President of the Republicand Secretary General Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz has met Wednesday at the headquarters of parliament by the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, said a source close to the presidential delegation.
The meeting discussed latest developments in the Western Sahara issue.
Dublin, Oct 25, 2012 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz was received by the leader of the second largest opposition party in Ireland (Sinn Fein), Gerry Adams, according to sources close to the presidential delegation.
Dublin, Oct 25, 2012 (SPS) -President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mohamed Abdelaziz held talks with leader of the largest opposition party in Ireland "Fianna Fáil", Michael Martin, hailing the party’s strong support for the struggle of Saharawi people.
During the meeting, President Mohamed Abdelaziz expressed his joy to meet Michael Martin as "leader of a political party friend of the Saharawi people", praising its position in favor of the legitimate struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence.
New York, Oct, 2012 (SPS) - UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, said yesterday before UN Security Council that Morocco uses excessive torture against human rights defenders and political prisoners in Western Sahara.
"There is a lot of evidence of excessive use of force," said Juan Mendez to reporters after representing his report before UN Security Council .
Gaza (Palestine), Oct 24, 2012 (SPS) - “The Arab Spring began in November 2010 when the people of Western Sahara revolted against their Moroccan occupiers, said the US scholar and activist Noam Chomsky at International Conference of Applied Linguistics and Literature held in Gaza, acoording to the Electronic Intifada.
Sale (Morocco), Oct 24, 2012 (SPS) - Moroccan authorities of occupation have postponed today for an indefinite date the military trial of 24 Saharawi political political prisoners arbitrarily arrested on the ground of Gdeim Izik camp in 2010.
The source indicated that the Moroccan state provided no legal justification and has offered no opportunity to Saharawi political dprisoners to appear before a court to deny the alleged accusations against them.
Dublin, Oct 24, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of Frente Polisario , Mohamed Abdelaziz was received Wednesday by his Irish counterpart, Michael D. Higgins, according to a source close to the presidential delegation.
President D. Higgins offered welcoming ceremony in honor of his Saharawi counterpart in which he expressed joy for having a Saharawi delegation in Ireland.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Oct 24, 2012 (SPS) - Mohamed Cheikh Lehabib was re-elected yesterday as Secretary General of the Saharawi Union of Workers (UGTSARIO), announced yesterday the electoral commission of the 7th Congress of the 'UGTSARIO.
“The elections process were well organized and transparent”, underlined the commission , adding that "Labda Kaziza, Galuha Brahim, Ahmuda Hamdi, Fatma Hmadi, Mohammed Abd El Fattah were also elected as members of the Executive Board of UGTSARIO".
Dublin, Oct 24, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, arrived Tuesday evening in Dublin on a special visit to Ireland officially starts Wednesday.
According to the visit programme, the President will hold talks with senior Irish officials, political parties and trade unions, in addition he will visit some institutions.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Oct 24, 2012 (SPS) - The sixth trade union conference of solidarity with the Saharawi people was held yesterday morning, Tuesday, at the Wilaya of Boujdour on the sidelines of work of the 7th Congress of Saharawi Workers Union (UGTSARIO).
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 23, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Oct 23, 2012 (SPS) - IV International Art Encounters in the Western Sahara known as (ARTifariti) opened Monday evening in Boujadour in presence of Prime Minster and Minister of Culture
New York, Oct 22, 2012 (SPS) – the Spanish Oscar winner Javier Bardem and President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Kerry Kennedy have launched online petition calling on the President of the United States to lead efforts to add a human rights mandate to the UN Peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara.
The petition emphasized that United States must take action against the human rights violations facing the Sahrawi people living in occupied Western Sahara.
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Oct 22, 2012 (SPS) - Foreign delegations taking part at the works of the 7th Congress of the Saharawi Workers Union (UGTSARIO) reaffirmed their strong support for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence.
Speaking at the 7th congress of UGTSARIO, the in charge of Foreign Relations at the Algerian Labor Union , Bitich Ahmed, has expressed solidarity with Saharawi Workers.
Algiers, Oct 22, 2012 (SPS) - Algerian Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel received Monday in Algiers the United Nations Secretary-General’s special representative and head of the UN Mission for the referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) Wolfgang Weisbro-Weber.
The meeting took place of at the Algerian ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Oct 22, 2012 (SPS) - President of Republic and Seretary General of Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz has praised the role of the Saharawi workers in the national struggle, emphasizing "all Sahrawi men and women are workers for independence", in speech at the opening session of 7th Congress of Saharawi Workers Union “UGTSARIO “.
“Ladies and Gentlemen,
Distinguished Guests,
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Oct 21, 2012 (SPS) - President of Republic and Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed hope that the visit of Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Mr Christopher Ross, "would contribute to putting things in perspective, particularly in terms of enabling MINURSO to accomplish without delay its mandate by holding a referendum on self-determination for the Sahrawi people”.
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Oct 21, 2012 (SPS) - The 7th congress of the Saharawi Workers Union (UGTSARIO) opened this evening in Boujdour in the presence of President of the Republic and with a large participation of national and international delegations.
The President Mohamed Abdelaziz and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, addressed the opening session of the congress.
A documentary on the suffering of the Saharawi workers during the Spanish colonial era was screened at the of the event.
Paris, Oct 21, 2012 (SPS)- Nearly one hundred people, including members of human rights groups, trade unions and political parties, held a rally Saturday in Paris demanding actions from the French government, the European Union and the United Nations for an immediate and unconditional release of Saharawi political prisoners.