August 2013

Geneva, Aug 18, 2013 (SPS) - A delegation of the Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) has begun since the current August 6th an eight-day working visit to several European countries including France, Germany and Switzerland, to aware about the Saharawi cause, informed a source of the Polisario Representation in Geneva.


The delegation, led by the Secretary General of UJSARIO Smara Mr. Azzain Mohamed Sid Ahmaed, held talks with several associations and youth organizations in solidarity with the Saharawi people in these European countries.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Aug 18, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces repressed Sunday a massive peaceful demonstration organized by Saharawi citizens at Foum el Oued’s beach, 25 kilometers west of the occupied city of El Aaiun (capital of Western Sahara), according to a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.

Boumerdes (Algeria), Aug 18, 2013 (SPS) - The President of Saharawi Red Crescent (SRC) Mr. Yahia Bouhbini declared Sunday in Boumerdes, Algeria, that the Sahrawi state and Polisario Front have “all the means” to ensure the protection of international humanitarian missions in the Saharawi refugee camps.

Ahmed Abdelfatah Centre (Saharawi refugee camps), Aug 18, 2013 (SPS) - The Sumer University of Saharawi Students and Youth’s Cadres kicked off yesterday, Saturday, at the Paramedical Centre of Martyr Ahmed Abdefatah, Saharawi refugee camps, in the presence of members of the Saharawi government and Polisario leadership.

Boumerdes (Algeria), Aug 18, 2013 (SPS) - “The Saharawi people can regain rapidly their independence by exercising a constant pressure on the Moroccan occupier,” said in Boumerdes Professor Lahcène Zeghidi, Teacher at the University of Algiers II.

Midrand (South Africa), Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - Speaker of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament) Mr. Khatri Addouh took part at the annual session of the speakers of AU countries’ parliaments, held in Midrand on 15-16 August at Pan-African Parliament headquarters, informed a source of SADR embassy in South African.

Algiers, Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - President of the European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Saharawi People (EUCOCO), Pierre Galand denounced Thursday in Algiers France’s "perverse" role, which blocs the enlargement of Minurso mandate to include human rights monitoring in Western Sahara.

Boumerdes (Algeria), Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - Lecturer Brahim Baaziz strongly criticized, Tuesday in Boumerdes (50-km east of Algiers), the blackout imposed by the international media on the Saharawi issue regarding the "serious violations" perpetrated by the Moroccan authorities against the defenceless Sahrawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Budapest (Hungary), Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - Morocco “violates seriously human rights in its country and in the occupied territories” of Western Sahara, the Europe’s Central and Eastern Alliance for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People bemoaned.


The reaction of the European NGO comes after the visit made by Moroccan minister of foreign affairs to Hungary where the two sides made a joint statement at the end of the visit.

Boumerdes (Algeria), Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - The United Nations (UN), France and Spain have “betrayed” the Saharawi people by blocking the exercise of their right to self-determination, said Wednesday in Boumerdes the President of the European Conference of Coordination and Support to the Saharawi People, Mr. Pierre Galand.

Boumerdes (Algeria), Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - Chairman of the Algerian National Committee for Solidarity with the Saharawi People (CNASPS), Mahrez Lamari, called Wednesday in Boumerdes, Algeria, on the United Nations Organization (UNO) to implement mechanisms to ensure the protection of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, under violations.

Boumerdes (Algeria), Aug 17, 2013 (SPS) - The fourth edition of the Summer University of Saharawi cadres kicked off Wednesday in Boumerdes, 50-km east of Algiers, bringing together 400 participants representing the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), in addition to Algerian civil society members and international human rights activists.

México, Aug 12, 2013 (SPS) - “Cerca del Olvido (nearly forgotten)”, a movie on Western Sahara by the Mexican filmmaker Luis Mariano Bouchot, will be screened at the International Film Festival on Human Rights to be organized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, next October, according to SADR embassy in Mexico.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Aug 12, 2013 (SPS) - Secretariat of the Political Organization of the Polisario Front has launched a web page for 20 May Magazine, while maintaining its written edition which will focus more on thought and analysis, a source of the Secretariat told SPS.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Aug 11, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation gendarmerie patrol stopped Saturday a Basque delegation in his way to Gdeim Izik region in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, informed a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.The delegation composed of 13 activists along with 5 Saharawi companions.

Lecce (Italy), Aug 11, 2013 (SPS) - The Italian Province of Lecce and Saharawi Wilaya of Dakhla have signed a protocol of friendship, in the aim to strengthen the ties of friendship between the two cities, as reported by the press in the city.


The protocol was signed by the Representative of the Saharawi Foreign Minister Mr. Mohamed Salem El Duena Salek and President of the Province of Lecce Mr. Antonio Gabellone.

Buenos Aires, August 07,2013 (SPS) - The documentaries "Sons of the Clouds. The Last Colony ", by Alvaro Longoria and Javier Bardem, and the documentary" Gdeim Izik, camp of the Sahrawi resistance ",by Lluís M. Güell-, will be screened as part of the 15^th Film and Human Rights Festival From 07 to 14 August, which will also orgnize a Table Discussion on the Sahrawi issue next Tuesday with presence of  Bachir Salem, Representative of the SADR and Polisario Front in Argentina.

Abuja, August 06,2013 (SPS)- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, Mohamed Nordin, has reiterated on Monday " Nigeria’s unconditional support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the resolutions of African Union and the United Nations and the principles of international law on decolonization ".

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Aug 5, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has felicitated His Excellency Mr. Robert Mugabe on his reelection as the president of the Republic of Zimbabwe, in a letter sent Sunday.


The President of the Republic congratulated, in the name of POLISARIO leadership as well as Saharawi people and government, His Excellency Mr. Mugabe on his reelection at the helm of the Republic of Zimbabwe.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Aug 5, 2013 (SPS) - The British NGO “Adala UK” has participated in a meeting entitled “Supporting Peaceful Protest”, organised by the Gdeim Izik Coordination in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, as published Sunday on its website.


Attendees highlighted the importance of support to the peaceful demonstrators as a way to demand the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.