2010年11月16日火曜日

Growing numbers of war victims at the Saharawis' protest camp at La Ayoune in Western Sahara

Crece la guerra de cifras sobre las víctimas

I. C. - Madrid - 11/11/2010
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Growing numbers of war victims
I. C. - Madrid - 11/11/2010
As the hours pass, the number of deaths and injuries increases in Laayoune. For three days the Moroccan security forces dismantled by force the Saharawi protest camp outside the capital of the former Spanish colony.
Two members of the Moroccan security forces died in the hospital of El Aaiun, bringing to 10 the number of deaths in their ranks, which was also about 70 wounded, according to Rabat.
King Mohamed VI announced that bear the expenses of burial of the dead and and hospitalization of the wounded during the assault, but did not specify if also included civilians.
The Moroccan authorities continue to recognize only one death among the Saharawi civilians, but witnesses matching neighbors of Laayoune say that this figure falls far short.
The Polisario Front, fighting for independence for the territory, says there were 19 dead and 723 wounded and their relatives say there's a mass grave in the vicinity of the demolished Izik Agdaym camp, which continues to be unapproachable.
The inability of the press to travel to Laayoune and the absence of an independent investigation, the UN contingent in the Sahara has no competence in human rights-Saharan difficult to find out how many died.
Surprising as it may seem, Rabat yesterday provided a number of Sahrawi detainees (163), higher than the number of missing (159) announced by the Polisario.
Among those arrested Saharan held in barracks, set several committee members who led the protest camp, but others are still in search and seizure. Police continue searching homes to try to capture them and no doubt, at times, "in abuse of its residents," said a resident of the neighborhood Saharawi of Matala.
The calm is slowly returning to Laayoune, where they still occur, however, sporadic incidents. There were, yesterday, at the headquarters of Ould Mail, where tens of Saharawi wanted to come to visit their imprisoned relatives.
When it does the latest outbreak of violence is likely to Rabat finally allow reporters to travel to the Sahara, a territory so far vetoed for the Spanish journalists.
The third round of informal talks between Morocco and the Polisario ended Tuesday night in New York (early Wednesday in Spain), in an atmosphere rarefied by the clash of Laayoune.
The violence created by Morocco as Addu Khatri, head of the Saharawi delegation, "a tense atmosphere." Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri, again accused the Polisario of "take anything to avoid a lengthy and thorough negotiations."
Both delegations rejected the proposals put on the table by his enemies? Offers a range Rabat and the Polisario calls for a referendum, "but agreed nonetheless to meet again in December.

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