Abuja, April 23, 2014 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Ubbi Bacharaya Bachir have warned Tuesday of a new Rwanda genocide in Western Sahara, if the Security Council’s Member States, especially France, do not allow for human rights monitoring being included in the MINURSO mandate.
Buenos Aires, April 23, 2014 (SPS) - The Argentine Workers’ Central Union (Spanish acronym; CTA) has urged the government of its country to vote in favour of expanding the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring in the occupied Saharawi territories.
Bagnolet (France), April 22, 2014 (SPS) - Several international organizations, of which Human Rights Watch, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and 114 associations and trade unions from 22 countries have called upon the UN Secretary General and members of the Security Council to give “precise information” on the human rights violations committed by Morocco against Saharawi civilians as, said AFASPA in a statement obtained by SPS.
Washington, April 22, 2014 (SPS) - The U.S. non-governmental organization Not Forgotten International has expressed, in a letter sent to the 2nd International Conference in Support of Saharawi Women’s Resistance, held on the current April 17-20 in the occupied city of El Aaiun, “continuing support and commitment” the just struggle of the Saharawi people.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), April 22, 2014 (SPS) - Dozens of Saharawi protestors came out Sunday in peaceful demonstration held in the beach of Foum el-Oued (which means; mouth of the valley) western of the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, to demand freedom and independence of the Saharawi people.
Algiers, April 22, 2014 (SPS) - Ambassador of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algeria Brahim Ghali dubbed Monday “positive” the report of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at a Security Council meeting as he presented the Western Sahara issue as a “decolonization issue.”
Shaheed Hafed, April 21, 2014 (SPS) – The African Economic Forum has granted membership in its executive bureau to Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatou Haidar, in recognition of her tireless efforts and peaceful struggle in order to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
Washignton (United States) , April 20, 2014 (SPS) - The president of the American nongovernmental organization “Robert F. Kennedy for Justice and Human Rights” (RFKennedy Centre), Kerry Kennedy, condemned Friday the violent repression perpetrated Tuesday by the Moroccan forces in El Aaiun against the Saharawis’ peaceful protest for independence, leaving tens of protestors injured.
Birlehlu, April 19, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz expressed the condemnation of the Polisario Front and its rejection to the visit of the King of Morocco to the occupied city of Dakhla, considering it as an act of aggression, in a letter Saturday to the UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki- Moon.
New York (United Nations) April 19, 2014 (SPS) - The UN Security Council held on Thursday consultations on the question of Western Sahara and its developments in the light of the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations submitted April 10.
It has been decided to introduce a motion on April 23, regarding the Sahrawi issue, particularly the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara (MINURSO), respect for human rights and protection of natural resources in Western Sahara.
London, April 19, 2014 (SPS) - British and international associations active in the field of human rights demanded Thursday that the British government to press in the United Nations Security Council for monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara, in a letter published on the site of the famous British newspaper, The Guardian.
Birlehlu, April 18, 2014 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, congratulated his Algerian counterpart, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on the occasion of his re-election as president of Algeria for fourth term, in a letter Friday.
Brussels, April 18, 2014 - Some 115 organizations, including Sahrawi associations and international non-governmental organizations from 21 countries around the world have called for the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission Fore Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
Washington (United States), April 18, 2014 (SPS) - Non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to incorporate human rights monitoring in Western Sahara, welcoming the suggestions the UN chief made in his latest report on the matter.
Algiers, April 18, 2014 (SPS) - Algeria welcomes "with satisfaction" UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s report on Western Sahara, presented to the Security Council, said Monday the Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdelaziz Benali Cherif.
"Algeria welcomes the fact that this report recalls that Western Sahara issue is a question of decolonization and that this territory is constantly listed on the UN list of non-self governing territories, since 1963," the spokesman told to APS.
Madrid, April 17, 2014 (SPS) - 19 Spanish cultural and political non-governmental organizations have asked the UN Security Council to take its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security in accordance with the UN principles and purposes, by voting “favourably” to expand the powers of MINURSO to include sustained human rights monitoring in Western Sahara.