June 2013

Occupied Aiun, June 20, 2013(SPS)- the prison administration of the local prison of Ait Melloul was forced to transfer the Saharawi political prisoner "Yahya Mohamed Al Hafed Iaaza" to regional hospital Inzagan  following the deterioration of his health, says CODESA

The administration of the said prison had moved the Saharawi political prisoner to the hospital, on June 12, 2013 under tight security Moroccan gendarmerie.

Boujdour  (Saharawi refugee camps), June 20, 2013 (SPS) - The UN High Commission for Refugees, has commemorated on Thursday in Boujdour, the Saharawi refugee camps, The Refugees International Day, Corresponding to June 20 of each year, in cooperation with the Sahrawi authorities.

Algiers, June 20, 2013 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Mr. Mourad Medelci confirmed Wednesday, during a press conference along with his Spanish counterpart, that Algeria "wants to make the international community aware of the more urgency to find a concrete, just and permanent solution to the situation of the Saharawi people and working on enabling them to exercise their right to self-determination"

Algiers, 20 June, 2013 (SPS) - The Spanish Foreign Minister, "Jose Manuel Garcia Margalo" said on Wednesday that his country is working in the direction to ensure "effective control" of the status of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Algiers, June19, 2013 (SPS) - The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Amar Balani, said Wednesday that Algeria requires, as a condition, respect for its position on Western Sahara for the reopening of its borders with Morocco, "we consider an incomplete decolonization process that must be resolved within the framework of the United Nations, in accordance with international law".

Chahid El-hafed, June 19, 2013(SPS)- The Sahrawi Journalists and Writers Union has expressed gratitude for the adoption of  a proposal on solidarity with Sahrawi journalists by  the 28^th  Congress of the International federation of Journalists, in a communique issued today, Wednesday

CHAHID EL HAFED, June 19, 2013 (SPS)- The Association of Saharawi Missing People’s Families has discovered communal graves in the occupied territories, one of which contains the remains of 60 people, said Monday Abdesslam Omar, the association’s president.

Omar called on the United Nations to take an urgent action to preserve the evidence about the violations perpetrated by Moroccan authorities, noting that the discovery was made with the help of international organizations, including the Spanish.

London, June18,2013 (SPS)- The British digital common, Open Democracy has published yesterday, Monday, an article on the situation in Western Sahara where it affirmed that Western Sahara represents “the inconvenient uprising nobody wants to talk (or hear) about”

Chahid El Hafed, June 18, 2013 (SPS)- The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, thanked on Monday the support of Algeria to the Saharawi cause that "reflects a strong stand in support of all just causes around the world "

In commemoration of the 43rd anniversary of the Zemla Inthifada against Spanish occupation in 1970, President Mohamed Abdelaziz said that "Algeria is known for its strong and unwavering position to support just causes including the cause of the Saharawi people who claim their right to self-determination and independence. "

Algiers, June 17, 2013 (SPS) - Algeria hailed Monday the quality of debates at the United Nations on the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, especially regarding Western Sahara.


“We hail the quality of debates, held recently in New York during a session of the committee in charge of assessing the implementation of the Convention on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,” said the Spokesperson of Algerian Foreign Ministry Mr. Amar Belani.

Boujdour (refugee camps), June 17, 2013 (SPS) - The 2nd International Conference on the Saharawi Child’s Rights kicked off Monday in the Saharawi refugee camps marking the Day of the African Child, in the aim to aware about the suffering of Saharawi children.


The two-day conference is co-organized by the Algerian National Consultatuive Commission for Human Rights Promotion and Protection (CNCPPDH) and Saharawi human rights organizations.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 17, 2013 (SPS) - The participants at the international conference of solidarity with Saharawi women, convened in the occupied city of El Aaiun in the period from 15 to 16 June 2013, delivered Monday a letter of condemnation to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 17, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoner Hassanna Elouali was denied access to medical treatment the administration of the Moroccan local prison in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, according to a source of CODESA.


The Saharawi political prisoner has suffered over the past ten days of high fever, headache, pain in the neck and shoulders, according to the same source.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), June 17, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi people commemorated today, Monday, the forty-seventh anniversary of the historic Zemla Uprising, announced by the Avant-garde Movement for the Liberation of the Sahara on 17 June 1970 under the leadership of Mohamed Sid Brahim Basiri, as a response to the Spanish colonialism’s plots.

Addis Ababa, June 17, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic (SADR) has taken part at the 20th Ordinary Session of AU Conference of Ministers of Industry, convened in the Kenyan capital (Nairobi) the period from 10 to 14 June under the theme “Accelerating Industrialization for Africa within the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, according to SADR embassy in Ethiopia.

SADR was represented at the meeting by its Ambassador in Ethiopia and Permanent Representative to the African Union Mr. Laman Baali.

Algiers, June 17, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Youth Party of Algeria (French acronym: PJ) Mr. Hamana Boucharma has renewed his party’s position of support to the struggle of the Saharawi people, on the basis of Algerian state’s position of defense to the right of peoples to self-determination, expressing admiration for the Saharawis’ determination to continue the struggle, informed Saharawi embassy in Algiers.

Algiers, June 16, 2013 (SPS) - The U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ms. Wendy R. Sherman said today, Sunday, in Algiers that the United States encourages the parties (Polisario Front and Morocco) to negotiate for reaching a settlement to the Western Sahara conflict.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), June 16, 2013 (SPS) - Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has recorded the success of the presidential visit made by the President of the Republic Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz to the United States and United Nations in the period from 5 and 11 June 2013, in a statement concluded Sunday its meeting.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), June 16, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has sent a letter of congratulation to Dr. Hassan Rohani, the President-elect of the Islamic Republic of Iran, following his victory in Friday’s election.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 16, 2013 (SPS) - Participants at the third international conference of support to the struggle of Saharawi woman, held on 15 and 16 June in the occupied city of El Aaiun, has called on UN Secretary General and Security Council to work towards expanding the prerogatives of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in include the protection of human rights.


Following the full text of the final statement of the conference