Shaheed Hafed, March 9, 2014 (SPS) - President of Republic Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz signed Saturday a decree of the creation of the National Commission for Human Rights.
Madrid, March 8, 2014 (SPS) - Spain is for a just political solution guaranteeing the right of Sahrawi people to self-determination, indicated a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the meeting Friday in Madrid between Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. José Manuel García-Margall an the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross.
Montevideo (Uruguay), March 8, 2014 (SPS) – Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Luis Almagro received Friday in Montevideo Saharawi Ambassador to Uruguay Mr. Sheibani, according to a of the Embassy.
During the meeting, the ambassador briefed his host on the developments related to the issue of the Western Sahara in the light of a recent visit by a delegation from Uruguay to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories.
Harare (Zimbabwe) March 7, 2014 (SPS) - The Defense Minister of Zimbabwe, Dr. Sedney Tigere Sekeramayi, praised Wednesday the strength of relations between the Republic of Zimbabwe and the Sahrawi Republic, During a meeting with SADR ambassador to Zimbabwe Mohammed Saleh Daish, at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense in the capital, Harare.
Geneva, March 7, 2014 (SPS) – Algeria on Friday seized the UN Human Rights Council over the Human Rights situation in the Palestinian territory and Western Sahara, overshadowed by the annual report 2013 presented in the 25th session of the Council.
Shaheed Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), March 7 , 2014 (SPS) - The international community and the United Nations (UN) “are called to assume all their responsibilities towards the Sahrawi people,” said Wednesday, in Chahid El Hafed, Khatri Addouh, head of the Sahrawi delegation for negotiations with Morocco.
Maputo, March 6, 2014 (SPS) - Former President of the Republic of Mozambique Mr. Joaquim Alberto Chissano has called for the need to speed up the settlement of Saharawi issue, through a free, just and imapartial referendum ensuring the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence.
In a meeting with the Saharawi Ambassador in Mozambique Mr. Wadadi Cheick Ahmed Lheiba, Mr. Chissano voiced "unconditional" solidarity and support to the Saharawi people’s fight for total sovereignty.
Chahid Al hafed (refugee camps), March 6, 2014 (SPS) - An Algerian parliamentary delegation, composed of 100 female parliamentarians, will visit the Saharawi refugee camps and the liberated territories of Western Sahara in the period from 9th to 11th March 2014, a Saharawi official source told SPS.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 6, 2014 (SPS) - Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, conlcuded Wednesday night on-day visit to the Saharawi refugee camps, as part of his new tour in the region to give impetus to the stalled peace process in Western Sahara.
The UN envoy held several meetings with the Polisario Front leadership, led by the President of Republic Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.
Lilongwe, March 6, 2014 (SPS) - Mr. Salha Al-Abd presented today, Thursday, his letter of credence as an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) in Malawi to the President of the Republic of Malawi H.E. Mrs. Joyce Banda.
The accreditation of Mr. Salha Al-Abd to the Republic of Malawi comes just days after Mr. Bah Mad was accredited to the Republic of Kenya.
The Republic of Malawi recognized the SADR since November 16the, 1994.
Eit Melloul (Morocco), March 6, 2014 (SPS) - More than 40 Saharawi prisoners, incarcerated in Eit Melloul’s Prison, started as from yesterday, Wednesday, a 48-hour alarming hunger strike, said a media source from the occupied Saharawi territories.
The group launched the hunger strike as a protest to the deterioration of their conditions inside the prison, within which three Saharawi prisoners died in less than a year as a result of torture, ill-treatment and negligence.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 5, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary- General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, received today evening at the Presidency of the Republic the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Western Sahara, Ambassador Christopher Ross.
Geneva, March 5, 2014 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria Mr. Ramtane Lamamra said today in Geneva that his country encourages the Human Rights Council to continue “closely follow” the implementation of the UN Secretary-General’s recommendations with regard to the protection of human rights in Western Sahara.
Geneva, March 5, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front delegation, of which human rights activists from occupied Western Sahara, partakes in the 25th session of Human Rights Council, held in Geneva from 3rd to 28th March 2014, to urge the Security Council of the UN to extend MINURSO mandates to include the monitoring of human rights abuses carried out by Morocco in Western Sahara.
Sofia, March 5, 2014 (SPS) - The Bulgarian Left Party voiced its solidarity with the Saharawi people in their fair fight for freedom, highlighting that only a free and fair referendum of self-determination for the Saharawi people could peace and stability for the whole region.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 5, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi Journalists and Writers’ Union (UPES) signed Tuesday a four-year cooperation agreement with the Federation of Journalists of Peru (FPP).
This agreement was signed at the end of a visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories of Western Sahara by FPP’s President and deputy president of the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Saharawi People, Mr. Angel Sanchez Duenia, and UPES General-Secretary, Mr. Nafi Rayes.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 5, 2014 (SPS) - Head of the Polisario Front’s delegation to the negotiations with Morocco, Mr. Khatri Addouh, met today, Wednesday, with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, ambassador Christopher Ross.
The meeting also attended by the two other members of the Saharawi negotiating delegation; Mr. Boukhari Ahmed, Polisario Front’s representative to the UN, and Mr. Mhamed Khaddad, in charge of the referendum,
Addis Ababa, March 5, 2014 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation participated Tuesday to the first day of the African Union Commission and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workshop discussing status and solutions to the challenges involved in providing assistance for people injured by landmines, cluster munitions or other explosive remnants of war.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), March 5, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz received yesterday, Tuesday, at the Presidency HQ the Nigerian ministerial delegation, who visited the Saharawi refugee camps.