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El Aaiun (occupied territories), Sept 1, 2012 (SPS) - The 11 Saharawi political prisoners, currently incarcerated in Black jail in occupied El Aaiun, started Friday a 24-hour alarming hunger strike in solidarity with the Saharawi political detainee Ghali Bouhala, who was assaulted and put in a solitary confinement in the same prison, quoted a statement of the Executive Bureau of the Collective of Saharawi Defenders of Human Rights (CODESA).

Chahid El Hafed (refugee camps), September 1, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, headed Friday to Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopian, to attend the funeral ceremony of the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.


The Saharawi Republic (SADR) has strong and close relations with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopian, and there is an embassy of SADR in Addis Ababa accredited to Ethiopia and the African Union.

Shaheed Elhafed (refugee camp), Aug 30, 2012 (SPS) - President of Robert-Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights Kerry Kennedy concluded Wednesday evening her visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps, where she inquired about living conditions in these camps and assessed human rights’ situation after her stay in El Ayun (the occupied capital of Western Sahara).

Shaheed Elhafed (refugee camp), Aug 30, 2012 (SPS) - Head of the Robert-Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Kerry Kennedy, visiting Wednesday the Sahrawi refugee camps with a delegation made up of international human rights defense organizations, qualified as “remarkable” the organization of everyday life in these camps.

“I visited several refugee camps around the world but the organization of everyday life in the Sahrawi camps is remarkable,” Kennedy said after a meeting with representatives of the Saharawi civil society.

Tehran, Aug 30, 2012 (SPS) - The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) reiterated Wednesday in Tehran, its support to struggle of the Saharawi people for their right to self-determination.

In a statement issued after a meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers, NAM devoted several paragraphs to the just cause of the Saharawi people, confirming previous resolutions and support for the implementation of United Nations resolutions on the Western Sahara conflict.

Shaheed Elhafed (refugee camp), Aug 30, 2012 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz has received Wednesday night the President of R F Kennedy Center of Justice and Human rights, Kerry Kennedy and her accompanying delegation which paid 24 hour visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.

The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Presidency attended by Prime Minister Members of the National Secretariat of Polisario Front and members of the government.

Boujdour (Sahrawi refugee camp)August29,2012(SPS)  – Head of the Robert-Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights Kerry Kennedy, who leads a delegation made up of international human rights defense organizations hailed Wednesday in the Wilaya of  Boujdour "Sahrawi women determination and contribution", notably in the organization of everyday life in refugee camps.
 

Paris (France) August29,2012(SPS) - French politicians and human rights activists from the Association of the Friends of SADR (Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic) called Wednesday the highest authorities in Paris to recognize Saharawi people’s "inalienable" right to self-determination.
 

Shahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), August 29, 2012 (SPS) The Delegation of the RFK Center for Justice and Human Rights arrived on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday in  the Sahrawi refugee camps for a one day visit to assess the situation of Sahrawi refugees forced to flee from their homeland since 1975 because of Moroccan military invasion to Western Sahara.  

The delegation led by Ms. Kerry Kennedy accompanied by seven people, officials in the Foundation or representatives of other associations: "Front Line Defenders", "Foundation
 

Shahid Alhafed, August29, 2012(SPS) the Council of Ministers expressed condemnation to the continuing violation of human rights committed by Moroccan Authorities against the Saharawis in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, as learned from press release, concluded  a meeting chaired on Tuesday by President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz.
 

 Shahid Alhafed, August 28, 2012(SPS) -President of the Association of Sahrawi Prisoners and Missing Persons Abdessalem Lahcen Omar said Tuesday that the object President of the US "Robert Kennedy" Center visit, on Wednesday, to the Saharawi refugee camps, is to "shed light on the living conditions of the Sahrawi refugees. "

El Aaiun (occupied territories), August 28, 2012 (SPS) -the President of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center), Ms. Kerry Kennedy, affirmed  a brush between the international human rights delegation and Morocco's secret police took place in the occupied city of Alauin during the visit of the delegation she lead to occupied Western Sahara.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), August 27, 2012 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation authorities have formed a working cell and mobilized a group of mercenaries and settlers to undermine the Saharawi masses in occupied Western Sahara, who poured the streets to receive the U.S. human rights delegation visiting the region, a human rights source told SPS.

El Aaiun (refugee camps), August 27, 2012 (SPS) - The RFK Centre delegation, who are visiting the Saharawi occupied territories, held Sunday one hour and half talks with staff of the UN Mission for the Referensum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in occupied El Aaiun, focusing on role of the Mission in the Saharawi occupied terriotries and how the Saharawi masses interact with it.
 

Panama, August 27, 2012 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation headed by the charge d'affaires of the Saharawi Embassy in Central America is attending the ninth congress of the Democratic Revolutionary Party of Panama (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Democrático, or PRD), which kicked off Sunday, according to Saharawi diplomatic sources.


The congress is attended by delegations representing various political parties invited from different countries.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), August 26, 2012 (SPS) - The Frente Polisario expects “a quick resumption” of the negotiations after the confirmation of Mr. Ross in his office, and demands that the latter keeps his promise to visit the Saharawi territories under Moroccan occupation, stated the Saharawi coordinator with the MINURSO, Mr. Mhamed Khadad.

New York, August 26, 2012 (SPS) - UN diplomatic sources indicated Saturday that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected a demand by the Kingdom of Morocco to replace the UN Envoy for Western Sahara, Ambassador Christopher Ross, as a mediator in the conflict of Western Sahara.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), August 26, 2012 (SPS) - A barbaric Attack by Moroccan occupation forces on a peaceful demonstration organized Saturday by a group of Saharawi citizens in Smara’s Street, occupied city of El Aaiun, to celebrate the visit of RFK Centre delegation, leaving a number of injured including the former political prisoner Sukeina Jadahlu, a media source told SPS.

El Aaiun (refugee camps), August 25, 2012 (SPS) - Delegation of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights met Saturday, at house of the Saharawi activist Ms. Aminatou Haidar, representatives of various Saharawi organizations of human rights.

Semi-Medical Centre (refugee camps), August 25, 2012 (SPS) - Work of the second edition of the Summer University of Students Cadres opened Saturday by the Prime Minister Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar under the banner: “the Saharawi student; a student of knowledge and ambassador of a cause”, in the presence of a number of National Secretariat and Government members, as well as youth and students cadres.