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Saharawi students all over the Universities in Morocco as well as at the schools in Western Sahara have been staging peaceful Demonstrations since the 1st of December 2008, in solidarity with the Saharawi students in Ibn Zohr University of Agadir and protesting against the brutal killing of the two Saharawi students Baba Khayya
(22y. 3rd y Economy) and Laktif Elhousin (21y.1st y Sociology) and the third student Belkadi Mbarek (1st y Law) who is still in a comma in a very delicate health situation at the hospital of Hassan the 2nd in Agadir, Morocco.
Ibn Zohr University of Agadir:
Saharawi students are on a hunger strike for 48h, they closed the gate of the faculty of Letters and Human Sciences and the faculty of Law and Economics, boycott the exams.
Demonstrations are occurring every day in front of the faculties and at the University Campus.
Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech:
Saharawi students since the 1st/Dec/08 are demonstrating at the faculties, boycotting the exams and going on marches between the faculties towards the University Campus.
On the 2nd of December, the Moroccan brutal forces nearly broke into the Campus.
Hassan the 2nd University of Casa Blanca:
Saharawi students are going through a series of demonstrations in solidarity.
Med V University of Rabat:
Saharawi students are making demonstrations.
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Western Sahara: (El Aaiun)
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Lemsalla High school:
Saharawi students boycott the studies and exams in addition to the Demonstrations.
Hassan the 2nd High school:
Saharawi students have been demonstrating.
On the 3rd of December at 01:00 the brutal Moroccan forces stormed the High school causing many victims, some students were sent to the hospital and some were detained.
We are still waiting for more information.
We, the Saharawi students are prevented from our rights such as right of Expression, Education, Transport, Master studies…
Every year we encounter serious troubles of registration at the Universities, problems of transfer…etc In addition to the brutal attacks by the Moroccan authorities in respond to our peaceful demonstrations calling for our right to Self-Determination.
Attached:
A photo presentation of the situation of Saharawi students in two years time
(2007. 2008) as an example.
We appeal to you the conscience of the world to support us in our peaceful struggle to Self-Determination and Justice.
We want you to be aware about our situation now, we are continuing our struggle to achieve Justice and that the responsible of the killing of the Saharawi students be prosecuted in International courts.
We demand an International Protection, considering the brutal attacks by the Moroccan authorities and the serious consequences on students.
We demand a serious pressure on Morocco to stop those flagrant violations of Human Rights in Western Sahara and Universities.
And that respect our rights as Saharawis, to Self-Determination
and our right as students to express our opinions.
We need a presence of foreign journalists Human Rights activists and international observers to follow our case and to support us in our struggle.
Saharawi students
Ibn Zohr University of Agadir
03rd/12/2008
Two Saharawi students martyrs at the University of Ibn Zohr in Agadir Morocco
Date : 1rst December 2008
Time : Evening, between 08:00 and 08:30
Place : Agadir city. The bus station “Al masira”
Event : The killing of Two Saharawi students,
One other Student is in a comma,
Some were detained and beaten up by the police
On the 1rst of December 2008, at 08:00 in the evening,
Saharawi students were having a sit-in at the bus station of “Al masira” demanding their right of transport; they want to go to their cities in Western Sahara for the “Aid” feast.
The responsible people of the bus station did not show any help to solve the problem and offer a buss for the students.
Moreover, the police were surrounding the bus station.
At the same time, one bus driver was given the permission
by the police (according to the students testimonies’) he was given the order to go ahead towards the students whom were sitting as a protest.
The bus crushed three students, two were killed and one is in a comma at “Hassan the 2nd” hospital.
5 other students were victims as well, injured in different parts of the body.
The killed students are:
Baba Khayya and Laktif Elhousin
The student who is in a coma is named Belkadi Mbarek.
The other students’ victims:
Elkherchi Mbarek : Broken hand
Abdessalam Chtouki : Bruising at the hand and arm
Nafai Zaza : Bruising at the hand and back
Nadia : bruising at the back
The bus driver escaped immediately after committing the crime.
The police break into the bus station immediately after the crime; they beat up the students and detained 11 ones.
The students were released after a while and two of them
(Elaasli Ahmad Salem and Elhadef Mbarek) were released lately at 01h am.
The students’ victims were taken by taxis to the hospital.
The killed students and the other one who is in a comma was taken by an ambulance after half an hour to the “Hassan the 2nd” hospital.
The Moroccan authorities considered at the first time the event as an accident.
Today the under king at the tribunal of Agadir considered the event as mechanical defect and promised to follow the appropriate actions.
On the 2nd December, 2008, Saharawi students have started Demonstrations
Since the morning it was a demonstration and a march in front of the faculty of Arts and Human sciences and in the afternoon they have a Demonstration in front of the faculty of Law and Economics “Ibn Zohr” University, Agadir.
Members of Moroccan National Students Union (UNEM) expressed their solidarity to the Saharawi students and their consolation to the Martyrs students’ families.
We, the Saharawi students are continuing our peaceful struggle for Independence and Justice.
We together with the Martyrs students’ families are demanding the international community, Human Rights Organizations, international courts
to follow this serious case.
Saharawi students
In Ibn Zohr University
Agadir, Morocco
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