Dakhla : Cornered, pro-Polisario forces turn to minors for protests
Last night, a group of young people waving Polisario flags held a demonstration, calling for «an end to the occupation and the release of Sahrawi civilian prisoners held in Moroccan prisons», according to the Polisario news agency SPS on Sunday, June 29.
«A few teenagers, some with their faces covered, took to the streets carrying Polisario flags», a local source in Dakhla told Yabiladi. Images shared by Polisario media, including SPS, show minors protesting on a street in the city.
«This is clearly a propaganda stunt orchestrated by the Polisario to coincide with recent conferences in Europe and articles in certain Spanish outlets calling for the release of Sahrawi prisoners convicted of the murder of 11 law enforcement officers during the dismantling of the Gdim Izik camp in Laayoune on November 8, 2008», the same source added.
Polisario-affiliated media made no mention of any arrests following the demonstration in Dakhla.
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