Hundreds of people protest police brutality against Moroccan immigrants in Spain

Hundreds of people took part on Sunday in the Spanish southern town of Almeria in a demo to condemn the Police brutality against some 300 Moroccan immigrants.

The demo, sponsored by over 20 Spanish political parties, trade unions and non-governmental organizations, was meant to protest repression and harassment of Moroccans who were demonstrating to claim the regularization of their situation in Spain

The Spanish police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse a rally of Moroccan immigrants in Almeria. Twenty eight persons were arrested and more than twenty others were wounded.

The demo, which crossed the city major avenues chanting slogans rejecting repressing and calling for co-existence, ended with the reading out of a communiqu?, considering that repression cannot solve the problem of illegal immigrants and calls Spanish authorities to grant the group of illegal immigrants legal stay and work documents.

Immigration is not a threat to the Spanish society but requires means that promote peaceful coexistence by enacting laws that reject racism and xenophobia, said organizers.