OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Sahara Press Service, Western Sahara - 3 hours ago
... early morning in the occupied city of El Aaiun, claiming for the "immediate withdrawal" of the Moroccan occupation from the Western Sahara, concordant sources ...

El Aaiun (occupied territories), 30/10/2006 (SPS) Five Saharawi citizens were arrested by the Moroccan forces of occupation during demonstrations that took place on Saturday night to Sunday early morning in the occupied city of El Aaiun, claiming for the "immediate withdrawal" of the Moroccan occupation from the Western Sahara, concordant sources indicated.

Demonstrators lifted the Saharawi national flags and chanted slogans in favour of the Saharawi people's right to self-determination and independence, before they were "brutally" by the Moroccan forces of occupation.

The forces of repression arrested the Saharawi citizens: Mohamed Dedi Loud, Mohamed Boutabaa and Moulaye Toubali, while Kamal Abou Alvadl and Ali Fdhil were arrested and interrogated for hours before they were abandoned in bad state in the middle of a street by the Moroccan forces.

Many flags of the Saharawi Republic were fixed on houses, and writings on walls in many neighbourhoods in the occupied capital of the Western Sahara, El Aaiun, demanding an immediate withdrawal of the forces of occupation.

On another hand, a Saharawi citizen, Saaid Ouaban, was arrested in the city of Tan Tan (South of Morocco) and led to the police station of the city to undergo the "different forms" of torture and interrogatories by the Moroccan services of intelligence.

Me. Saaid was interrogated about the activities of his brother, Souleiman and his relations with the Saharawi human rights activists before he was released in a critical shape, the same sources added. (SPS)

020/090/700/RD 301245 Oct 06 SPS

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