rights activists, which were taken in a trial witnessed a lot of legal violations as confirmed by international observers, who were able to follow its procedures," wrote the President of the Republic.

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