The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS) has condemned the latest human rights violation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara by Morocco Forces.
Dr. Dipo Fashina, who spoke for the movement at the Labour House, Abuja, lamented the attacks on Saharawi civilians last week in El Aiun –Western Sahara by Moroccan occupying forces.
“The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS) condemns the bestial attacks on Saharawi civilians on 19th July 2019, in El Aiun –Western Sahara by Moroccan occupying forces, the Saharawi people became victims of assault on humanity by Moroccan security forces comprising uniformed policemen, gendarmes, paramilitary and auxiliary forces.” Dr. Fashina, the former President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said.
He said the NMLWS condemned bestiality of all kinds unleashed on the Saharawi people by Morocco’s forces, occupiers of Saharawi territories.
Snake invasion: Assembly lawmakers threaten to disapprove Ondo N30bn…
Fashina said: “This Moroccan bestiality, taking place in a situation where the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was present, is, and ought to be a matter of grave concern for all peoples in the world who cherish human freedom and dignity.”
“The bestiality demonstrated by Moroccan forces is a challenge to the United Nations to defend the universal rights of all human beings to life, dignity, respect and the rights of all nations to self-rule. A special challenge goes to the African Union, which has the obligation to accomplish the mission of completing the decolonization of Africa.”
According to him, the African Union must show a more vigorous commitment to the realization of Saharawi independence; adding that the persistence of colonial rule in Western Sahara, the plunder of Western Sahara’s resources by Morocco and its international allies, the repression of the right of the Saharawi people to live free in their own land, are historical injustices must be of concern and addressed by the AU.