2010年11月11日木曜日

Moroccan police are looking for activistas and organizers of the Saharawis' camp at LaAyoune

El conflicto del Sáhara

La policía marroquí busca a los activistas y organizadores del campamento saharaui en El Aaiún

El Polisario habla de 12 muertos saharauis, 723 heridos y 159 desaparecidos y el Gobierno marroquí eleva a ocho los fallecidos entre sus filas.- En medio de la tensión, ambas partes acuerdan volverse a reunir en diciembre y enero

IGNACIO CEMBRERO - Madrid - 09/11/2010
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The Sahara conflictThe Moroccan police are looking for activists and organizers of the Saharawi camp in LaayouneThe Polisario Sahrawi talks 12 dead, 723 wounded and 159 missing and the Moroccan government rises to eight deaths among their ranks .- Amid the tension, both sides agreed to meet again in December and January
Ignacio Cembrero - Madrid - 09/11/2010
Laayoune, Western Sahara's capital, is still in tension, under the supervision of the Moroccan security forces, mainly riot police and 24 hours after the assault on Saharawi camp on the outskirts of the city and clashes between police and members of this ethnic group in the capital. And through all that stress and uncertainty, and after two days of meetings in New York, the Frente Polisario and Morocco have agreed to meet again in December and January.
The two sides "have agreed to meet again in December and earlier this year to continue the negotiation process asking the Security Council resolutions of the UN", reported by the UN special envoy for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, conclusion of the meetings.
Sahrawi cornered
According to the Sahrawi resistance, Morocco on Tuesday ordered the search and seizure and the activists and organizers of the camp. Also claims that the Moroccan police from entering homes Monday Saharawi families, not all related to the activists.
After a relatively quiet night after the Moroccan government decreed a nighttime curfew, from Tuesday morning there were skirmishes in the neighborhood of the airport and Alauda, where you have installed the Saharawi who have returned from refugee camps . Witnesses say that looting and attacks on Saharawi properties in Laayoune.
The same morning, isolated clashes were also reported between Moroccan and Saharawi civilians in the neighborhood of Colominas, historic city center, according to witnesses reached by telephone by this newspaper.
The police chief of El Aaiun, Mohamed Dkhisi, yesterday denied that had been clashes between citizens and said the situation is "stable" and "normal", according to the official news agency MAP Morocco.
New death toll
The Polisario Front gave a new balance of the incidents, the most severe ones in this disputed territory since the war ended in 1991 between the Frente Polisario and Rabat. The independence movement speaks of 12 dead Sahrawi, 723 wounded and 159 missing. Although they have not provided their identity in the Saharawi neighborhoods in Laayoune circulating half-dozen names of people killed in the riot charges Moroccans. One of the victims would be a Sahrawi child seven years Duerat quarter, according to Western Sahara. While the Moroccan government raised to eight the number of victims, eight from the ranks of security forces. Also recognizes a Saharawi died, aged 26, employed by the Office Chérifien des Phosphates (OCP), the largest and one Moroccan Sahara.
Foreign Minister of Polisario, Mohamed Ould Salek, said that a provisional balance and that the victims were Moroccan, both during action against the camp and in the subsequent protests in Laayoune. Sahrawi associations defending human rights, as Codesa, chaired Haidar, feared that when things calm down, would emerge the names of other fatalities. In addition, the Saharawi claim that there are 65 detainees.
According to the news agency of the Polisario Front, SPS, the city has been "completely sealed" by the Moroccan army vans "in each of the corners of the Saharawi neighborhoods" and the installation of checkpoints on access roads the city, "prohibiting the entry of foreigners." In Laayoune has begun to bury the "martyrs" of the "barbaric and feudal despot occupant short not worthy cowardly killings of apartheid and Nazism," said a statement released by the Delegation of the Polisario Front in Spain .
Istiqlal not tolerate blackmail
Spanish living in the city said by telephone Efe groups who saw dozens of pro-Moroccan civilians patrolling the streets, watched closely by Moroccan security forces, and that kept some altercation with Sahrawi in the central square of Dshir. Meanwhile, supporters of self-determination bet on some street corners to watch, those same sources reported, adding that a number of businesses and shops in the city in the eastern neighborhoods of the city remain closed, and schools and government.
