Occupied El Aaiun, 3 March 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi political prisoners of the "Gdeim Izik" group have condemned all forms of repression and intimidation carried out by the Moroccan occupation against the Sahrawi people, including physical abuse and the suffocating siege of homes, aimed at silencing voices and attempting to impose a fait accompli.
In a statement issued on Monday, the Sahrawi political prisoners declared their unconditional solidarity with the peaceful and resisting Sahrawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, including human rights activists and fighters defending the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and independence.
They renewed their call to the international community to protect the Sahrawi people from the brutality of the Moroccan occupation by expanding the mandate of the MINURSO mission to include the monitoring and reporting of human rights violations.
This comes after the brutal and violent intervention against a group of Sahrawi human rights activists and fighters last Tuesday in the occupied city of El Aaiun during a peaceful demonstration organized by Sahrawi human rights organizations. The protest coincided with the Sahrawi people's commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and was held to denounce the conspiracies against the just cause of the Sahrawi people and to reaffirm that the Polisario Front is the sole legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people.
The Sahrawi political prisoners paid tribute to their male and female comrades who, over the years, have remained committed to carrying the torch of struggle despite the suffering and all forms of oppression imposed by the Moroccan occupation.
The statement also called on the international community, represented by the United Nations and its various bodies and mechanisms, as well as regional and continental unions and countries, to pressure Morocco to end its occupation of Western Sahara and to comply with international law by respecting the Sahrawi people's right to freedom, independence, and self-determination.
