Sale (Morocco), Jan 17, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoner and student, Cheick Banga, will start as from today, Friday, an open hunger strike to protest Sale prison administration’s refusal to give him a room to study, reported a Saharawi media source.
Cheick Banga was arrested on November 2010 in Gdeim Izik protest camp.
The Moroccan military court in Rabat sentenced him to three years in prison. (SPS)
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Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Jan 17, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has demanded “an urgent action” by the United Nations to protect the Saharawi civilians, who are subject to Morocco’s violence and repression.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), Jan 16, 2014 (SPS) - More than 50 Saharawis were injured in a Moroccan repressive forces’ crackdown on a peaceful demonstration organized Wednesday in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, informed a Saharawi media source.
The demonstration held as a response to a call launched to support the national campaign for expanding MINURSO mandate to include human rights monitoring in Western Sahara, as to demand the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, said the same source.
Brussels, Jan 16, 2014 (SPS) - The Dutch government has asked the European Commission to provide clarifications on its imports of tomatoes from Western Sahara, as quoted by the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW).
In his reply to parliamentary questions on 17 December 2013, Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Frans Timmermans stated that the Dutch Government would support an EU-wide approach with regard to the labeling of products from Western Sahara, rather then introducing a certificate of origin by itself, said the source.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 15, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) has deplored the barbaric practices by Moroccan apparatus against the defensless Saharawi citizens in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, especially the late events in the occupied city of El Aaiun.
Addis Ababa, Jan 15, 2014 (SPS) - Minister of National Defense Mr. Mohamed Lamin Bouhali said that the Saharawi state “is ready to contribute considerably to the establishment of the African Standby Force (ASF),” adding that such contribution will be announced sooner.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), Jan 15, 2013 (SPS) - Moroccan occupying forces heinously attacked on Sunday the Saharawi female citizen Lala Hatra Aram (see the picture), before setting fire to her house, reported a Sahrawi media source.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 15, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has congratulated the Saharawi people on the occasion of Eid al-Mawlid, Festival of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), celebrated yesterday.
Sale (Morocco), Jan 15, 2014 (SPS) - The group of Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik, jailed in the Moroccan prison of Salé, stressed Tuesday that MINURSO is the only UN mission which does not have a mechanism of human rights monitoring.
These prisoners recalled "the incessant calls from international human rights defending organizations and the UN Secretary General’s call in his latest report for the implementation of a UN mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara."
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 14, 2014 (SPS) - A Mexican delegation expected to start today, Tuesday, a four-day working visit to the Saharawi refugee camps, informed a media source.
The delegation composed of three members of the Mexican parliament, in addition to a writer, poet and journalist from the Dominican Republic.
Tiznit (Morocco) January 13, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners (group of national flag) jailed in Tiznit, Morocco, has suspended the hunger strike which they had commenced January 2, according to the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.
The suspension of hunger strike comes after the prison administration pledged to respond to the demands of the hunger strikers including medication, balanced nutrition, sleeping beds, open visits.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories) January 12, 2014 (SPS) - Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Republic, Secretary-General of Frente POLISARIO, renewed call for the United Nations for the protection of the defenseless Sahrawi citizens in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a letter Saturday to the UN Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), January 12, 2014 (SPS) – Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz called on the UN to assume its responsibilities in taking necessary measures to stop Western Sahara’s natural resources “plunder.”
President Abdelaziz wrote in a message to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, that "the member countries of the UN have to honor their commitments under Chapter 11 of the UN Charter, and thus to take the necessary measures to stop the looting of natural resources which are the property of the Saharawi people."
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), January 12, 2014 (SPS) - More than 40 were injured Saturday when Moroccan forces violently dispersed a peaceful demonstration , according to the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.
Tiznit (Morocco) January 10, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners Hassan Mohamed Lehssan, engaged in the first week of hunger strike in the local prison in Tiznit, Moroccan, suffers deteriorating health conditions, according to the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.
Hassan Mohamed Lehssan suffers of dyspnea, severe Stomach ache, knee pain which had necessitated aquiring medical tests that required tranforming him to Marrakech.
Shaheed El Hafed, January 10, 2014 (SPS) - Mr. M'Hamed Khadad, member of the National Secretariat of Polisario Front, Coordinator with MINURSO, confirmed Polisario Front has proceeded to work on the ground to put an end to the looting of natural resources of Sahrawi people through courts and legal action , in an interview Thursday in the program "News Guest" on national TV.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Jan 9, 2013 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz confirmed, in a letter sent to UN Chief, that the ongoing exploitation of Saharawi natural resources by Morocco and complicit foreign entities "run the risk of undermining a new phase in the efforts by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General Mr. Christopher Ross to find a just solution that will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.”
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Jan 9, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has drew attention of the United Nations Organization to the intention of certain foreign governments and companies to engage in the illegal exploration and exploitation of the natural
resources of Western Sahara.