Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Nov 26, (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has sent a letter of felicitation to Frente Amplio of Uruguay on the occasion of its 6th Extraordinary Congress.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 26, 2013 (SPS) - Participants of the 8th Religions’ Dialogue for Peace have emphasized the need to protect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, voicing their commitment to continue awaring inside their countries about the Saharawi people’s suffering.
Brussels, Nov 26, 2013 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation began Monday in Brussels an awareness campaign within the premises of the European Parliament to affirm that the fishing agreement between the EU and Morocco, to be voted on November 10th, should exclude the territorial waters of Western Sahara, said a source close to the delegation.
This campaign organized by the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW).
Tipasa (Algeria), Nov 26, 2013 (SPS) - Participants in a forum on violence against women, organized Monday in Tipasa, agreed to denounce all forms of violence against Saharawi women by the Moroccan occupier.
During this forum hosted by Radio Tipasa on the theme of “Stop violence against women”, the participants stressed the need to “continue struggle to free Saharawi women from Moroccan repression, including the daily physical and moral violations, which are condemned by all laws and charters around the world.”
Boujdour (Saharawi refugee camps), November 25, 2013 (SPS) - The National Union of Saharawi Women (NUSW) has called for an end to violence against Saharawi women in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, on the occasion of the ‘International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,’ celebrated November 25, every year.
"The Saharawi Women express their rejection to violence against women and all manifestations and forms of violence," said the Sahrawi women organization in a statement released Monday.
Geneva (Switzerland), November 25, 2013 (SPS) - Major powers and Iran has reached an agreement on that country’s controversial nuclear programme on the night of Saturday to Sunday in Geneva, European Union’s foriegn policy chief, Catherine Ashton, has said.
"We have reached an agreement," Michael Mann said on Twitter without elaborating. Preparations are under way at the United Nations in Geneva to officially announce the agreement, said French news agency AFP.
Shaheed El-Hafedh (Saharawi Refugee Camps), November 25, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi refugees’ humanitarian issue can only be settled through a "political" and a "definitive" solution, the chairman of the Saharawi Red Crescent, Buhobeini Yahia, told APS.
The Saharawi humanitarian issue cannot be settled without a "political" and a "definitive" solution through a referendum on self-determination, in line with the international legality," Buhobeini told APS in an interview.
Shaheed El Hafedh (Saharawi refugee camps), November 24, 2013 (SPS ) – The Wilaya of Boujdour,Saharawi refugee camps, will host Tuesday the 8th edition of "Religions’ Dialogue for Peace."
The edition is organized annually by Sahrawi Youth Union, U.S. organization "Not Forgotten International" and imams from Algeria.
This year's edition will be held under the theme: "Biography of the Prophet David (Peace Be Upon Him) in the Holy Books ," according to the organizers .
Shaheed El-Hafedh (Sahrawi refugee camps), November 24, 2013 (SPS) - Sahrawi government and the Polisario Front have underlined the "special" attention given to the question of Western Sahara decolonization during the discussion held between US President Barack Obama and Moroccan King Mohammed VI in Washington.
Shaheed El-Hafedh (Sahrawi refugee camps), November 24, 2013 (SPS) - The Union of the Sahrawi lawyers plans to take legal action in Spain against Morocco for the "constant" abuses of human rights perpetrated against the Sahrawis in the occupied territories, said Friday its General Secretary, Aba Salek El-Haissan.
Washington (US), November 24, 2013 (SPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday he will continue to support efforts to find a ''peaceful, lasting and mutually acceptable'' solution by the Polisario Front and Morocco for Western Sahara issue, and supports the efforts of UN Special envoy Christopher Ross.
Shaheed El Hafed, November 23, 2013 (SPS) - Following the joint statement between the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco, after the visit by the King of Morocco to Washington, the Sahrawi government and the Polisario Front has noted the ‘special’ status given to the issue of decolonization of Western Sahara in the talks between the two parties, in statement released Saturday by the Ministry of Information.
ALGIERS, Nvember 22, 2013 (SPS) - Fishing agreements signed between the representative of the European Union (EU) member states and Morocco by including the territory of Western Sahara is against peace efforts and a violation of the international law, Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR)’s Foreign Minister Salem Ould Salek said Thursday.
AMHIRIZ (Liberated Territories) November 22, 2013 (SPS ) - A ceremony to deliver mortal remains of the mass grave recently discovered at Fedret Lekouiaa, in the Amhiriz freed region of Western Sahara, was held Thursday by the Sahrawi authorities in the presence of relatives of the deceased persons, representatives of MINURSO and international personalities.
The working group has contributed to the identification of human remains by DNA tests at the laboratories of Basque Country University, attended the ceremony held at the crime scene.
Bir Lahlou ( liberated territories ) November 22, 2013 (SPS ) - In response to the plans for oil exploration in the territorial waters of Western Sahara by two multinational companies, Cairn Energy PLC and Kosmos Energy LLC, granted licenses illegally by Morocco, the Sahrawi authority of Petroleum and energy has issued a statement considering these plans as a flagrant violation of international law and an assault on the natural resources of the Saharawi people .
Washington, November 22, 2013 (SPS) – Chairperson of US- Western Sahara Foundation, Suzanne Scholte, sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to use his influence on Morocco to finally resolve Western Sahara conflict through a referendum of self-determination, while insisting on the issue of human rights.
Sale (Morocco), November 22, 2013 (SPS) - Sahrawi detainees of Gdeim Izik group called on American President Barack Obama to speed up the setting-up of a United Nations mechanism for monitoring human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
“The situation in the occupied territories is more and more deteriorating because of the serious violations of human rights by Morocco, hence the need to speed up the setting-up of a UN human rights mechanism in Western Sahara,” underlined the detainees in a letter sent to President Obama.
Sale 1 (Morocco),Nov 21, 2013 (SPS) - The group of Saharawi prisoners of Gdeim Izik, currently incarcerated in Sale 1 Prison in Morocco, has stressed the need to establish a UN mechanism to protect human rights in Western Sahara, in a letter addressed Wednesday to the U.S. President Barack Obama.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 20, 2013 (SPS) - Eighth congress of the Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) will be held in the Wilaya of Awserd, Saharawi refugee camps, in the period from 28 to 30 December under the motto: “increasing the resistance to impose independence,” said the organizers.
The congress will be atended by more than 1000 Saharawi delegates, and more than 300 foreign participants representing youth organizations from Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Mheiriz (liberated territories), Nov 21, 2013 (SPS) - The remains of the eight Saharawi persons, executed by Moroccan occupation army on February 1976, will be given today an official burial in Fadret Leguiaa in the liberated region of Mheiriz, Western Sahara, said Saharawi official source.
The remains of the victims of this mass grave were discovered months ago by a Basque forensic team in Fadret Leguiaa in the region of Samra, Western Sahara.