April 2014

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 10, 2014 (SPS) - Several films and documentaries, made by both Saharawi and foreign filmamkers, will be screened at 11th edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara (known as: the FiSahara), to be celebrated in the Wilaya of Dakhla from April 29th to May 4th, 2014.


According to the organizers, a range of films that deal with family issues will be displayed at this year’s festival, of which


- Ismael by Argentinian Marcelo Piñeyro

Minnesota, April 10, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi activist and defender of human rights Mrs. Aminatou Haidar has arrived in the State of Minnesota, as part of her visit to the U.S. to aware about Morocco’s human rights violations in Western Sahara.


At an invitation by the University of Minnesota, one of the famous universities that deal with human rights issues, Aminatou Haidar took part at a conference under the theme “Iberian colonialism: Spanish people of Arab descent and the state of Western Sahara”, held on current April 4th.

Washington, April 9, 2014 (SPS) - The U.S. professor at Northwestern University School of Law, Eugene Kontorovich, has criticized Wall Street Journal over a correction of an article it published on 3 April 2014, in which it described the territory of Western Sahara as “disputed”, while it is treated as occupied in the leading international law texts.

Kigali, April 9, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador in Rwanda Mr. Habib Boukhreis was received Tuesday in the capital Kigali by Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo, President of the Senate of the Republic of Rwanda .


This meeting focuses on the latest developments on the question of Western Sahara, including the violations of human rights perpetuated by Morocco in the occupied Saharawi territories and the need to task the MINURSO with a mechanism to monitor human right in the occupied Western Sahara.

Kigali, April 8, 2014 (SPS) - Ambassador Mr. Habib Mahfud Boukhreis has represented the Saharawi Republic (SADR) at the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide carried out against the Tutsi in Rwanda, commemorated on April 6 of each year.


Many heads of state and government as well as dozens of delegations from different countries of the world participated in the remembering of this painful event in the contemporary history of the sisterly Republic of Rwanda.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 8, 2014 (SPS) - The Minister of Culture Mrs. Khadija Hamdi declared Monday that the 14th edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara (FiSahara), to be celebrated in the Wilaya of Dajla from 29 April until 4 May 2014, will honour the African and international freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 8, 2014 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers has condemned, in the strongest terms, the practices carried out by Moroccan occupying state in the occupied Saharawi territories, calling upon the United Nations to speed up the decolonization of Western Sahara.

Algiers, April 8, 2014 (SPS) - The extension of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) prerogatives to protect human rights in the Sahrawi territories occupied by Morocco is “juridical and human urgency,” the Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with Sahrawi People (CNASPS) said in a communiqué Monday.

Washington, April 7, 2014 (SPS) - Ahead of the Security Council’s forthcoming deliberations on April 17th, the Frente POLISARIO has expressed deep concern over Morocco’s ongoing and systematic violation of the human rights of the Saharawi people, reiterating call on the Security Council to assume responsibility regarding the decolonisation of Western Sahara.

New York, April 7, 2014 (SPS) – Sahrawi activist of human rights Aminatou Haidar held Tuesday and Wednesday meetings  meetings with some members of the UN Security Council, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg.

In addition to her meetings with Amnesty International USA and the International Bar Association, she made  an interview with American Channel "Democracy Now", which has more than 500 branches in many countries, especially in Latin America.

London, April 7, 2014 (SPS) - Western Sahara Action Forum which is organizing an international campaign to expand the prerogatives of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in the Westren Sahara (MINURSO) has published a letter on its website signed on behalf of Mr. Frank Ruddy, former deputy ِChairman of the MINURSO, Mr.

Smara (Refugee Camps), April 5, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary- General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdel Aziz decorated Dr. Saeed Ayashi, chairman of the Algerian Committee of Solidarity with the Saharawi people, and Mohamed Mehrez Ammari, former chairman of the committee, with  the Medal of the Republic during a ceremony  held friday in the Wilaya of Smara, Sahrawi Refugee Camps.

Washington, April 4, 2014 (SPS) - The United Nations Security Council will hold an informal consultation meeting on Western Sahara on 17 April before giving a decision about the draft resolution by the end of April, said Wednesday its President Joy Ogwu at a press conference held at UN's headquarters.

These consultations will focus mainly on the implementation of resolution 2099 relating to the Saharawi question and adopted by the Security Council in April 2013.

Algiers, April 4, 2014 (SPS) - The United States express their support for the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination as part of United Nations Security Council resolutions, said on Thursday the joint-statement published after the 2nd session of Algerian-American Strategic Dialogue.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 3, 2014 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek met Thursday’s evening with Mr. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Western Sahara, who visits the Saharawi refugee camps.