El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 24, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation authorities proceeded to put out of sight of the MEPs delegation the Saharawi political prisoners languishing in Lekhal prison in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, according to a statement of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), June 3, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz felicitated Monday his Mozambican counterpart Mr. Armando Emílio Guebuza, on the occasion of his country’s celebration of the 38th anniversary of Independence.
Brussels, June 24, 2013 (SPS) - The European Coordination of Solidarity with the Saharawi People (abbreviation: EUCOCO) has been meeting since Saturday, June 22nd, in the capital of Belgium, Brussels, to assess the situation in Western Sahara in various fields and to draw the prospects for solidarity action during the summer of 2013.
Dakhla (occupied territories), June 24, 2013 (SPS) - The delegation of European parliamentarians, currently in the occupied Western Sahara, met Sunday in occupied El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, with several Saharawi associations and organizations that work for the preservation of environment and natural resources in the occupied city of Dakhla, informed the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
Pennsylvania, June 23, 2013 (SPS) - A new book about the Saharawi-Moroccan conflict under the title “War and Insurgency in the Western Sahara” has recently issued by the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
The 110-page book examines with study and in-depth historical analysis the most important periods in the conflict of Western Sahara between Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco.
London, June 23, 2013 (SPS) - The British Association “Adala” has announced that its president, the Saharawi activist Mr. Sid Ahmed Meska, was assaulted Saturday by Moroccan repressive apparatus during a demonstration organized in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 23, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation police and security forces violently dispersed Saturday a peaceful demonstration calling for the independence of Western Sahara in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, according to some media sources.
Hundreds of demonstrators poured into the street of Smara in occupied city of El Aaiun in a response to an appeal made by the coordination of Saharawi human rights organizations.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 23, 2013 (SPS) - A MEPs delegation from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats met Saturday with members of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).
The meeting focused on the miserable situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
CODESA called to find a speedy solution to question of Western Sahara, through conducting a just and transparent referendum that respects the will of Saharawi people.
Colmenar Viejo (Madrid, Spain), June 22, 2013 (SPS) - A group of 17 Saharawi children, who are currently in Madrid in the context of the “Holidays in Peace Programme”, received Thursday by the Mayor of Colmenar Viejo (Madrid) Mr. Miguel Angel Santamaria, in the presence of Councillor for Family and Social Services Ms. Carolina Calvo, according to Saharawi diplomatic source.
Brussels, June 22, 2013 (SPS) - A delegation of the European Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (abbreviation: S&D) expected to visit in the period from 22 to 23 June, 2013 the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara illegally occupied by Morocco, to assess of the situation of human rights, according to a statement of the Polisario Front representation in Brussels.
Brussels, June 22, 2013 (SPS) - The Rapporteur Mr. Charles Tannock presented Thursday, June 20, his report on the situation of human rights in Western Sahara and the Sahel, to the Committee on Human Rights of the European Parliament, said the Saharawi Minister Delegate for Europe Mr. Mohamed Sidati.
A very large majority of MEPs have expressed satisfaction for the report, describing it as “comprehensive and objective.”
ALGIERS, June 21,2013 (SPS)- Sahrawi Ambassador to Algeria Brahim Ghali reiterated the determination of the Sahrawi people to continue their fight until the achievement of their legitimate right to self-determination.
Bir Lahlou, June 20, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, called upon the United Nations to intervene "urgently" to put an end to the practices of "repression and brutality" of the Moroccan occupation State against the Saharawi citizens in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a letter sent Thursday to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
New York, June 21, 2013 (SPS) - Human Rights Watch has called on the Moroccan authorities to release Saharawi political prisoners, “Gdaim Izik” Group, or grant them a new and fair trial, in a report issued today Friday.
HRW insisted that “For the Gdeim Izik defendants, any retrials should take place before a civilian court rather than in the military court that first convicted them”
Occupied Aiun, June 20, 2013(SPS)- the prison administration of the local prison of Ait Melloul was forced to transfer the Saharawi political prisoner "Yahya Mohamed Al Hafed Iaaza" to regional hospital Inzagan following the deterioration of his health, says CODESA
The administration of the said prison had moved the Saharawi political prisoner to the hospital, on June 12, 2013 under tight security Moroccan gendarmerie.
Boujdour (Saharawi refugee camps), June 20, 2013 (SPS) - The UN High Commission for Refugees, has commemorated on Thursday in Boujdour, the Saharawi refugee camps, The Refugees International Day, Corresponding to June 20 of each year, in cooperation with the Sahrawi authorities.
Algiers, June 20, 2013 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Mr. Mourad Medelci confirmed Wednesday, during a press conference along with his Spanish counterpart, that Algeria "wants to make the international community aware of the more urgency to find a concrete, just and permanent solution to the situation of the Saharawi people and working on enabling them to exercise their right to self-determination"
Algiers, 20 June, 2013 (SPS) - The Spanish Foreign Minister, "Jose Manuel Garcia Margalo" said on Wednesday that his country is working in the direction to ensure "effective control" of the status of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Algiers, June19, 2013 (SPS) - The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Amar Balani, said Wednesday that Algeria requires, as a condition, respect for its position on Western Sahara for the reopening of its borders with Morocco, "we consider an incomplete decolonization process that must be resolved within the framework of the United Nations, in accordance with international law".