August 2012

Awserd (refugee camps), August 24, 2012 (SPS) - The 2012 annual summer programme of youth and students wrapped out Thursday in all the wilayas and February 27th School amid a joyful competitive atmosphere.


Marking the occasion, the Wilaya of Awserd organized Thursday several sport and intellectual activities, as well as presenting awards and certificates of appreciation, in addition to an evening concert, in the presence of the Minister of Youth and Sport Mr. Mohamed Mouloud Mohamed Fadel and local authorities of Awserd.

London, August 24, 2012 (SPS) - “La Badil (no other choice)”, a new documentary provides an insight into the situation experienced by the Saharawi people under the Moroccan occupation, has been issued on the eve the eve of the second anniversary of the 2010 Gdeim Izik Uprising, which was bloodily repressed by Moroccan forces


The Documentary is produced, directed, filmed and edited by the British Journalist Dominic Brown

Madrid, Aug 23, 2012 (SPS). - The documentary 'Sons of the Clouds, The Last Colony', will participate next September 13 at the 37th edition of the International Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.

The film produced by Spanish actor Javier Bardem and directed by Alvaro Longoria describes the roots of the Western Sahara conflict to the current situation.

The idea came from the participation in the International Film Festival in Western Sahara, Fisahara held in the Wilaya of Dakhla in 2008.

Algiers, Aug 23, 2012 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the United Nations, Ahmed Bukhari said on Wednesday that the visit by the President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), Kerry Kennedy, to the Saharawi refugee camps and Western Sahara under Moroccan occupation, is an other  testimony to the situation of the violation of human rights by Morocco.

Washington, Aug 21, 2012 (SPS)- the  President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), Kerry Kennedy  will lead a human rights delegation with distinguished international human rights advocates to Western Sahara occupied territories and refugee camps from August 24 to 31, said statement of RFK center

 The objective of the visit is to assess the human rights situation on the ground, added the statement

Bir Lehlu(Liberated territories), Aug 21, 2012 (SPS) - The President of Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz has sent on Tuesday  a message of condolences to Ethiopian Vice Prime Minster and Foreign Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn on the death of Prime Minister, Melly Zenawi.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), August 19, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed pride and appreciation of the Saharawi people for the steadfastness of the Saharawi political prisoners in the jails of Moroccan occupation, in a letter marking the occasion of blessed Eid al-Fitr.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), August 18, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has sent letters of congratulation to the kings and heads of Islamic countries on the occasion of the advent of blessed Eid al-Fitr.

Shaheed Al hafed (refugee camps), August 18, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi people, like the rest of Islamic peoples and countries, will celebrate tomorrow, Sunday 18 August 2012 corresponding to the first Shawal 1433 H, blessed Eid al-Fitr, quoted a statement by the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs issued Saturday.


The prayer of Eid al-Fitr will be performed in all mosques of the Wilayas in refugee camps and liberated territories of Western Sahara, according to the source.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), August 18, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has sent a congratulatory letter to the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.


The President Mohamed Abdelaziz expressed warmest congratulations and best wishes to His Excellency President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, hoping a more progress and prosperity for the brotherly people of Mauritania.

Paris, August17,2012(SPS) - Further violations of human rights committed in the occupied territories against Sahrawi human rights defenders have been reported by the Association of Friends of SADR (AARASD) which requires once again that the United Nations Mission for the organization Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) has the means to "give them back their voice and their safety.”

Shahid Alhafed, August17, 2012(SPS) the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front welcomed the appointment of Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, as  special envoy of the  Secretary General of the UN for western Sahara , hopping that this appointment “ contributes in accelerating the full implementation of recommendations of  report of UN Secretary General(April2012) and resolution 2044 of the Security Council”  according to press release concluded its third  ordinary session held from  Wednesday to  Thursday under chairperson of Secretary General of the Polisario, President of the

Bir Lehlu(liberated territories), August 15, 2012 (SPS) - The President of Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario front, Mohamed Abdelaziz has received a cable of congratulations form the Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr

Boujdour (occupied territories), August 15, 2012 (SPS)  -The Saharwi masses in the occupied territory of Boujdour have organized a peaceful sit in, calling for the right of the Sharawi people to freedom and independence, said statement issued by Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad .

The Moroccan occupation forces have intervened violently to pursue and arrest the peaceful protesters.

Madrid, August 15, 2012 (SPS) Professorof Constitutional Law at the University of Zaragoza and  President of the Aragon Observatory of Human Rights in Western Sahara, Francisco Palacios has affirmed on Tuesday  that the decision of the Spanish government to repatriate aid workers from the Saharrawi refugee camps strengths Morocco.

El Aaiún (Occupied Territories) - Moroccan police agents arrested Monday the Saharawi citizen Ismaili Ahmed, 17, in El Aaiun, the capital of occupied Western Sahara, said today, Tuesday, the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).

According to CODESA, Ismaili was forced by the Moroccan officials to ride a police vehicle without charging him or inform him of the reason for the arrest.

Rabat, August 12, 2012 (SPS) - Around 500 peoples took part Sunday in a sit-in in Rabat to protest the high cost of living as well as repression of February 20th Movement, and for the respect of freedoms and human rights, reported local and international media.


The sit-in was called by the National Council for Support to the February 20th Movement (CNAM20).

Accra, August 12, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has held several meetings in Accra, capital of Ghana, with heads of states and governments attending the funeral ceremony of the late Ghanaian President John Atta Mills took place Friday.

Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), August 11, 2012 (SPS) - POLISARIO Secretariat of Political Branches has valued the visit of Spanish aid workers to the Saharawi refugee camps, considering that it translated “a deep solidarity”, in a statement concluded a meeting today chaired by the President of the Republic and POLISARIO Secretary General, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.