Denmark (Copenhagen), March 31, 2014 (SPS) - Denmark must condemn Morocco's abuse, says the Danish Red-Green Alliance Party in the wake of the events that took place on March 28th, in occupied Western Sahara.
Dar es Salaam (Zambia), March 29, 2014 (SPS) - The representative of Zambia at the Meeting of the Socialist International Africa Committee stressed the need for the United Nations to fulfill its commitments towards the Saharawi people, implement its resolutions and organise the referendum of self-determination.
Washington (USA) March 29, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatou Haidar and President of Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights Kerry Kennedy called Thursday in Washington for an effective international engagement for the respect of human rights of the Sahrawi people violated by Morocco as well as their right to self-determination.
Tunis, March 29, 2014 (SPS) - A delegation of Sahrawi mass organizations has took part in the Social Forum of the Tunisian Youth which launched Thursday morning in the Tunisian capital, under the theme "the word is for the youth", with the participation of delegations from different parts of the world.
The Sahrawi delegation Representing mass organizations (Students Union, Youth Union, Workers Union, Women's Union, Association of the Families of Sahrawi Prisoners and Disappeared), participated in the rally that started from the Habib Bourguiba Avenue.
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), March 28, 2014 (SPS) - Moroccan occupying forces surrounded Friday morning the red flats neighborhood before they stormed the house of prominent activist and former political prisoner Mayara Mujahid to arrest him and take him for questioning by security personnel.
According to our correspondent 40 Moroccan police vehicles with guns apprehended Mayara Mujahid, 37, and Hajoub Khatar, 28, after storming their home and damaging its contents.
Shaheed Hafed, March 27, 2014 (SPS) - One of the most prominent issues that will be raised with the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, is the decolonization of the last colony in Africa, Western Sahara, which is a "priority" for Washington's policy in the Middle East and North Africa, indicated the Algerian newspaper " Le Quotidien d'Oran" in its Thursday edition.
Shaheed Hafed, March 27, 2014 (SPS) – Sahara Press Service (SPS) celebrates on March 29, its 15th anniversary in the light of new challenges and stakes, amid the process of confronting the Moroccan occupation and its war against the Saharawi people since October 31, 1975, through old and new fallacies, nevertheless the Sahara Press service remained "determined and adherent" to its initial approach of reinforcing "credibility, responsibility and professionalism," which has always preserved.
Washington, March 27 ,2014 (SPS) - The U.S. Congress has received Monday in Washington the Sahrawi human rights militant, Aminatou Haidar, on a visit to the US capital to defend occupied Western Sahara cause and denounce the constant violations of Sahrawi human rights by Morocco.
Haidar spoke before the Congress as part of the « Emir Abdelkader Lecture » organized by the Defense Forum Foundation, which is an American foundation registered with the Congress endeavoring for democracy and human rights as well as the questions of US National defense.
Murcia (Spain), March 26, 2014 (SPS) - The Regional Coordinator of United Left in the Region of Murcia (Spain) Mr. José Antonio Pujante has reiterated his party’s support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, calling on the Spanish government to assume its political and moral responsibility in Western Sahara.
Boujdour (refugee camps), March 26, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Committee for Human Rights has expressed “full readiness” to cooperate with all actors at home and abroad in the aim to promote and upgrade human rights, as to put into action the tasks entrusted to it.
Luxembourg, March 26, 2014 (SPS) - The Polisario Front has presented last week, through a law firm , to the European Court of Justice a recourse providing for the annulment of the fisheries agreement, signed in 2013 between the EU and Morocco, said Mr. Mhamed Khaddad, member of the POLISARIO National Secretariat.
Washington, March 25, 2014 (SPS) - The U.S. Congress received Monday the prominent Saharawi human rights activist Ms. Aminatou Haidar, who visits the U.S. capital to plead for the Saharawi cause and report about Morocco’s ongoing human rights violations in Western Sahara.
The Sahaarwi activist has appeared before U.S. Congress as part of the Abd El-Kader Lecture organized periodically by the Defense Forum Foundation.
Windhoek, March 25, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic of Namibia H.E. Mr. Hifikepunye Pohamba has expressed firm solidarity with the Saharawi people, calling to allow them to exercise their right to self-determination.
London, March 25, 2014 (SPS) - Programme of the 11th edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara, known as FiSahara, to take place in the Wilaya of Dajla, Saharawis refugee camps, from 29th April to 4th May 2014 was announced in London by the organizers.
In a press relaese issued FiSahara 2014 organising team, Javier Bardem, Julie Christie and Ken Loach joined human rights campaigners in welcoming the programme for FiSahara 2014 and inviting members of the press, film industry and public to attend the event.