24/02/2013
Morocco: Trial of Gdeim Izik Detainees 'Provocative Step' Increases Tension in the Region, Says FM
[SPS]Bir Lehlou -The Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek considered, in a letter sent to the President of African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), that trying 25 Saharawi political prisoners before a martial court and the sentences issued against them "another provocative step" by occupying power, highlighting that this step increases the tension and disturb the atmosphere needed for the direct negotiations overseen by the UN between the parties to the conflict; the Polisario Front and
