ALGIERS, December 16, 2013 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra reaffirmed on Sunday that the issue of Western Sahara is a decolonization matter that Algeria, which is not involved, defends the principle of the people’s rights to self-determination just like it has always done.
Qunu (South Africa), December 16, 2013 (SPS) - South Africa’s former president Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday near his family on his property in Qunu (south), the village of his childhood.
South African President Jacob Zuma rose when the coffin was lowered into the grave. Military helicopters and fighter jets flew over the site during the burial, and cannon shots were heard.
ALGIERS, December 16, 2013 (SPS) – The participants to the 4th International Conference on "Peoples’ right to resistance: case of the Sahrawi people," called Sunday in Algiers in a declaration the UN to "expedite" the settlement of Western Sahara conflict and "expand" MINURSO prerogatives to monitoring human rights in the occupied territories.
The full text of the Final Declaration of the 4th International Conference of Algiers “The Right of the Peoples for Resistance: case of Sahrawi People” Algiers, El Aurassi Hotel, 14 and 15 December 2013:
ALGIERS, December 16, 2013 (SPS) —The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, asserted Saturday in Algiers that the resistance of Sahrawi to occupation and oppression is a legitimate right and a sacred duty recognized by the United Nations, before the Fourth Algiers International Conference “Peoples’ Right to Resistance: the Case of the Sahrawi People”.
ALGIERS , December 16, 2013 (SPS) – The participants to the 4th International Conference on "Peoples’ right to resistance: case of the Sahrawi people," called Sunday in Algiers in a declaration the UN to "expedite" the settlement of Western Sahara conflict and "expand" MINURSO prerogatives to monitoring human rights in the occupied territories.
ALGIERS, December 15, 2013 (SPS) - The African Coordination of Solidarity with the Saharawi people, known as Task Force, denounced Saturday in Algiers at its first meeting, the European Union-Morocco fisheries agreement recently adopted by the European Parliament and called on governments around the world not to sign an agreement with Morocco including the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
ALGIERS, December 15, 2013 (SPS) - The international network of MPs supporting the Saharawi cause, was set up Saturday in Algiers, in accordance with recommendations of the International Meeting of MPs on "the right of peoples to self-determination," held in Algiers in April.
ALGIERS, December 15, 2013 (SPS) - The African Coordination of Solidarity with the Saharawi people, called "African Task Force" was installed Saturday in Algiers, in accordance with the recommendations of the African Conference in support of the Saharawi cause, held last October in Abuja (Nigeria).
This African coordination was set up a few hours before the opening of the "4th International Conference on the Rights of Peoples to Resistance: The Case of the Saharawi people."
ALGIERS, December 15, 2013 (SPS) – The participants in the 4th international conference of solidarity with the Sahrawi people affirmed Saturday in Algiers that it is "time" for the international community to "efficiently" put pressure on Morocco for the organization of a "free and democratic" referendum allowing the Sahrawi people to decide about their own destiny.
ALGIERS, December 15, 2013 (SPS) —The resistance of Sahrawi to occupation and oppression is a legitimate right and a sacred duty recognized by the United Nations, said Saturday in Algiers President of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mohamed Abdelaziz.
NEW YORK, December 13, 2013 (SPS) - Former head of a Moroccan human rights group who has called for extending MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) to include human rights monitoring, Khadija Ryadi, is among six winners of UN General Assembly’s awards for their commitment to defending human rights.
Thomson Reuters Awards are given to researchers who publish the greatest number of scientific articles in crystallography and on prostate, lung and breast cancers, organizers said.
SALE (Morocco), December 13, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan occupying authorities hid on Wednesday a Saharawi political prisoner Mbarak Daoudi while a UN delegation was visiting prisons to enquire about the situation of human rights in the Moroccan prisons.
The Moroccan authorities transferred prisoner Mbarak Daoudi so that the UN delegation cannot see detention conditions of the Saharawi activist, “victim of torture in the prison of Salé (Rabat).”
NEW YORK (United Nations), December 13, 2013 (SPS) - The UN Security Council expressed on Thursday its willingness to find a solution to security, political, humanitarian and development issues in the Sahel region, while requesting a quick and effective implementation of the UN integrated Strategy for Sahel.
BRUSSELS, December 13, 2013 (SPS) - The Polisario Front called on Thursday in Brussels (Belgium) the European Union (EU) to "be part of a solution and not the conflict in Western Sahara," adding that "the adoption of the fisheries agreement with Morocco including Saharawi waters encourages Morocco in its policy of occupation and intransigence."
BIR LEHLOU (Liberated territories), December 13, 2013 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz has denounced the "continuous" abuses against Sahrawi people, urging the United Nations to assume its responsibilities and end the oppression of Moroccan occupation forces.
In a letter sent Wednesday to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Abdelaziz reiterated his call to take urgent measures for the decolonization of Western Sahara and ensure the safety of Sahrawi citizens against the oppression of the Moroccan occupation forces.
STRASBOURG (France), December 13, 2013 (SPS) - The European Parliament (EP) reiterated its support for a fair political solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, on the basis of international law and UN resolutions, to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
In its latest annual report on the situation of human rights worldwide approved on Wednesday in Strasbourg, the European Parliament reiterated its call for the immediate release of all Saharawi political prisoners.
Banjul, Dec 12, 2013 (SPS) - The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has expressed “grave concern” over the atrocities committed by Morocco against the Saharawi citizens, reiterating commitment to continue to advocate on the plight of the Saharawi people.
New York, Dec 12, 2013 (SPS) - The United Nations General Assembly adopted Wednesday a resolution on Western Sahara’s issue, in which it reasserts its support to the negotiation process “to reach a solution which allows the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination,” while praising the efforts undertaken by the UN Secretary General Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross.