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Algiers, November 10, 2013 (SPS) - The visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry was due to pay to Algeria has been postponed by mutual agreement," said Friday the Foreign Affairs ministry’s spokesman, Amar Belani.

"Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra received Friday afternoon a phone call from US Secretary of State John Kerry, who told him that President Barack Obama asked him to go to Geneva as part of the ongoing negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme," Belani said.

Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), November 10, 2013 (SPS) - The Western Sahara issue has always been under United Nations (UN) which had, from 1963 to 1964, put the country on the list of non-autonomous territories to be decolonized, by dedicating through this status the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence.

Since then, the legitimate right was supported and endorsed by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), as part of its policy of total decolonization of the continent.

Paris, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - The General Secretary of the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Régine Villemont, affirmed that in the recently- adopted Charles Tannock report by the European Parliament (EP), exists the conviction that the Sahel-Western Sahara issue is "exhaustive", which makes "urgent and legitimate" Sahrawis claim for self-determination.

Shaheed El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), November 9, 2013 (SPS)  - Saharawi Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Essalek said Friday that the speech of the King of Morocco on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the Moroccan military invasion of Western Sahara "reflects the increasing isolation suffered by the Moroccan occupation."

Brussels, November 9, 2013 (SPS)  – Member of the European Parliament, Spanish Raul Romega said that the agreement on fisheries between Morocco and the European Union "is illegal" as "contrary to international law," noting that Morocco is seeking "a European political support" to the occupation of Western Sahara.

Addressing the Committee on Fisheries and Agriculture of the European Parliament, Romega said that the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the EU "is illegal as contrary to international law."

Paris, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - A report by an international mission from July 7 to 20 in Morocco, as part of "solidarity" with the Saharawi prisoners in Morocco, which has just been released, reported numerous cases of human rights violations by the Moroccan security forces and "intimidation" against members of this mission.

El Aaiun (Occupied Territories ) November 9, 2013 (SPS) – The Moroccan occupation authorities suppressed Friday evening  a peaceful demonstration in the occupied city of El Aaiun, organised by Coordination of Gdeim Izik for Peaceful Movement, to commemorate the third anniversary of the dismantling of the camp of Gdeim Izik , according to the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.

Algiers, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of  Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz said Thursday in Algiers that the content of the speech Moroccan king Mohamed VI delivered on Wednesday denotes "the blind obstinacy and the Moroccan injustice done to the Sahrawi people."

Algiers, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of  Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz expressed, Thursday, the wish that the visit of the US Secretary of State John Kerry to Morocco next week promotes a progress in the negotiation process between the Polisario Front and Morocco for the settlement of the Sahrawi issue.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 8, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz received Thursday evening at the Presidency of the Republic in Chahid Al Hafed, Saharawi refugee camps, a Swedish delegation of the Olof Palme International Center and Swedish women.


This delegation is led by the Olof Palme Center’s external relations chairwoman.

Algiers, Nov 8, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, said Thursday that the content of the Moroccan king Mohamed VI’s speech, delivered on Wednesday, denotes “the blind obstinacy and the Moroccan injustice done to the Sahrawi people.”

Lima, Nov 8, 2013 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation, led by the Minister-Delegate for Latin America Mr. Hash Ahmed and includes the ambassador in mission Mr. Ali Salem Sid Ezzain, held talks on Thursday with Mr. Freddy Otárola, President of the Congress of Peru, along with the Vice-President Mr. Carmen Omonte, as well as several leaders and parliamentarians from various political blocs, said a statement issued Thursday.

Washington, Nov 7, 2013 (SPS) - Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights has called on the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, to put the Moroccan Government’s human rights record at the top of the U.S. government’s diplomatic priority, asking him to urge, during his visit to Morocco, Moroccan government to accept a human rights mandate for MINURSO.

Brussels, Nov 7, 2013 (SPS) - The Spanish member of the European Parliament Mr. Raül Romeva said that the EU-Morocco’s fisheries agreement is illegal because it violates international law, highlighting that Morocco seeks to gain “European political support” to its occupation of Western Sahara.

Algiers, Nov 7, 2013 (SPS) - The Spokesperson of the Tunisian Committee to support the Saharawi people Ms. Monia Bousselmi indicated Thursday that the Saharawis in the occupied Western Sahara are subject to many violations, stressing the need extend the mandate of the MINURSO to include the monitoring of human rights.

Accra, Nov 7, 2013 (SPS) - The Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) transmitted Monday a declaration of protest to Moroccan Embassy in Accra, capital of Ghana, over the colonial occupation of Western Sahara.


Over 200 Ghanaians, including trade unionists, politicians, journalists, parliamentarians and academics signed this declaration.


“It is our very strong conviction that the continued occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco has no basis in international law and is morally unacceptable,” it indicated.

Brussels, Nov 6, 2013 (SPS) - “Given the opinions and resolutions of the European Parliament and United Nations, being violated in the Western Sahara by Morocco, European Union’s fisheries agreement with Morocco lacks legality,” said Ms. Isabella Lövin, Swedish member of the European Parliament.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 6, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi government has denounced the “language of intransigence, repression and plundering of Western Sahara natural resources” demonstrated by the Moroccan King in his speech, delivered hours ago.


In a statement issued by the Ministry of Information, Saharawi Government said that the speech of the Moroccan King showed “an explicit will by Morocco to continue ignoring the efforts of the United Nations for the decolonization of the last colony in Africa, Western Sahara.”

Washington, Nov 6, 2013 (SPS) - The US newspaper Huffington Post advocated the right to self-determination in Western Sahara and stressed that Morocco is “illegally occupying” the Sahrawi territories.


“The last colony in Africa : The forgotten state ’’ is the title of an article published Tuesday by Huffington Post which emphasized on need for a mechanism for monitoring human rights in the region.
“This state is called the Western Sahara and its inhabitants are called Saharawi people,” the newspaper stated.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Nov 6, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, called, in a congratulatory letter addressed Monday to the Algerian President on the Hijri New Year, on the Moroccan people to resort to prudence, wisdom and the respect for international legitimacy.