2010年11月10日水曜日

Moroccan police violently destroy the Saharawi camp in Laayoune in occupied ex-Spanish Sahara by morroco

El conflicto del Sáhara

Regresa la tensión a El Aaiún con nuevos enfrentamiento tras una noche de calma

El Polisario habla de 11 muertos saharauis, 723 heridos y 159 desaparecidos y el Gobierno marroquí eleva a seis los fallecidos, uno saharahui

IGNACIO CEMBRERO / AGENCIAS - Madrid - 09/11/2010

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The Sahara conflictVoltage returns to Laayoune with new confrontation after a night of quietThe Polisario Sahrawi speaks of 11 dead, 723 wounded and 159 missing and the Moroccan government brings to six the deceased, a Sahrawi
 
Laayoune, Western Sahara's capital, has dawned calm tense and taken by Moroccan security forces, mainly riot police and 24 hours after taking the Saharawi camp on the outskirts of the city and clashes between police and members of this ethnic group in the capital. The night passed in relative calm after the Moroccan government decreed a nighttime curfew. However, by mid-morning clashes have been reproduced, so far isolated, Moroccan and Saharawi civilians in the neighborhood of Colominas, historic city center, according to witnesses reached by telephone by this newspaper. Furthermore, the Polisario Front has offered 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 11 dead Sahrawi, 723 wounded and 159 missing, while the Moroccan government has raised the dead six-five officers and a protester Moroccan Sahara, and dozens injured.

    
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Foreign Minister of Polisario, Mohamed Ould Salek, has stated that a provisional balance and that the victims were Moroccan, both during the 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. For its part, the Moroccan authorities have been informed this morning of the death of a member of the Office of Phosphates in Morocco injured during the incident, bringing to six the victims recognized by Morocco. 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 have indicated by telephone Efe groups who have seen dozens of civilian pro-Moroccan people patrolling the streets, watched closely by Moroccan security forces, and have maintained some altercation with Sahrawi in the central square of Dshir. Meanwhile, supporters of self-determination is a bet on some street corners to watch, tell the same sources, 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 the unrest yesterday, has told Efe that families try to meet in homes and stock in the event of further incidents. Abdallahi has indicated that several Sahrawi associations have begun to gather testimonies from victims and evidence of some attacks suffered late in the night by pro-Moroccan civilians, and following the wave of violence unleashed by the Saharawi government buildings, banks and vehicles police.
Another U.S. citizen witness stated that 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 yesterday, which remains 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, today 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 asked yesterday "restraint" on both sides to avoid worsening the escalation of violence generated by the Moroccan decision on Monday to take control of the Saharawi camp raised For almost a month Agdaym Izik, about 15 miles of Laayoune. 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 this week 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. Representatives of the Commission and Morocco are meeting today in Brussels to discuss the future of the current fisheries agreement and the possibilities for renewal.
The assault came the same day he was scheduled to resume in New York talks between Morocco and Polisario on Western Sahara. The independence movement had doubts, but sat at the table in Manhasset (near New York). It was an informal meeting and the results were not disclosed. Morocco and the Polisario Front today conclude this informal meeting, the third, sponsored by the UN.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.
The indifference of the Government, "incomprehensible" for the PP
Deputy Secretary General of the Communications of the PP, Esteban Gonzalez Pons, said this morning in Lleida Spain to play their dignity in the Sahara and that it was "incomprehensible" the indifference with which the government of Rodriguez Zapatero watch what happens in a territory where there are many people with Spanish ID and where there is news "dramatic, troubling and disturbing" reports Lluís Visa.
The popular leader has criticized Foreign Minister, Trinidad Jiménez, not in Spain to deal with the problems of the Sahara. "What can not is that from Bolivia just make canutazos to the press," he said. He also noted that it seems incomprehensible "collusion" that the Spanish sample pseudo-democracies in other parts of the world, when not concerned with something as essential as is the defense of human rights and more if they are emotionally linked to Spain As with the Sahrawi people.
For its part, the Basque Government today called for an "independent" investigation into the events and urged the Executive and the European Union to play "a more active role." In this community, the Ertzaintza riot police have made two charges to break up a concentration called front of the consulate of Morocco in Bilbao and have arrested two people.


photos of violent removal of Saharawi's camp at La Ayoune by Morrocan riot police
http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/2 
the sean after violent removal of saharawi's camp at La Ayoune by Morrocan riot police

http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/1 
Morroca military truc suposed to carring dead bodies 


http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/12 
people gathering agaist the Morroca riot police

http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/8 
people gathering agaist the Morrocan police in town

http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/7 
Saharawi's people protesting  in a jeep in town


http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/6 
Morrocan riot police are surrouding the Saharawi's camp in La Ayoune at the dawn

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an wounded man by the Morrocan riot police

http://www.elpais.com/fotogaleria/conflicto/Aaiun/elpgal/20101108elpepuint_1/Zes/4
Saharawi's camp in La Ayoune in ex-Spanish Sahara on fire destroyed by the Morrocan riot police 

the video of assault of Saharawi's camp by the Morrocan riot police at  La Ayoune
8 Novemver, 2010
http://www.elpais.com/videos/internacional/asalto/campamento/Agdaym/Izik/elpepuint/20101109elpepuint_1/Ves/

the video of the riot in La ayoune


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