"The harassment of the United Nations Secretariat by false letters is still going on regarding alleged political prisoners, prisoners of war or convicts brought to justice and sentenced according to the law in force and the rules of practice" as shows the detailed and complete information sent to the UNSG’s personal envoy on November 18, 2009, the letter said.

    Fassi Fihri noted that the other parties deliberately use and exploit, at will, propaganda and orchestrated campaigns on the issue of human rights based on isolated and instrumentalized cases - which do not correspond to the definition and duties of real human rights defenders - whereas those parties, Algeria and the Polisario, are unfit to take up this noble issue with full credibility.

    “In any case, and as it has been recalled by some States involved in this regional dispute, the Moroccan law, which lays down not only rights and guarantees, but also duties and responsibilities, applies and will apply to the Moroccan Sahara in accordance with the international practice, the Moroccan official underlined.

     He added that the Kingdom of Morocco, which made a bet on upholding and promoting human rights “emphatically reject and vehemently denounce the brazen instrumentalization of this noble cause for the obvious end of weaselling out of the duty of negotiating.”

 Source : MAP

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