Like all Sahrawi women, I have been outraged to learn that Spain has admitted on its soil war criminal Brahim Ghali, under a fake identity and forged documents provided by Algeria.
It is indeed a true insult to the women, men and children that are victims of the crimes against Humanity perpetrated by this individual, against whom the Spanish judiciary issued an arrest warrant.
We, the three thousands academics, lawyers, journalists, and civil society activists that are members of the International Platform for for Defense and Support to the Moroccan Sahara,
Under various names, the issue has been of concern for decades. In the terminology of decolonization law, it is Western Sahara. In the terminology of Moroccan national law, the Southern Provinces. In the terminology of historical anthropology, the Moroccan Sahara.
The phenomenon of recruitment of child soldiers by the polisario under the supervision of the Algerian Army, so denounced by international organizations including the UN, has been invited to the European Parliament through a question –with request for written reply-addressed by a group of MEPs to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell.
