Moroccan Forces Raid Western Sahara Camp, Thousands Demonstrate in Madrid Against Crackdown 1 of 2

Thousands of people demonstrated in Madrid November 13 against Morocco's recent crackdown in Western Sahara. Moroccan security forces last week raided a camp where some 20,000 Sahrawis had been staging a massive protest against the Moroccan occupation. Morocco has announced that it will try, in a military court, more than 100 Sahrawi activists who helped organize the camp. Democracy Now! goes to Laayoune to speak with Peter Bouckaert of Human Rights Watch and is joined by University of San Francisco professor Stephen Zunes, author of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution.

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[finalstandberskclan]

im i tripping or did the car in 04:59 did a wheelie

ps. Morroco bitch

[MarokiSoussi]

propaganda western countries are the most killers look at what you are doing in Libya the sahara is Moroccan if you want it or not

[MocroGaming]

the sahara is moroccan ground the people there are also moroccans, so they can fuck off, polisario terrorists create these images to give morocco a bad name.

[DownAziz]

the international community should apply pressure on morocco to respect the sahrawi right to self-determination and independence as it did in east timor and kosovo conflicts

[Victory4people]

Javier Bardem should continue making shitty movies, and not engage in politics. He should condem the Spanish occupation of Sebta and Mellilia.

[ninabekkali]

@Chachy1337 And algeria

[oct1984]

Morocco"s client state of the US, what people should know hadn't a government of morocco by the people for the people, whether is a police state controlled and operated by one man...those brutality could be stopped if USA and Eu support halted and demand some freedom and aspiration of people demanded are met this is a occupation is ongoing for last 40+years.

Western government should also know that killing ,brutal and disappearance of people that opposed to occupation and all are known facts.

[Chachy1337]

The sole reason of the conflict in western-sahara is because of Spain.

[evanevan61]

fuck the polisrio! we are in our sahara .

[bahidoha]

L'éspagne n'a meme pas le droit de parler puisqu'elle a occupé le Sahara Marocaine depuis 91 ans.Le Sahara était,est et sera toujours Marocaine.Vive le Maroc!!!