Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 25, 2014 (SPS) - Work of the 7th conference of Saharawi Imams on Tuesday kicked off in the Wilaya of Boujdour, Saharawi refugee camps, under the theme “message and role of Mosques in social upbringing.”
The opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Justice, Hamada Selma Daf, directors of religious affairs at the national and local levels, as well as Imams from all provinces and national institutions.
Bangkok, Nov 25, 2014 (SPS) - A delegation of the Saharawi Youth Union (UJSARIO) participated in a conference about youth role in the current political transformations, concluded Tuesday its work in Bangkok.
The delegation comprised of Hamdi Yusuf, International Secretary of UJSARIO, and Senia Bachir Abderrahman, vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY).
Smara (occupied territories), Nov 25, 2014 (SPS) - The occupied city of Smara on Monday witnessed the organization of two peaceful vigils in solidarity with the Saharawi political prisoners languishing in Moroccan jails, said the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
During these vigils, participants raised Saharawi flags and chanted a number of slogans that call for the “immediate release” of all Saharawi political prisoners.
Eit Melloul (Morocco), Nov 25, 2014 (SPS) - Condition of health of the Saharawi political prisoner, Lamjahid Mayara, has seriously deteriorated as a consequence of chest pains and fever he has been suffering since more than a week.
Faced with this situation, the administration of Eit Melloul Prison prevented the prisoner from having his right to medical treatment.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 25, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz on Sunday indicated that the next month of April will witness a confrontation between the UN Security Council and Morocco, adding that it will be an “important date” for discussing the issue of Western Sahara.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), November 24, 2014 (SPS) -The Saharawi associations and committees of human rights announced Monday their decision to boycott the second World Forum on Human Rights, scheduled November 27-30, in Marrakech, Morocco, according to a statement a copy of it received by SPS.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), November 24, 2014 (SPS) The Moroccan occupation authorities expelled Saturday, two American artists from El Aaiun on a visit to find out about the situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, according to Saharawi human rights source.
The two artists, Tennessee Waston and Yeshe had meetings with Brahim Dahane, president of the ASVDH and El Ghalia Djimi, a member of the same association, on the violations of human rights committed against Saharawis by Morocco .
Algiers, November 24, 2014 (SPS) - The Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algiers, Ibrahim Ghali underlined Sunday in Algiers the determination of the Sahrawi people to continue their struggle against the Moroccan occupying forces until they snatch freedom and independence.
Speaking at Echaab Forum, Ghali said "the Sahrawi people are ready to make huge sacrifices and continue their struggle, but are still committed to the peaceful struggle to exercise their right to self-determination, freedom and independence."
El Aaiun (occupied territories), November 23, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi political prisoners, Abdelmoutaleb Srir and Muhammad Baber, are subjected to ill-treatment by the prison administration in Ait Melloul Inzegan jails where they had been recently transferred from the “cacel negra” (black Jail) in El Aaiun, indicated Saharawi human rights source.
London, November 24, 2014 (SPS) – AdalaUK has launched an urgent appeal to the international community requesting sending mass e-mails to the Moroccan Ministry of Justice for the release of Sahrawi political prisoner Embarek Daoudi on a hunger strike since 1st November, in Sale jail 1, Rabat, Morocco, in a statement Sunday on its website.
Buenos Aires, November 23, 2014 (SPS) – Society, labor and human rights personalities reject the holding of the second edition of the World Forum on Human Rights scheduled for November 27-30, in Marrakech, Morocco, its human rights violations, torture and ill-treatment against the Sahrawis and Moroccans.
Melbourne (Australia), Nov 23, 2014, (SPS) – The committee of solidarity with the Saharawi people in Australia has held on Friday, a preparatory meeting of the international seminar on natural resources of Western Sahara; which will be held in Australia next March.
Windhoek (Namibia), November 23, 2014 (SPS) - The Government of the Republic of Namibia has granted accreditation to Mr. Sadik Maalainin as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic to Namibia, succeedingthe deceased, Abeid Louchaa.
The two countries, the SADR and Namibia and the two movements, the Polisario Front and SWAPO, are linked by historical ties of solidarity and friendship and united diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level since June 1990.
Paris, November 23, 2014 (SPS) – The Christian Organisation Against Torture and Capital Punishment directed a petition to the French President, Francois Hollande, on the eve of the holding of the second edition of the Global Forum for Human Rights in Marrakech, Moroccan, to put pressure on Morocco to respect its international obligations and to respect human rights in particular the issues of torture and the right to a fair trial.
Toulouse (France), November 23, 2014 (SPS) - The European Trade Unions Network called for an independent inquiry into the causes of the death of Saharawi political prisoner Hassena Lwali and prosecuting the perpetrators.
In a resolution adopted unanimously at a meeting held on November 15-16, in Toulouse, France, the European Network expressed its condolences to the family of Hassena Elwali, died on September 28, in the occupied city of Dakhla, and all the Saharawi people.
Oslo, November 23, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front representative in Norway, Dr. Limam Khalil, held Thursday in Oslo a meeting with Secretary General of Amnesty International section of Norway, John Peder Egenaes.
Johannesburg (South Africa) November 22, 2014 (SPS) – The African meeting on International march of Women held Johannesburg, South Africa, November 18-19, devoted February 18th, a day of solidarity with the Sahrawi women.
The meeting issued a motion of solidarity with the Saharawi women in their legitimate right to self-determination, as well as planting a tree by Kenyan women on this day named “liberty tree for Sahrawi women.
Brussels (Belgium), November 22, 2014 (SPS) - European deputies questioned Thursday the president of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council (CNDH) on the situation of human rights in the Sahrawi territories, occupied by Morocco, said a European source in Brussels.
Speaking before the members of the Subcommittee on Human Rights at the European Parliament, CNDH’s president Driss El Yazami was “severely” questioned by European deputies on the human rights’ “calamitous situation” in the Sahrawi occupied territories, said the source.
Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), November 22, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi activist and president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA), Aminetou Haidar, condemned Friday the arbitrary arrests, torture and use of violence by Morocco against the Sahrawi population in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Nouakchott, Nov 20, 2014 (SPS) - Envoy of the President of the Republic, Mr. Mhmaed Khaddad, on Thursday received at the Presidential Palace in Nouakchott by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, said Mauritania news agency.
Envoy Mhamed Khaddad, also Coordinator with the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), delivered a message from the Saharawi President to his Mauritanian counterpart.