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Brussel, Oct 22, 2011 (SPS) - The Polisario Front has urgently called on the EU to intervene in order to put an end to the acts of repression and killing in Western Sahara.

“We reaffirm our urgent and official call on the European Union to immediately intervene for putting an end to the acts of repression and killing,” said Mr. Mohamed Sidati, minister delegate in charge of Europe, in a letter addressed Thursday to the EU Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Catherine Ashton.

Addis Ababa, Oct 22, 2011 (SPS) - The Secretary of State for Youth and Sport, Mr. Mohamed Moulud Mohamed Fadel, has took part on the fourth session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Sport which held on Oct 20-21, 2011 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, under the theme “consolidation of the African renaissance through the sport”.

Abuja, Oct 22, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Ruling People’s Democratic Party in Nigeria (PDP), Mr. Abubakar Kao Baraje, has reaffirmed the support of its country to the struggle of the Saharawis for freedom and independence, which stems from “its principled traditions to support the just causes and right of peoples to self-determination,” during his hosting on Wednesday to the Saharawi Ambassador in Abuja, Mr. Oubi Bachraya.

Santiago de Chile, October 19, 2011 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador on a mission, Mohamed Laroussi Zroug, was received Friday by the President of the Human Rights Commission of the Chilean Senate, Mariano Ruiz-Esquide, who informed him about the latest developments concerning  the humanitarian and political situation in Western Sahara, according to an officials source close to MFA.

Shaheed El Hafed, October 19, 2011 (SPS) - The President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz has indicated in an interview with Channel Medi 1 Sat, that his country adheres to its official position of "strict neutrality" regarding the conflict of Western Sahara, pointing out that Mauritania is present in the negotiations for the settlement of the Sahara conflict under the auspices of the United Nations.

New York (United Nations), October 18, 2011 (SPS) -  The Polisario Front seized the Permanent Representatives of States to the United Nations on the "incongruity" of the application submitted by Morocco to be a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

The election of five non-permanent members of the Security Council for the period 2012-2013 is scheduled for next Friday, in which two seats must be awarded to African as a replacement of Nigeria and Gabon whose term has expired.

Algiers, October 19, 2011 (SPS) The Minister of Culture, Khadija Hamdi asserted Sunday that the fifth edition of ARTIFARITI is a means to express our solidarity with our brothers in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, suffering repression and torture by Moroccan authorities, in a statement to the Spanish agency EFE.

This year's edition is celebrated under the slogan "solidarity with the Saharawi people in its struggle for freedom" and coincides with the bloody events in the occupied city of Dakhla (Western Sahara), she added.

Rabat, October 19, 2011 (SPS) - The United Kingdom encourages the parties to the conflict of Western Sahara (Morocco and Polisario Front) to engage in the United Nations effort to reach a mutually acceptable political solution, allowing the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara,  affirmed Monday in Rabat the British Foreign Minister, Mr. William Hague.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Oct 17, 2011 (SPS) - Saharawi Associations has called on the Saharawis to pour into the streets in order to demand their political, economic and civil rights, in a ceremony organized Monday in the occupied city of El Aaiun on occasion of the release of the Saharawi political prisoner, Alwali Amaidan.

June 9th School (Saharawi refugee camps), October 16, 2011 (SPS) - The Preparatory Committee of the 13th Congress of the Polisario Front, to be held next December in the Saharawi liberated territories, resumed Sunday its meetings at the headquarters of the National Council in June 9th School, to review reports of its sub-committees under the chairmanship of Mr. Khatri Aduh, president of the Saharawi National Council and chairman of Committee.

Gargarat (Western Sahara), Oct 16, 2011 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities has forcibly expelled the young Saharawi, Alyen Mohamed Salem, from his country, Western Sahara, to the borders with Mauritania, after he demanded the right to job and life in dignity.

According to a statement of the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad, the young Saharawi was thrown out from the occupied city of El Aaiun to the Western Sahara borders with Mauritania earlier this week, before his documents being stripped.

Rome, Oct 14,2011 (SPS)- The Mayor of the Italian region of Tuscany, Pelago Renzo Zucchini, has called on the highest Italian authorities to intervene to put an end to repression perpetrated by Morocco against the Sahrawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, said Saturday a media source in Rome.

In a letter addressed to the Italian President and dignitaries in the Italian State, Mr. Zucchini denounced the new wave of harassment and repression carried out by Morocco against the Saharawi people in the occupied territories.

Sale (Morocco), Oct 15, 2011 (SPS) - The Moroccan authorities prevented Friday two Spanish lawyers from visiting the Saharawi human rights activist, political detainee and President of the Committee of Support UN Peace Plan and the Protection of Natural Resources of Western Sahara, Sidi Ahmed Lamjeid, in the Moroccan prison of Sale.

Sale’s administration refused the request of the Spanish lawyers, Candela Carrera and Andres Marin, to visit the human rights activist without offering an excuse.

Midrand (South Africa), Oct 15, 2011 (SPS) - The Legislative Organ of the African Union, Pan African Parliament (PAP), has called on the AU Member States and international community to impose economic sanctions on Morocco in order to comply with the international resolutions calling for the self-determination of the Saharawi people, during the conclusion of its fifth session of the second term held from Oct 3 to 14, 2011.

Shaheed Al Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 15, 2011 (SPS) - A cultural ceremony was held Thursday at the Saharawi Ministry headquarters on the occasion of the publication of the book “Ichaâr Bil-Hayet (Notice of Life)”, which is a living testimony documents a personal experience of the Saharawi activist Said Mutapha El Beilal in prison.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), October 14, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, called Thursday on the United Nations to impose sanctions against Morocco in order to make this country comply with the mandate of the UN and end its colonial policy in Western Sahara.

February 27th School (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 13, 2011 (SPS) - “The Saharawi people will remain adhere to the option of resistance and struggle in order to recover their legitimate rights,” reaffirmed Wednesday Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the Republic and secretary general of the Polisario Front, reiterating readiness of the Polisario Front to constructively cooperate with the efforts of the UN secretary general and his personal envoy.

Rabat (Morocco), Oct 13, 2011 (SPS) - In a report issued last Sunday by its branch in the occupied city of El Aaiun, the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) has warned on the aggravating serious situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, calling for accelerating the establishment of UN mechanism to monitor and report about human rights abuses.

February 27th School (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 13, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi refugee camps are hosting in the period from October 5 until 29, 2011 works of the fifth edition of the International Encounter of Art in Western Sahara (anonym: ARTIFARITI), by the opening of a number of workshops in the fields of art, drawing, topography, computer, photography and theatre.

United Nations (New York), Oct 12, 2011 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN, Mr. Eduardo Ulibarri, affirmed Monday his country’s support to the UN efforts to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right of self-determination and independence, in a speech to the UN 4th Committee.