Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), November 30, 2014 (SPS) - The Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz reiterated Saturday at the Presidency headquarters at Shaheed Elhafed, Sahrawi refugee camps, that Algeria continues to give firm and unconditional support to the Sahrawi cause since 1975 .
Madrid, November 30, 2014 (SPS) - The movement of solidarity with the Saharawi people paid Saturday tribute to Pepe Taboada Vades, the first founder of an association of friends of the Saharawi people in Spain, currently the president of the State Coordinator of Associations in Solidarity with the Sahara (CEAS-Sahara).
Taboada formed in 1976 the first association of friends of the Saharawi people and worked to expand the solidarity movement. He spent a lifetime serving the cause.
Windhoek (Namibia), Nov 29, 2014, (SPS) – The new Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic to Namibia, Mr. Malainine Sadik, has presented Wednesday his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to President Hifikepunye Pohamba.
Lima (Peru), Nov 29, 2014, (SPS) – the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Saharawi people has criticized the convening of the world Forum for Human Rights in Morocco, which is condemned by all human rights organizations in the world, because of human rights systematic violations and the use of torture.
London, November 28, 2014 (SPS) – Amnesty international emphasized that the Moroccan authorities must lift restrictions on human rights groups as World Human Rights Forum opens, in a statement Wednesday.
“Restrictions by the Moroccan authorities on human rights organizations including Amnesty International have continued unabated despite the upcoming World Human Rights Forum being organized in Marrakech on 27-30 November,” said the international organization of human rights in its statement.
Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camp) - Saharawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar on Thursday welcomed in Shaheed Elhafed, the Sahrawi refugee camp, the consistent position of Algeria, its people and government, with regard to the just cause of Western Sahara.
During his meeting with an Algerian parliamentary delegation chaired by the representative of the Algerian community, Djamel Bouras, the Saharawi Premier stressed that the Saharawi government is proud of the unanimous support of the Algerian parliament to the Saharawi people and its just cause.
Nairobi (Kenya), November 28, 2014 (SPS) - A Sahrawi delegation is taking part in the Annual Humanitarian Conference of the African Union held November 27-29, in Nairobi, Kenya, alongside delegations of member states in addition to representatives of world humanitarian organizations.
The Sahrawi delegation includes Chairperson of Sahrawi Red Crescent Mr. Buhebainy Yahya, Ambassador to Ethiopia Mr. Lamine Baaly, and Ambassador to Kenya Mr. Bah Elmud.
Strasbourg, 28 November 2014 (SPS) – Members of the European Parliament has expressed their support to the human rights organizations boycotting the 2nd World Human Rights Forum held in Marrakech, Morocco, in a statement Wednesday.
“We, the undersigned, stand by those human rights organisations that are boycotting the event, such as AMDH and the Moroccan League for Human Rights, and Sahrawi NGOs for human rights,” said the statement.
Algiers, November 28, 2014 (SPS) -A delegation of the Algerian National People's Assembly (Lower House) will partake as from Thursday at the Saharawi liberated territories, in the festivities celebrating the 39th anniversary of the creation of the Saharawi National Assembly of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), November 28, 2014 (SPS) - Speaker of the Sahrawi National Assembly Khatri Addouh underlined Wednesday in the refugee camps of Boujdour that his institution has gained, during four decades, a “great experience in defending the cause of the Sahrawi people.”
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 27, 2014 (SPS) - Algerian parliamentary delegation on Thursday arrived in the Saharawi refugee camps, as part of a four-day visit of solidarity with the Saharawi people.
According to a statement disseminated by Saharawi Parliament, the Algerian delegation will participate at the celebrations marking the 39th anniversary of the establishment of the Saharawi National Council.
The two sides will organize a joint session in order to exchange ideas and experiences.
Marrakech (Morocco), Nov 27, 2014 (SPS) - Moroccan occupying authorities on Wednesday detained for two hours Ms. Joëlle Toutain, French activist and friend of the Saharawi people, at Marrakech Airport, said the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
The French national was intending to take part at the 2nd annual World Human Rights Forum, kicked off Thursday in the city of Marrakech, Morocco.
Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), Nov 27, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Thursday sent a letter of congratulation to the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, on the 54th anniversary of the independence of his country.
Algiers, Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - The United States supports “fully” the UN’s efforts, led by Christopher Ross, to achieve a “peaceful and mutually acceptable solution” to the Western Sahara conflict, said Wednesday the US ambassador to Algiers, Ms. Joan A. Polaschik.
Brazzaville, Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi Republic (SADR) on Monday participated in First Ordinary Session of the AU Specialized Technical Committee on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralization, held at the conference palace in Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo.
SADR was represented at this conference by Baba Omar Al-Bardi, first secretary at Saharawi embassy in Addis Ababa.
Windhoek, Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - New Ambassador, Maalainine Sadik, on Monday received by Mrs. Netumbo Nandi- Ndaitwah, foreign minister of Namibia, to present copies of his letter of accreditation as an Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the Republic of Namibia.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi political prisoners, incarcerated in Moroccan jails, on Thursday will launch a three-day hunger strike in solidarity with their colleague Mbarek Daoudi, on hunger strike since 25 days, stated the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front and Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Tuesday oversaw a military exercise performed by various formations of the 6th Military Region of the People’s Liberation Army.
Oslo, Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - The Norwegian Student and Academics’ International Assistance Fund (SAIH) has decided to launch a year-long campaign to denounce illegal Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
The announcement was made yesterday, Tuesday, in a meeting between Polisario Front’s Representative in Oslo Dr. Limam Khalil and President of SAIH, Jørn Wichne Pedersen.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 26, 2014 (SPS) - The National Commission for Human Rights on Tuesday voiced “deep concern” at the convening of an international forum on human rights in a country like Morocco, which still occupies by force the territory of Western Sahara.