“The appeals court in Sale has accepted the bail demand of three of these six activists, after it was rejected last Thursday by the military court,” Mohammed Sebbar said.
All six men were arrested in the coastal town of Casablanca after their trip to Tindouf, which is the headquarters of the Polisario Front movement that wants independence of the Western Sahara from Morocco.
The military tribunal in Rabat accused the six of “treason and intelligence with the enemy”, but none of them have yet been tried.

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Statement, 27 April 2010 :
After Forty-one days the six Sahrawi prisoners of conscience in Sale, Morocco ended their hunger strike.
We want to announce to the public that we have decided to suspend our open hunger strike on the evening of Tuesday, April 27th, 2010, after we have received pledges from the Moroccan authorities following many dialogues and meetings during the last two weeks of the strike regarding our case.

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Australia Western Sahara Association
PRESS RELEASE –FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Tuesday 27 April 2010

* Prominent Western Saharan hunger strikers edge closer to death

* UN Boss Ban Ki-Moon voices strong concern over human rights in the territory

As discussions on the role of the UN in Western Sahara intensify early this week, Security Council member states are coming under increased pressure to ensure international monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara – the only country in Africa still awaiting the completion of its process of decolonisation.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern today about alleged violations of human rights in the Western Sahara conflict after vowed to continue to promote the rights of Sahrawis after meeting with the head of the Frente Polisario, one of the parties to the dispute.
Mr. Ban held discussions with Mohamed Abdelaziz, Secretary-General of the Frente Polisario, in New York and thanked the group for its active participation in the most recent round of informal UN-backed talks aimed at ending the conflict.

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22 April 2010

Norbert Neuser, President of the Intergroup for Western Sahara in the European Parliament, raised his grave concern about the situation of the Saharawi political prisoners in hunger strike detained by Morocco. The Saharawi political activists were detained by Morocco in October 2009 and were not put before a judge yet.
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On 27 February 2010 musicians came together in Melbourne to play in
solidarity with the Casablanca 7. Six of these Saharawi human rights
defenders are now on hunger strike in Salé Prison in Morocco.

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16/04/2010  Solidarity-Support
Urgent Action : Six Sahrawi Activists at Risk in Morocco
Six Sahrawi prisoners of conscience are on hunger strike in protest at being held without trial in Morocco for over six months. Their families are gravely concerned for their health.

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