Rome,Nov29,2012(SPS) - Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatou Haidar has been named Honorary Citizen of the commune of Pontedera, in Tuscany, Italy, the Sahrawi representation in Rome said Wednesday.
Last Saturday, similar award was presented by the municipality of Sesto Fiorentino (Tuscany) to the courageous woman for her struggle for human rights in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
Algiers , Nov29,2012(SPS) - President of Yemen’s Marib Human Rights Centre Nayef Mbarek Essifi said Tuesday in Algiers that a Yemenite national centre will be created to "support Saharawi people’s struggle for their legitimate right to self-determination."
Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories) Nov28,2012(SPS) President of the Republic , Secretary General of the Polisario Front ,Mohamed Abdelaziz, has congratulated his Mauritanian counterpart ,Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, on the occasion of 52nd anniversary of national day of Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Seville (Spain) Nov28,2012(SPS) the Pablo’s university in Seville, Spain, witnessed organization of lecture by the Saharawi human rights defender, Dr. Ibrahim Dahan, about the situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in light of visits from NGOs and the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy, Christopher Ross.
Shahid Alhafed,Nov28,2012(SPS) President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Tuesday, received at the headquarters of the presidency, the participants in the seventh religious dialogue for peace held in the Saharawi Refugee camps from Nov25 until 27,2012.
London (UK) Nov28, 2012(SPS) - More than 10,000 antipersonnel mines were destroyed by the Polisario Front in the Sahrawi occupied territories since 2005, Representative of Polisario Front in the United Kingdom Limam Mohamed Ali said Tuesday in an interview to APS.
The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) joined in 2005 "Geneva Call," a treaty which condemns the use, the acquisition, the production and the transfer of antipersonnel mines, said the source.
London (UK) Nov28, 2012(SPS) - Western Sahara is among the "most heavily mined" regions in the world, said in London Steven Smith, the head of the non-governmental organization "Action on Armed Violence".
"The Western Sahara is one the most heavily mined territories in the world with over 2,500 people killed in antipersonnel mine blasts," said Smith.
"We have to step up efforts in the Western Sahara to better address the needs of landmine survivors, 56 percent of them have lifelong after-effects," he added.
Rome (Italy) Nov27,2012(SPS) – the Saharawi human rights activist Aminatou Haidar ,said Tuesday that the situation of human rights in the Saharawi occupied territories was still "unbearable," adding that Moroccan authorities continued to suppress Saharawi citizens whenever they claim their rights. In interview with Algerian Press Service(APS)
London ( UK) Nov27,2012(SPS) the UK’s Secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs,Alistair Burt, said that his country supports the efforts of the United Nations to encourage Morocco and Polisario to address issues regarding the use of territory's natural resources.
New York (United Nations) Nov27, 2012(SPS) the Representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, Ahmed Boukhari, expressed on Tuesday,the willingness of the Polisario Front to “consider approaches for intensifying and accelerating talks at the highest level by including a clear timetable and deadline for the holding of a referendum, as required by international law” according to a message sent to the current president of the Security Council of the United Nations ambassador,Hardeep Singh Puri.
Madrid (Spain) Nov27,2012(SPS) - Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony, a documentary by Javier Bardem and Alvaro Mongoria dealing with the Saharawi cause, has been screened recently in Madrid and Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha region)
The documentary’s screening was attended by Polisario Front’s representative in Spain, Bechraya Hamoudi Beyoune, producer Alvaro Mongoria, representatives of several Spanish institutions, supporters of the Saharawi cause and a large audience.
Boujadour (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Nov 26, 2012 (SPS) - Prime Minster Abdelkader Taleb Omar said yesterday at the opening of the Seventh Religious Dialogue for Peace that "choosing the Saharawi refugee camps to hold such event is a message of solidarity and support with the Saharawi cause."
Prime Minister asserted that “the large participation at the forum, is clear message to the Moroccan false propaganda which tries to link Saharawi people with terrorism and the Saharawi refugee camps are not safe “
Maseru, Nov 26, 2012 (SPS) - Prime Minster of Lesotho, Tom Motsohaa has reiterated his country’s firm support to the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence, said statement of the Saharawi embassy in South Africa
Algiers, Nov 26, 2012 (SPS) - President of US- Western Sahara Foundation, Dr. Susanne Scholte, stated that she will work to convey the Sahrawi people's voice to reach influential places as the US Congress and House of Representatives for UN recognition of the Saharawi state.
Sesto Fiorentino (Italy), Nov 25, 2012 (SPS) - The Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar awarded the “Honorary Citizen” by the Council of the Italian municipality of Sesto Fiorentino (region of Tuscany), for her struggle in favour of the respect for human right in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 24, 2012 (SPS) - Establishment of the Yemeni Brotherhood and Solidarity Association with the Saharawi People declared Saturday by the Youth and Students League of Yemeni-Algerian Association and Maareb Centre for Human Rights, on the sidelines of their visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 24, 2012 (SPS) - Establishment of the Yemeni Brotherhood and Solidarity Association with the Saharawi People declared Saturday by the Youth and Students League of Yemeni-Algerian Association and Maareb Centre for Human Rights, on the sidelines of their visit to the Saharawi refugee camps.
London, Nov 24, 2012 (SPS) - Chair of the Western Sahara Resource Watch Mr. Erik Hagen underlined that “no energy project should of course be placed in a territory occupied by force.”
“Connecting the territory to the European energy grid in partnership with Moroccan government, would further contribute to uphold the status quo of the conflict,” stated Erik Hagen, chair of WSRW.
Washington, Nov 24, 2012 (SPS) - Freedom House indicated, in its 2012 report on the freedom of press and expression, that Moroccan authorities expel the foreign journalists and arrest Saharawi and Moroccan journalists, highlighting that this freedom being violated in Morocco.
Pretoria (South Africa), Nov 24, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) signed Friday in Pretoria, South Africa, along with other African countries on the Establishment Agreement of the African Risk Capacity (ARC), according to a statement of SADR Embassy in Pretoria.
ARC is a specialized agency of the African Union designed to help AU Member States to resist and recover from the ravages of natural disasters.