ACAPS-Associació Catalana d'Amics del Poble Sahrauí
ACAPS està adherida a CEAS-Sàhara
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Barcelona, 30 d’octubre de 2007
Desde la ASSOCIACIÓ CATALANA D’AMICS DEL POBLE SAHRAUÍ (ACAPS) celebramos la decisión del juez de la Audiencia Nacional, Baltasar Garzón, de abrir diligencias previas por delitos de genocidio y torturas cometidos contra ciudadanos saharauis por altos cargos militares i de la seguridad del Reino de Marruecos.
Las asociaciones de defensa de los derechos humanos y de familiares de presos y desaparecidos saharauis, denuncian los hechos ocurridos a partir del año 1975, cuando España abandonó el territorio del Sáhara Occidental, tras la firma de los ilegales Acuerdos Tripartitos de Madrid.
Denuncian a los responsables marroquís de la invasión del Sáhara Occidental y la posterior masacre que padecieron los saharauis.
Denuncian que esta invasión impidió y aun impide, el libre ejercicio del derecho de la autodeterminación, que la ONU reconoce al pueblo saharaui en la Resolución 1514 de la Asamblea General de la ONU, de diciembre de 1960.
Denuncian la permanente violencia que ha ejercido el ejército colonial marroquí contra el pueblo saharaui, empezando por la guerra de invasión que obligó a abandonar su tierra a más de 40000 personas, que fueron perseguidas por el ejército y la aviación marroquí, utilizando para ello, napalm, fósforo blanco y bombas de fragmentación.
Denuncian que, 32 años después, la dura represión aún perdura. Los activistas saharauis padecen detenciones arbitrarias, juicios sin garantias, los jóvenes obligados a marchar de su pais bajo amenazas de represalias a sus familias o son obligados a subir en pateras.
Denuncian y denunciamos que desde el 31 de octubre de 1975, millares de saharauis han desaparecido después de haber sido arrestados por la policía o el ejército colonial marroquí
Los hechos, denunciados por las asociaciones de defensa de los derechos humanos y de familiares de presos y desaparecidos saharauis, el año 2006, implican, entre otros, a Dris Bsri (ex Ministro del Interior de Marruecos) Yassine Mansouri (ex jefe de la Dirección General de Estudios y Consejero del Rey de Marruecos) y Husni Ben Sliman (General Mayor de la Fuerzas Armadas Reales). Dos de los incoados por el juez Baltasar Garzón, Hamidou Lanigri (Director General de la Seguridad Nacional) y Housni Ben Sliman (General de la Gendarmería Real de Marruecos) además, fueron condecorados por el Gobierno de España, con la Gran Cruz de Isabel la Católica, haciendo caso omiso a los grupos de defensa de los derechos humanos saharauís y a las asociaciones que, como ACAPS, protestaron por este hecho y que entonces ya denunciaron la implicación de estos, en la masacre y en la represión del pueblo saharaui.
Desde ACAPS, celebramos la iniciativa del juez Baltasar Garzón, ya que con ella se abre el camino de la justicia para el pueblo saharaui y esperamos que este camino continue con el reconocimiento definitivos del derecho a la autodeterminación del pueblo saharaui.
Desde ACAPS, también esperamos que el Gobierno de España, siga el camino de la justicia y como los jueces, trabaje para restablecer la justicia. Esta justicia como estado administrador, pasa por garantizar el derecho de los saharauis a un referendum de autodeterminación, donde ellos, puedan decidir vivir libres en un Sahara Occidental independiente.
Es por todo ello, también, que invitamos a todos los hombres y mujeres solidarios con el pueblo saharaui a participar masivamente en la manifestación convocada en Madrid, el 10 de noviembre, por CEAS-SAHARA, bajo el lema, CONTRA LA TORTURA Y LA VIOLACIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL SÁHARA”.
ASSOCIACIÓ CATALANA D’AMICS DEL POBLE SAHRAUÍ (ACAPS)
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Blogger cracked pro-Moroccan propaganda campaign
Through an impressive piece of research, a US blogger this week forced a pro-Moroccan propaganda campaign down on its knees.
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Published: 28.10 - 2007 18:54
Changed: 28.10 - 2007 18:54
It all started with a press release from the little-known Together Foundation that claimed slaves are held in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria. The release was based on allegations put forward by two Australian filmmakers.
The news surprised Western Sahara watchers, and not just because of the serious nature of its charges. But who was really behind the unknown US-based Together Foundation?
“When I read the release, I was surprised because I had never heard of them, and neither had anyone I know who follows Western Sahara,” US blogger Will Sommer said.
After a series of posts on his blog One Hump or Two?, Summer not only revealed the organization’s dubious character, but has now forced its entire board of advisors to resign.
The day after the Together Foundation’s press release came out, Sommer called the listed PR contact, Philippe Elghouayel, also the Foundation’s president. According to Sommer, Elghouayel was dismissive on the phone, and kept demanding to know where Sommer was calling from. He gave Sommer the Foundation’s website, which listed the Foundation’s members and its board of advisors.
The next day, Sommer wrote a post on his blog about the Foundation and its press release. He wasn’t able to find out much about the Foundation, which according to its website started in 2005. Then, he listed the board of advisors, a three member group that included the director of the Maghreb Center, a Washington-based North African think tank. Other than that, though, little was known about the board of advisors.
Sommer did, however, find more information about Elghouayel, the Foundation’s president. He was formerly in charge of the United Nation Development Program’s Russian office, but resigned under a fraud investigation. Later on, Western Sahara blogger Alle at Western Sahara Info found a Russian UN document saying Elghouayel briefly was the head of MINURSO.
The day after Sommer published his post, another Western Sahara blogger, Chasli at Western Sahara Endgame, noticed that two members of the board of advisors —Emily Toll and Steve Pershing— had disappeared from the website. Elghouayel insisted their resignations had nothing to do with the Foundation’s recent notoriety.
A couple of hours later Sommer talked on the phone with another member, who claimed he had never been asked to be on their board of advisors. He soon disappeared from the website as well, meaning the board of advisors was no more.
“A couple of days later Philippe Elghouayel called me in a far different tone than when we spoke last”, Sommer said. Elghouayel said the board of advisors had been “scared off” by the blog posts.
The Foundation even changed its stance, with Elghouayel saying he had doubts about the Australian filmmakers’ slavery claims. According to the Together Foundation’s website, they’re now working with the Polisario Front to send an investigative team to the refugee camps in Algeria.
Some questions still remain unanswered, according to Sommer.
“There’s a Russian connection that I can’t figure out,” Sommer said. “First, Elghouayel worked at the Russian UNDP office. Secondly, Temkin, the Foundation’s webdesigner, runs a company that prepares products for export to Russia. And thirdly, a Russian journalist named Ilia Baranikas has written articles using Together Foundation’s talking points.”
The bigger question, though, is who backed the Together Foundation. Robert Holley, the director of the Moroccan lobbying group the Moroccan-American Center for Policy, denied a connection with the group.
“I’m not sure it was backed by the Moroccan government or Moroccan agents,” Sommer said. “I guess they’re more competent than this. Either way, I think it’s a victory both for the budding Western Sahara blogging scene and for anyone who’s interested in accurate information about Western Sahara.”
http://www.vest-sahara.no/index.php?parse_news=single&cat=49&art=645
Dear friend:
Thank you for this comment.
You can see a new post about this question in SAHARA RESISTE:
http://sahararesiste.blogspot.com/2007/11/el-poder-de-los-blogs-saharauis-contra.html
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