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ITF renews the exhortation to the Moroccan government so that Said Elhairech is freed
the union member assisted the marine ones of Comarit and Comanav
July 27, 2012
The International Trasport Workers' Federation (ITF) has renewed the exhortation to the Moroccan government so that the Said Elhairech union member is freed. A delegation of international the labor organization is in Morocco with the objective of its release: Mukhtar Hili, Tunisian representative of the ITF, and Frank Leys, secretary of the Dockers section of the ITF, with the collaboration of Mailoudi Mukhareg, general secretary of Moroccan union UMT, is having a series of encounters and is trying to carry out a visit to Said in prison.
Remembering that Said Elhairech is arrested last month because assisted the marine ones abandoned in France and Spain, Leys has found that, "although it is imprisoned give beyond 40 days with accusations ridicules and motivated politically, is reported that Said is in good health and moral its is high"; "however - it has added - we are frustrated by the fact that the audience in court of Said is sent back because of the fact that is ordered another phase of the investigations". "Said - it has emphasized Leys - is arrested with the accusation to place in danger national safety, fact that it denies absolutely. In truth the accusations give account of the excellent job carried out from Said upon request of the ITF in order to help the crews of the Comarit and the Comanav that are abandoned. In the first place Said would not have never had to be imprisoned and must be released immediately. In the course of our visit we are using every occasion in order to exhort the government to return effective its guarantee that justice will be made for Said". "We are very pleasing - it has concluded Leys - for the role that the ITF in the region of the Arabic world has carried out in leading the campaign for the liberation of Said and hopes that the entire family of the unions will be soon in a position to celebrating its release".
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