Western Sahara: French NGOs Condemn 'Shameful' and 'Iniquitous' Verdict Against Gdeim Izik Group

Paris — French non-governmental organizations (NGOs) condemned Monday the verdict pronounced by the military court of Rabat against 24 Sahrawi political prisoners from Gdeim Izik group, dubbing it "shameful" and "iniquitous."

The Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (AARASD) denounced a "large-scale political operation" which, according to it, "associated the royal power and the militants for the scheming, in the trial that started on February 1, after two postponements in 2012.

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