May 2012

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 6, 2012 (SPS) - “We hope that the presidential elections in France will be a new turning point in dealing with the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence,” said Saturday evening Mr. Khatri Addouh, speaker of the Saharawi National Council during the closing ceremony of Sahara International Film Festival.

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 6, 2012 (SPS) - Participants of the 9th edition of the Sahara International Film Festival, known as FiSahara, have asked components of the Spanish, French and international civil society to exert pressure on the governments to put an end to the long-standing conflict, stressing on the need to conduct a referendum of self-determination in Western Sahara, in a communiqué concluded last night works of the Festival.

Buenos Aires, May 6, 2012 (SPS) - The Secretary General of the Saharawi Women Union, Ms. Fatma Mehdi, has called on Argentina to recognize the Saharawi Republic (SADR), in a meeting held Sunday with Argentinean National Television.


Ms. Fatma Mehdi spoke about the violations of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, especially against women, who are subjected to injustice, torture and rape on the ground of their legitimate demands.

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 6, 2012 (SPS) - Works and activities of the ninth edition of the Sahara International Film Festival, known as FiSahara, held current May 2-6 in the Wilaya of Dakhla wrapped out late last night, where it marked by a remarkable participation by international cinema figures and media representatives.

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 5, 2012 (SPS) - The South African delegation attending the 9th edition of the Sahara International Film Festival supervised a seminar about cinema experience in this country, in the presence of Ms. Khadija Hamdi, Minister of Culture, as well as representatives of Saharawi and international journalists.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 5, 2012 (SPS) - The Festival of Culture and Folk Arts wrapped out Saturday morning in the Wilaya of Dakhla, by organizing a platform of solidarity with the Saharawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in the presence of national and international figures attending the 9th edition of FiSahara.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 5, 2012 (SPS) - The Spanish Actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, who is participating at FiSahara 2012, held Friday the Spanish Government responsible for the Saharawi people’s suffering and the stalemate of Saharawi cause, affirming “Spanish peoples will always stand with the Saharawi people until enjoying their right to self-determination and independence.”
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 5, 2012 (SPS) - Tens of Saharawis and multi-national foreigners participating at Sahara International Film Festival held in Dakhla re-portrayed Friday the last moments before the Moroccan occupation forces violently dismantled Gdeim Izik camp.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 4, 2012 (SPS) - Several international and Saharawi films are taking part at the ninth edition of the Sahara International Film Festival, known as FiSahara, held in the camps of Dakhla between May 2 to 6, 2012.
 

“Sons of Clouds: the Last Colony” a documentary film directed by Alvaro Longoria and co-produced by Javier Bardem, which explores the Western Sahara conflict: its historical roots, the reasons behind the political stalemate and the human rights and humanitarian crises it created.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 3, 2012 (SPS) the member of the National secretariat of the Polisario Front and Minister of Culture, Khadija Hamdi, Wednesday expressed that “Every Saharawi family felt that,Enric Gonyalons, Ainhoa Fernández de Rincón and  Rosella Urru have been kidnapped from its  tent” , during her speech in the opening of the 9^th edition of international Festival in Western Sahara (FISAHARA) taking place in Dakhla from 2to 6 May 2012. In presence of the Prime Ministers and more than 160 foreigners from cinema world.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 3, 2012 (SPS) the spokesman of the Mexican delegation as a guest of honor to the 9^th edition of the international film festival in western Sahara (FISahara)Mr. Guillermo Rocha, Wednesday, reaffirmed the determination of the representatives of Mexican cinema to deliver the voice of the Saharawi people and to break the wall of silence that imposed by Morocco on western Sahara issue
 

 Dakhla (refugee camps), May 3, 2012 (SPS) the Member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and Prime Minister ,Abdelqader Taleb Oner, Wednesday  hoped that “ the Spanish Government would play a pivotal role in finding a just and peaceful solution to the Saharawi issue, in accordance with its historic and ethic responsibilities.”
 

Navarra (Spain) May2, 2012(SPS). - The Parliament of Navarra Wednesday, unanimously adopted recommendation, reaffirming the various declarations that lead to the legitimate right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.

The statement reaffirms the responsibility of the Government of Spain as colonial power in Western Sahara, to lead within the international community work aimed at organization of self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 2, 2012 (SPS) - Ninth edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara, known as FiSahara, opened Wednesday afternoon in the Wilaya of Dakhla, Saharawi refugee camps, in the presence of foreign actors, producers, directors and press correspondents.
 

During her opening speech, Minister of Culture underlined that this edition is for the solidarity with the three European cooperators, who have been kidnapped on last October in the Saharawi refugee camps.
 

Melbourne (Australia)May2,2012(SPS) The Saharawi human rights activist from the occupied territories of Western Sahara, Malak Amidane, has begun a visit to Melbourne(Australia) to inform  the Australian civil society and media about violation of human rights committed by morocco against the Saharawis, according to the representation  of the Polisario to Australia.  
   

She delivered a lecture to the RMIT University on 1st May and gave a presentation to the student at Victoria University on 2 May 2012and was also interviewed by local media.
 

Dakhla (refugee camps), May 2, 2012 (SPS) - The Co-director of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara (known as FiSahara) and Spanish Actor, Mr. Willy Toledo, assured Wednesday that the message of FiSahara 2012 is still the same as the first year of the festival, which is to claim for the right of self-determination of the Saharawi people.