Letter of Ali Salem Tamek to Special Envoy of the UN SG
James Baker
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Local jail of Aït Melloul, on 22 September 2003
Attn:
Mr. James Baker
Special envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations Organization
Mr. Special envoy:
I, the political prisoner Ali Salem TAMEK, like all the Sahraouis who believe in your capacity to contribute in finding a solution to the dispute which has raised over the Western Sahara since 1975, have a firm conviction that you will do your best to bring us justice and freedom of choice. The firmness and patience you have shown in dealing with the complications of this question is a strong evidence of your commitment to the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
Relying on these outstanding grounds, I am writing you for the second time* with the hope, shared by many Sahraouis in this piece of land governed by the Moroccan Authorities, you will consider the disappointment of people deprived of the right to speak out their opinions and convictions. Astonishingly enough, Moroccan Authorities now chases Sahraoui human rights activists, either putting them in jail or moving them collectively to northern Morocco. This betrays the double-faced official policy in this country: for external purposes the regime announces his openness to the democratic model while issuing court decisions of closing the Sahara section of the Truth and Justice Forum which is a non-governmental body for the defense of the rights of the victims of severe violations, and depriving Sahraouis human rights activists from travelling to participate in international meetings by confiscating their passports.
All this negative action is taken while voices are continuously calling for restoring mutual reliability between the parties to this conflict Morocco and the Polisario Front, within the framework of the confidence showing program through the liberation of war prisoners, the unveil of the fate of missing militants and the liberation of political prisoners.
Although the Polisario Front, as a move to show its acceptance of the program, has started by freeing another group of Moroccan prisoners of war, Morocco did nothing but more and more restriction of freedom and intensification of hegemony over the Western Sahara.
Mr. Special Envoy:
You certainly know more details about all the problems that hinder the achieving of a solution to this conflict. Yet we the sahraouis human rights activists are confident that the efforts you are making will help lift the injustice which is striking the population of this province. Among the aspects of this injustice we find political custody, the willful depriving from constituting conscientious associations, the confiscation of passports and the depriving from wage-earning, …
We have a great hope that you will achieve more success in your coming visit.
Sincerely Yours;
Sahraoui
political prisoner Ali Salem TAMEK
Imprisoned under no. 1591 in the local jail of Aït Melloul,
Inezgane, Agadir, Morocco
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