Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), October 27, 2011 (SPS) - The Sahrawi government blamed Wednesday the terrorist organization AQMI (al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb for the abduction of the three European aid workers.
Copenhagen (Denmark), October 26, 2011 – Afrika Kontakt – Western Sahara group strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Saharawi refugee, on last week-end that resulted in the kidnapping of three European international aid workers and the injury of two, the Spanish hostage, Enric Gonyalons and a Saharawi security guard.
Madrid, October 26, 2011 (SPS) - The kidnapping of three European partners in the humanitarian field in the Saharawi refugee camps "is to intimidate all solidarity with the Saharawi people and its just cause in the world," said Tuesday the Minister of Culture, Mrs. Khadija Hamdi, in a statement received by SPS.
"The kidnapping of three European partners in the Saharawi refugee camps, designed to intimidate peace activists around the world with the Saharawi people and its just cause," she added.
Algiers, October 26, 2011 (SPS) - The director of the Italian Council for Refugees (CIR), Christopher Hein, expressed Tuesday in Algiers concern on the situation of three international aid workers abducted in the Sahrawi refugee camps, calling on their kidnappers to release them quickly.
Madrid, October 26, 2011 (SPS) – The Observatory of Human Rights of the Bar of Badajoz condemned "vigorously " the terrorist act of kidnapping of international aid workers, Fernandez Coin Aino of Spanish nationality, member of the Association of Friendship with the Saharawi people in Extremadura (Spain), Enrico Gonyalons, a Spanish citizen and member of the Spanish NGO Mundubat and Rossella Urru from Italy, member of the Italian NGO CCISPP.
Brussels, October 26, 2011 (SPS) - The European Union (EU) condemned Monday the kidnapping of three aid workers, two Spaniards and an Italian in the night from Saturday to Sunday by terrorists in the Residence of foreigners in Shaheed El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps).
The EU "strongly condemns this incident and calls on those responsible to release immediately and safely the three hostages," declared the spokesman for the European Commission (EC) for foreign policy, Maja Kocijancic in a press conference .
Rome, October 26, 2011 (SPS) - The Italian National Association of Solidarity with the Saharawi people (ANSP) condemned vigorously the kidnapping of three European aid workers in the Sahrawi refugee camps, in a statement released Monday in Rome.
Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), October 25, 2011 (SPS) - The National Union of Sahrawi Women condemned the abduction of the three international aid workers in the Sahrawi refugee camps, Mr. Fernandez Coin Aino of Spanish nationality, member of the Association of Friendship with the Saharawi people in Extremadura (Spain), Enrico Gonyalons, a Spanish citizen and member of the Spanish NGO Mundubat and Rossella Urru from Italy, member of the Italian NGO CCISPP, in a statement Monday.
Canberra (Australia), October 25, 2011 (SPS) - The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) has condemned the terrorist attack on the Saharawi refugee camps that resulted in international aid workers being injured and kidnapped, in a statement Monday.
AWSA expressed its deepest sympathy for victims and their families and solidarity with the Saharawi people.
The Organization also expressed hope to see these hostages released immediately and a proper investigation so justice can be done and the motivation behind the attack exposed.
New York (UN), October 25, 2011(SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO is extremely concerned that the Security Council has allowed the Kingdom of Morocco to obstruct the many recent efforts by the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy, Ambassador Christopher Ross, to reinvigorate the peace process, underlined the Polisario Front in a Letter Monday to the President of the UN Security Council.
Shaheed Al Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 24, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi government said that the efforts to liberate the hostages and ensure their safety as to capture the terrorists “will remain constant,” calling for the intensification of efforts and cooperation to end the tragedy of the kidnapped, declared Monday the Saharawi Ministry of Information.
Brussels, Oct 25, 2011 (SPS) -The European Union (EU) condemned on Monday the kidnapping of three European aid workers on Saturday night when they were at the central reception of the foreign aid workers in the Saharawi refugee camps, calling on the kidnappers to release them immediately.
Al Aaiun (occupied territories), Oct 24, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi activist and President of the Collective of Saharawi human rights defenders (CODESA), Aminattou Haidar, has denounced the terrorists act against foreign sympathizers in the Saharawi refugee camps, in a statement reached Monday SPS.
Montevideo (Uruguay), Oct 24, 2011 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic to Uruguay, Mr. Chaibani Abbas, and the Mayor of Paysandú’s Uruguayan city, Mr. Bertil Bentos Scanegatti, have signed a twining agreement on the social and cultural cooperation between the Wilaya of Smara and Municipality of Paysandú, according to a statement of SADR Embassy to Uruguay.
The twining includes an exchange in the areas of education, public health, culture, sport, medical care and environment, the same source added.
Rabat, Oct 24, 2011 (SPS) - Thousands of Moroccans demonstrated Sunday in cities across the country calling for a boycott of early parliamentary polls to be held next November 25, while others has been subjected to violence, Reuters reported.
In the capital Rabat, a Reuter’s reporter saw dozens of riot police with truncheons beating and kicking protesters who had gathered in front of the parliament building at the end of a march by around 3,000 people.
Paris, October 24, 2011 (SPS) - The Association of Friends of SADR in France (AARASD) has expressed its extreme concern following the abduction of three European cooperators working in the humanitarian field in the Saharawi refugee camps on Saturday midnight by a terrorist group.
Shaheed Al Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 24, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Sunday at headquarters of SADR Presidency a delegation of human rights activists from the occupied territories of Western Sahara, which concluded a 10-days visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Oct 24, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic (SADR) has called upon the African Union and international community to condemn, immediately and in the strongest terms, the cowardly attack targeted 3 European aid workers in the Saharawi refugee camps, as to assist and support the Sahrawi Republic and people in the face of this terrorist act.
Shaheed Al Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 23, 2011 (SPS) - The Director of the Institution protection, Mr. Mohamed Alwali Akeik, told Sunday SPS “all the necessary measures have been taken by the Polisario Front to liberate the 3 members of the European NGOs, who was kidnapped Saturday night to Sunday in the Saharawi refugee camps.”
“The Saharawi security forces are pursuing the abductors, whose identity yet to be identified,” said Mr. Mohamed Alwali Akeik, adding “the Polisario Front has taken all measures to ensure safety of the three hostages.”
Shaheed Al Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 23, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi authorities have reinforced security around the central reception of the foreign aid workers in the Saharawi refugee camps, following the kidnapping by terrorists of two Spaniards and an Italian working in the humanitarian field in the Camps.
In a press statement, Ms. Bárbara Magdalena, cooperator of the Movement for Peace (MPDL), condemned this crime and emphasized that although she is concerned for fate of her seized friends “the current situation is full of calm and security.”