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August 2011

Moroccan authorities of occupation assault Sahrawi citizen

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El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), August 4, 2011(SPS) – Moroccan police agents in uniforms assaulted Wednesday Sahrawi citizen Mukhtar Tarfawi before his shop in Matallah neighbourhood in the occupied city of El Aaiun, without knowing the real reasons that led them to commit flagrant violations against him, according to a source of the Ministry of the Occupied Territoriesand Communities Abroad.

Sahrawi delegation on working visit to Namibia

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Windhoek(Namibia) August 4, 2011(SPS) – A delegation of the Frente Polisario has been received Wednesday by the President of the Parliament of Namibia, Dr. Theo-Ben Gurirab, in the capital of Namibia, Windhoek, as the Rotating President of the Congress of Socialist International, who reaffirmed his support to the "right" of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.

President Mohamed Abdelaziz warns against "dangerous escalation" of human rights violations in occupied Sahrawi territories

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Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories) August 2, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mohamed Abdelaziz, warned against the "dangerous escalation" of violations of human rights committed by Morocco and its continued crackdown on peaceful protests in the occupied cities of El Aaiun and Bojador, in a letter Tuesday to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

Moroccan violent attack against peaceful Sahrawi demonstrators in occupied El Aaiun

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El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), August 1, 2011 (SPS) - A dozen Sahrawi were injured Sunday evening during a violent intervention of the occupying forces to disperse a peaceful demonstration organized by Sahrawi citizens in the occupied city of El Aaiun demanding the release of a Sahrawi militant, according to a report released by Media Team.

The event was organized following the arrest and imprisonment of Sahrawi activist Bouhla Ghali, 22, in the "Black Jail" without being able to see his family or know the charges against him.