Western Sahara: "Construction of forgetfulness," a edifying testimony
By The Editor, 02/27/2011
The Saharawi question has been at the center of a debate Friday evening in Paris, built around the documentary film of the writer Franco-American Jean Lamore "Building oblivion" (Construction of oblivion) on the wall erected in the 80s by Morocco to divide the territory of Western Sahara.
This film selected last November to the 3rd International Festival of Films on Human Rights in Naples, and denouncing the occupation by force of Western Sahara, provides enlightening insights on the wall of separation which are planted five million anti-personnel mines designed to crush the Saharawi population.
Backed by the testimony and statements by officials of the Polisario Front and young Sahrawi, outraged by this injustice in the open, the documentary also explains forcefully, details and overwhelming findings, the inaction of MINURSO to protect the Saharawi population against violations of human rights in Western Sahara.
Described by Jean Lamore of "real crime against humanity", this wall, "he said," is the largest building ever built repressive in the 21st century. "
Condemning this exception in modern times where a tyrannical power is increased to produce extreme solutions for its momentary needs "The director says to him alone," the wall of Western Sahara illustrates the height of the commitments enshrined in the repression of the Saharawi people ".
It has also added during the debate that followed the film, that "this wall built in cooperation with the French, Americans and Israelis, is an exact replica of the famous Bar Lev line erected along the Egyptian border with Israel in 1971, stressing that the basis of precisely this documentary "is the construction of oblivion".
"Normally forgetting is a process happens naturally with the passage of time, in this case, the forgetting has been artificially constructed and were positioned in the future ", he added.
"The basic concept for this movie is inadmissibility of territory acquired by force unilaterally and the case of Western Sahara is an example which, in my view, can not continue". "The decolonization of Western Sahara is an African history and a majority of nations on the African continent who are from her own bitter struggles and recent recognized the SADR, said Jean Lamore, adding that it is our duty today to recognize the legitimacy of this nation that is perfectly viable, which moreover, respects international law, has laid down its arms and is a remarkable example of democracy, found in parity between women and men, and education for all ". On
silence maintained by the French press about the conflict, Jean Lamore noted that this news "is owned by siblings and their families have these big relay in Morocco is a strong economic partner of France."
He also recalled that during major violence in November after the dismantling of the Moroccan forces camp freedom to Gdeim Izik, near El Aaiun is France's ambassador to the UN, "which has personally intervened to demand that the principle of an international inquiry into these tragic events will not be retained, while those same people have demanded an investigation into Libya. "
In France, the Western Sahara censorship exists, he said, calling it "the biggest lies, deceit and trickery of modern times".
"The birth of a democratic Arab nation, which demonstrated an absolute modernism and is an example many gene and some want to hide somewhere. That's where we are today where we have forgotten those concepts that show what it's like to fight for its independence. " Long
of 2,720 kilometers, built in six stages, protected by 160,000 armed soldiers, 240 heavy artillery batteries, plus 20,000 miles of barbed wire, thousands of tanks and millions of landmines - banned by international conventions - the "berm" also called the "wall of shame" Morocco is a great wall that divides an entire people and its territory from a quarter century, with the full knowledge of the whole international community.
-wall military has hundreds of victims on both sides of its sides, for those of Saharawi civilians who wanted to spend, or thousands of animals in search of pastures.
Guarded by dozens of radars long and medium range, supported by military aircraft from thousands of armored vehicles, missiles, rockets, heavy artillery and bombs, the wall continues to defy the whole world with its mines, its barbed, pits, arms, ammunition, soldiers. This evening debate, under the sign commemorating the 35th anniversary of the proclamation of SADR was organized at the initiative of the Platform of Solidarity with the Saharawi people.
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