Abdallahi J., Zemla neighbor, one of the most affected by riots on Monday, told Efe that families try to meet in homes and stock in the event of further incidents. Abdallahi said several Sahrawi associations have begun to gather testimonies from victims and evidence of some attacks suffered by civilians pro-Moroccan, and following the wave of violence unleashed by the Saharawi government buildings, banks and police vehicles.
Another U.S. citizen witness said the city has regained a relatively normal pulse, the downtown shops have opened and cafes, and you can see people walking down the street. The same source indicated that there is still a strong police and military in Smara Avenue, the epicenter of the protests, staying alert to new incidents. Moroccan security forces are deployed in many neighborhoods.
"The tension has dissipated and calm reigns again in all the neighborhoods in Laayoune. This is the idyllic landscape painting for its part, the Moroccan state news agency MAP. In a note, MAP added that "life has regained its normal course" through the "public support for law enforcement" and describes what happened yesterday: "A day marked by acts of vandalism committed by repeat offenders of justice and the involvement of law enforcement to stop these acts, to ensure the safety of citizens and their property. "
The party in power in Morocco, the Istiqlal, yesterday denounced "the attempt of some people to exploit a social movement that occurs in the context of freedom, plurality and openness" that as there Istiqlal in Morocco. In a statement released by the official news agency MAP, Istiqlal warns that "will not consent to the blackmail and political manipulation" of these social movements. Finally, the party led by Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, said that under the authority of King Mohamed VI, Western Sahara has experienced significant progress in social, economic, cultural and political. Spain, a former colony, has insisted that the UN should lead to lower output voltage, but has made clear he has not asked to convene a Security Council meeting on this matter, having no capacity for it.
Brussels, worried about the violence
Neither Spain nor the European Union and United Nations have condemned the acts but the latter has called for "restraint" on both sides to avoid worsening the escalation of violence generated by the Moroccan decision to take control of the Saharawi camp raised nearly Izik Agdaym a month. In recent weeks, had gathered at the camp around 20,000 people in over 4,000 tents to protest living conditions suffered by the Saharawi population in the territory occupied by Morocco in 1975. The camp claimed homes, jobs and social benefits, no self-determination. In line with the UN, the European Commission has expressed concern about the "wave of violence" in Western Sahara, has deplored the deaths and has urged both sides to maintain calm and avoid violence.
Some incidents that began the same day he was scheduled to resume in New York talks between Morocco and Polisario on Western Sahara, despite the doubts of the independence movement. Two days of meetings ended with the announcement this morning that the negotiations do not break, but will continue next month.35 years without solution
- Creation of the Frente Polisario. In May 1973, the Algiers Declaration calls for end to Spanish occupation in Western Sahara. Polisario Front was born. Spain announces the call for a referendum.
- The Green March. In October 1975 the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the right to self-determination for the Saharawi people. King Hassan II of Morocco launched the Green March against the Western Sahara border. The Sahrawi people fled and settled in camps in Tindouf (Algeria).
- Spain leaves the territory. In November 1975, following the agreements of Madrid, Spain agrees to leave the Sahara. It transfers the bulk of the colony to Morocco and a third to Mauritania. In February 1976 the last Spanish representative leaves the area. The Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic and declares war on Morocco.
- Rabat up a wall. In 1980 Morocco began to build a wall to divide the territory along some 2,700 kilometers.
- The UN mission. In 1991 comes into force on the ceasefire and UN creates MINURSO. Is expected to hold a referendum in 1992. In 1997 the UN special envoy, James Baker, announced the referendum in 1998. Baker will be responsible for new consultations.
- The 'Baker Plan'. In August 2003 the Security Council approve the Baker plan, which proposes regional elections with a pro-Moroccan census and a referendum in five years. Approved by the Polisario and Morocco rejects it.
- Dialogue and confrontation. In 2008, fails the fourth round of negotiations and the Polisario rejects new UN envoy Peter van Walsum, which it accuses of favoring Morocco. In 2009 he replaced Christopher Ross, who begins a round of informal talks.
- Haidar's protest. In late 2009, Haidar activist begins hunger strike 32 days after being expelled from Laayoune.

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