Dili, Spt 27, 2012 (SPS) - The Deputy Foreign Minister of East Timor Mr. Constancio da Conceicao Pinto, has confirmed his country’s firm support the Saharawi cause, during a meeting with Saharawi Ambassador Badi Salama at the headquarters of Timorese Foreign Ministry
Washington, Spt 27, 2012 (SPS) - The RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) has presented the Preliminary Observations on its recent visit to the occupied Western Sahara and the Saharawi refugee camps to Members of Congress and their Staff, calling on the US government to support a the inclusion mechanism of human rights monitoring and reporting among the mandate of MINORSO.
Chahid Al hafed (refugee camps), Sept 26, 2012 (SPS) - A delegation of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) have started today three days visit to the Saharawi refugee camps to assess living conditions of the Saharawi refuges.
The ACHPR delegation paid visit to wilaya of Smara as well as several SDAR institutions .
The delegation also held a meeting with the Minister of Health, Mr. Mohamed Lamin Daddi and Minister of Education, Mrs. Mariam Salek .
New York, Spt 26, 2012 (SPS) - President of South Africa, Jacob Zoma has reiterated on Tuesday the country’s continuing support for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
“Let me use this opportunity to reiterate our support of the ongoing struggle for the self-determination by the people of Western Sahara”, said President of South Africa in his speech before the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly.
New York, Spt 26, 2012 (SPS) - Prime Minister of Spain Mariano Rajoy has confirmed his country’s commitment to continue supporting a just, long-lasting and mutually acceptable solution by the two parties of the conflict, the Polisario Front and Morocco, foresees the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
New York, Spt 26, 2012 (SPS) - The President of Namibia has expressed on Tuesday his country’s concern the Saharawi people had been denied their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.
Speaking before the 67th Session of the UN General Assembly, President of Namibia, Hifikepunye Pohamba said for many decades, the people of Western Sahara had been denied their inalienable right to self-determination and independence.”
Algiers, Spt 25, 2012 (SPS)The Brazilian Government will make a donation of one hundred and twenty thousand US dollars to support the activities of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in the Saharawi refugee camps, said Tuesday the Embassy the Federative Republic of Brazil in Algeria.
The Brazilian Government hopes that this donation "will be used for the provision of school meals or other services for Saharawi students," said the same source.
Chahid Al hafed (refugee camps), Sept 24, 2012 (SPS) - The President and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has appointed members of the Pan African Parliament, said statement of the Presidency issued today.
The appointed are: Sueilma Beirouk, Jamal El Bendir, Salek Abderrahman , Seniya Ahmed Marhba and Fatma Sidi Nafi.
Leipzig (Germany), Spt 25, 2012 (SPS) - The documentary "El Problema” directed by Jordi Ferrer and Pablo Vidal was screened Monday in the German city of leipzig, a film highlights the most important stages of the longstanding struggle of the Saharawi people, said statement of the Polisario Representation Saxony.
El Proplema (the Problem) focuses on the testimony of some Sahrawi human rights defenders on the deteriorating situation of human rights in occupied Western Sahara.
Algiers, Sept 24, 2012 (SPS) - The Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (CNASPS) and African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) called Monday in Algiers on the UN to “do its best” inside the Security Council to establish a mechanism for the protection and monitoring of human rights in occupied Western Sahara.
Algiers, Sept 24, 2012 (SPS) - The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) will visit Tuesday the Saharawi occupied territories to investigate the human rights violations committed by Moroccan authorities against the Saharawi citizens, its Chairperson Catherine Dupe Atoki announced Monday.
Chahid Al hafed (refugee camps), Sept 24, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has appointed 33 Saharawi diplomat in the post of POLISARIO representative to countries and international organizations across the world, announced Monday a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic.
Rabat, Sept 24, 2012 (SPS) - The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendeznd other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, who visited on 15-22 Sept 2012 Morocco and occupied Western Sahara, said Saturday in Rabat that he had received "credible reports about excessive physical and mental pressure on detainees during interrogation."
Algiers, Sept 23, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Sahrawi Red Cross (SRC) Mr. Bouhabaini Yahia, has supervised the graduation of a new group of Saharawi first aid assistants, in the presence of representatives of the Algerian Red Crescent and Spanish Red Cross, according to a source of SRC.
The group has underwent, in collaboration with the Algerian Red Crescent and Spanish Red Cross, a special training on first aid action.
Belgium, Sept 23, 2012 (SPS) - The Belgian-Saharawi Friendship Association celebrated Saturday along with the Saharawi community the day of solidarity, which annually held in north Belgium, informed a source of POLISARIO representation to Brussels.
More than 800 thousands participants from America and some members of Arabic communities in Belgium attended the event, said the source.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 23, 2012 (SPS) - The President of Republic and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has appointed 18 ambassadors of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic abroad and several advisers to the Foreign Affairs Minister, announced Sunday a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic.
President Mohamed Abdelaziz appointed to the post of ambassador abroad the following gentlemen;
- Brahim Ghali
-Laman Abali
London, Sept 23, 2012 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch has denounced, in recent report provides details of over the period from 1 June until 31 August 2012, the extraction and export operations of phosphate from the Bou Craa mines at occupied El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara.
The ONG said that during the observation period the 20 vessels carried away (or were due by early September to carry away) a total of 814,000 tonnes of Saharawi phosphate, adding that such quantities exceed those recorded during the previous months.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Sept 23, 2012 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed Sunday warm and sincere congratulation, on behalf of government and people of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, to Mr. Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, who swore in Friday as the new Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Dublin (Ireland), Sept 22, 2012 (SPS) - Front Line has pointed out, in a news-story published at its website, that the Saharawi people live under a daily humiliation and fear in occupied Western Sahara, documenting testimonies by the Saharawi activist Soukeina Jeddahlou on the human rights abuses.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Sept 22, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has made small adjustments at the government level touched the ministry of cooperation, ministers delegate to the Foreign Ministry and some advisers and secretaries general, announced Saturday a communiqué of the Presidency of the Republic.