Lima, Nov 6, 2013 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation, led by the Minister Delegate for Latin America Mr. Hash Ahmed, received Tuesday at the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Deputy FM Mr. Fernando Rojas, according to a statement issued Tuesday.
The two sides discussed the latest developments on the question of Western Sahara, UN settlement plan, and the bilateral relation between the two countries, said the source.
Algiers, Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - Secretary General of the Pan African Federation of African Union Associations and Clubs, Tanga Abdou Fulgence Kabouri, said Tuesday that Morocco is committing “grave violations” of human rights against the Sahrawis in the occupied territories, describing the situation prevailing in the occupied Western Sahara as “the unbearable.”
Brussels, Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - The request to extend the mandate of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) to include humans rights monitoring in Western Sahara is becoming more and more an “international issue” as the situation is “extremely serious and highly sensitive” in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, the Saharawi Minister Delegate for Europe, Mr. Mohamed Sidati, said Monday.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Art School “the School of the Martyr Salek Moulud Sidi” inaugurated today evening in the Wilaya of Boujdour, Saharawi refugee camps.
The inauguration ceremony was overseen by the Saharawi Minister of Culture Ms. Khadija Hamdi, and attended by the participants of ARTifariti.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - The U.S. Professor of Fine Arts at New York University and President of the Popular Committee of Solidarity with the Saharawi People, Gobin, indicated Tuesday from the Saharawi refugee camps that art is a mean to defend human rights.
In a lecture presented on the sidelines of the VII International Encounters of Art and Human Rights in Western Sahara, the U.S Professor said that the message of art is “more eloquent” than political discourse.
Algiers, Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - Secretary General of the Union of Youth of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (UJSARIO), Mousa Salma, called Tuesday from Algiers on the Moroccan regime to “comply with international law and to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.”
Washington, Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - The U.S. weekly magazine “The Nation” published Monday a lengthy article about the forgotten conflict of Western Sahara, shedding the light on the reality in the Saharawi refugee camps and the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - Bureau of the National Secretariat of the Frente Polisario said that any agreement including the areas or territorial waters of Western Sahara is “an unethical contribution” to support Moroccan occupation, adding that such act would make the European nations involved “shamefully” in the looting of the wealth of an unarmed and oppressed people.
Oslo, Nov 5, 2013 (SPS) - The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara has reaffirmed its support to the struggle of the Saharawis people, in a ceremony organized on Monday in Oslo, capital of Norway, to mark its 20th anniversary.
The ceremony was attended by memebers of the Committee, as well as Norwegian parliamentarians, politicians and civil society activists.
London November 4, 2013 (SPS) - Human rights organization “ Adala UK ” expressed its concern Monday, following the serious deterioration in health of Sahrawi political prisoner Laroussi Abdeljalil Lemghaimed.
The Sahrawi prisoner’s health, detained in the prison of Salé, “has worsened considerably these days, because of the mistreatment meted out by the Moroccan authorities to Sahrawi prisoners,” the NGO’s branch, based in the Great Britain, said, underlining that Abdeljalil’s case requires to be taken care in a hospital with appropriate equipment.
Algiers, November 4, 2013 (SPS) - Morocco’s schemes against Algeria show "uncontrolled nervousness to create a diversion" about an "essential" issue, namely decolonization in Western Sahara, said Mohamed Sidati, the Saharawi delegate minister for Europe.
Sidati added that Morocco led an anachronistic and hackneyed diplomacy by seeking, at all costs, to involve Algeria in Western Sahara conflict. "The conflict is between two parties, namely the Polisario Front, as the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people, and Morocco."
Brussels, November 4, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Coordination of European Committees and Associations for Support of the People of Western Sahara (EUCOCO) Pierre Galand said Monday that Charles Tannock’s report, adopted recently by the European Parliament (EP), is “very clear” on the violation of human rights in the Sahrawi occupied territories and on the despoiling of Western Sahara’s natural resources.
Brussels, November 4, 2013 (SPS) - More than 350 participants are expected to attend the International Conference to support the Saharawi people to be held from November 15 to 17 in Rome (Italy), Pierre Gallant President of the Coordination of European Committees and Associations to Support the Saharawi People announced Monday.
Brussels, November4, 2013 (SPS) - The Polisario Front has warned against the signing of a new fishing agreement between the European Union and Morocco that does not clearly exlude Sahrawi territorial waters, which constitutes a "stark contrast" against international law, ethics and respect for human rights in Western Sahara.
Algiers, November 4, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Algerian National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH) Farouk Ksentini said Sunday in Algiers that the violation of the Consulate General of Algeria in Casablanca (Morocco), was an "additional evidence of non-respect of international laws and custom by Rabat."
Algiers, November 4, 2013 (SPS) - The Algerian national press largely focused Sunday on the violation of the Consulate of Algeria in Casablanca (Morocco), describing this act as violation of the country’s sovereignty with the aim to exert pressure on Algeria to reopen its borders with the kingdom.
Le Jeune Indépendant said that this "deliberate" act is an "attack on the sovereignty of the country on November 1st, a historic date for the Algerian people."
Boujdour (Occupied Territories), November 3, 2013 (SPS) - The Moroccan police in official and civilian uniforms repressed ‘forcefully’ Friday a peaceful demonstration organised by Sahrawi citizens in front of the occupied city of Boujdour prefecture, said the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Boujdour (Sahrawi refuge camps ) November 3, 2013 (SPS) - The seventh edition of International Art Encounters and Human Rights in Western Sahara ‘ARTifariti’ has commenced Sunday in the Wilaya of Boujdour, Sahrawi refuge camps, with the participation of artists, sculptors and specialists in Fine Arts from Algeria, the United States, Britain , Venezuela , Mexico, Spain, in addition to Sahrawi artists and creators.
Algiers, November 2, 2013 (SPS) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria said, in its response to the Morocco’s recent actions, "there is no single country in the world that recognizes the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco on the territory of Western Sahara ," adding that Algeria is a neighboring country of Morocco and not a party to the conflict over Western Sahara , which is resolved by the United Nations.
London, November 2, 2013 (SPS) - Algeria 's former Ambassador to Spain, Abdelaziz Rahabi, noted that the summoning of the Moroccan ambassador in Algiers to Rabat for consultation was "unexpected and unjustified action", highlighting, in an interview published Saturday by ‘Al Quds Al Arabi’ in London, that the move aimed to create " diplomatic crisis pending the visit of the U.S. Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs, John Kerry, to the region."