During a meeting on the topic, "women citizens, committed women " organized by the Saharan Al Minbar Association in partnership with the Saharan association for the Defense of Human Rights, respectively, based in Paris, Barcelona, Saadani reviewed the suffering of the people of the Tindouf camps, where murders, illegal trials torture, deprivation and human rights violations are daily practices of the Polisario.
Talking about her deportation into Cuba, Miss Saadani said with tears covering her face, she had been extracted by force from among the members of her family in the eighties, while she was only 5 years and was taken in a camp, where she spent 17 years cut off from the world and without any contact with her relatives throughout the period.
She reported in this context that propaganda, recruitment and theorizing, suffered by thousands of children deported to Cuba by Polisario, prevented them of speaking the Arabic language and stripped them of their habits and traditions. Their degrees was taken of them once they returned to the Tindouf camps.
After exposing the aims of deportations, Sadani said that this technique allows "Polisario" leaders to put pressure on parents in order so that they stay flexible at the mercy of the separatists.
She testified that it had received in Cuba false image about Morocco, far from reality.
She stressed in this context, "I did not know the true until after my return to Morocco, where I was warmly welcomed and briefed about the kingdom’s progress on the path of democracy and human rights," pointing out that Polisario’s propaganda was unable to undermine her conviction of the justice of the Moroccan case.
On the other hand, Ms. Saadani said she saw her father for the last time before her deportation to Cuba; she was shocked when he learned of the death of her father in "Polisario" prison, , after returning to Tindouf camps.
She said in this regard, that the leaders of " Polisario, including Mr. Ahmed Al Batal, former director of Polisario security, (minister) in the imaginary Sahrawi Republic, tortured my father in front of me, at the time I was still a little girl and forced me to reject him simply because he opposed their theses, which will lead the region only to disaster. "
Miss Saadani stressed, in this context, that the broad atonomy in the southern provinces of the Kingdom, in the framework of Moroccan sovereignty, is the only option that will ensure stability in the region and the construction of the Maghreb on large solid foundations.
On the other hand, Miss Saadani denounced the aid embezzlement by "Polisario" leaders of humanitarian assistance for people deprived from returning to their homeland in the Tindouf camps, pointing out that the goods sent by international organizations are sold in the markets of neighbouring countries.
Many women with experiences in the political, economic and social field participated in the meeting organized on the occasion of the celebration of International Women's Day,.
Ms Izza Laklili, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs at the Royal Council for Saharan Affairs underlined the energy of Sahrawi women and their contribution to economic and social development of the country, pointing out that, thanks to their daily struggle, they are occupying a privileged position as a major player in political life.
On the other hand, Ms Laklili outlined the stages made by Morocco in the consolidation of democracy, respect for human rights and the advancement of the status of women, referring to the bold reforms undertaken by Morocco under the leadership of His Majesty Mohammed VI, in particular the establishment of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission and amendment of the Family Code.
For her part, Ms. Hajbouha Zoubeir, President of the Moroccan Association for women contractors for development that women's entrepreneurship is a new concept in the southern regions highlighting that women who engaged in trade started to organize themselves in order to create their own production units.
According to Ms. Zubeir who is also a member of the Royal Council for Saharan Affairs Sahrawi women go primarily towards private education, tourism traditional industry and communications, but they are almost absent in the industrial sector.
She emphasized the importance of investment, whether national or international to ensure economic advancement of the southern regions of the Kingdom.
She concluded that autonomy within the framework of expanded self-rule proposed by Morocco would lead to the integration of the Maghreb economy and make it in the service of the peoples of the region.
Mr. Ibrahim Arfla, President of Al Minbar Association said that the suffering of the Sahrawi Moroccans in Tindouf camps must be brought to the attention of the international community, calling on all associations in France to move to this end.
He also welcomed the international community support to autonomy plan in the southern regions, noting that the proposal showed "courageous and bold engagement by His Majesty King Mohammed VI to find a solution to the Sahara issue acceptable to all parties."
Source: MAP