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Washington Moroccan Club & Free Them now organized a sit in before the Algerian Embassy , March 2005

The Moroccan community in the United States staged, on Friday, a sit-in before the Algerian embassy in Washington DC to denounce the hostile attitudes of the Algerian officials concerning the Moroccanity of the Sahara.

American Moroccans hailing from many states, namely Virginia, Maryland, New York, California, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona and Washington DC also called for the immediate release of the Moroccans that are still detained in the Tindouf camps for more than 25 years.
 

Among the protestors were representatives of many organizations, such as “Free Them Now” organization, the Washington Moroccan Club (WAC), the Moroccan-American Association of North America (MANA), the Associaton of Moroccans of the USA (AMUSA) and the American Foundation. They chanted slogans denouncing the maneuvers of the Polisario separatists and reaffirming that Morocco is unified from Tangier to Lagouira.

The protestors waved banners saying, “The Polisario, a terrorist organization”, “The Polisario, responsible for war crimes” and “Free Moroccan detainees in Tindouf now and without conditions”.

The protestors were joined by members of the delegation representing the Moroccan House of Advisors in the 14th annual session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for the security and the European cooperation which is taking place between 1st and 5th July in Washington.
 

“We participate in this sit-in before the Algerian embassy in Washington DC to express our solidarity with our fellow country in the United States that defend the Moroccanity of the Sahara and call for the immediate release of the Moroccan detainees in the Tindouf camps, southwest Algeria,” said Soualhi Bouzekri, third vice-president of the House of Advisors.
 

“We hope that this sit-in will have an echo in the minds of the Algerian officials to change their hostile policies against the territorial integrity of the Kingdom in order to build the Arab Maghreb Union. This will enable Maghreb countries to talk in one voice with foreign powers,” he added.

Abdelhak Tazi, president of the Istiqlalien group in the House of Advisors, said that Algeria must put an end to its political hypocrisy and set free all Moroccans still detained in the Tindouf camps.