November 2014

Granada (Spain), Nov 20, 2014 (SPS) - Granada University’s Faculty of Social Sciences hosts in the period from 18 to 20 November 2014 an awareness seminar on Western Sahara under the title “woman and human rights”.


Organized by the Association of Friends of the Saharawi people in Granada, the seminar focuses on the struggle waged by Saharawi women and the violations of human rights, being committed by Morocco in occupied Western Sahara.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 20, 2014 (SPS) - Specialized committees of the National Council (parliament) on last week started their field visits to all provinces and institution of the state, as part of the assessment of the Government Annual Programme, approved by MPs earlier this year.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 20, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz on Wednesday evening received at the Presidency of the Republic the U.S. delegation that took part at the 9th Interfaith Dialogue for Peace.


The meeting focused on the topics discussed in the Dialogue and its role to reflect the spirit of tolerance and love binding humankind and to promote the values of sympathy and solidarity with oppressed people.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Nov 19, 2014 (SPS) - The so-called Moroccan Court of Appeal in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, on Wednesday delayed to 10 December 2014 the trial of two Saharawi political prisoners, said a statement of CODESA.


The two prisoners are; Mahmud Al-Heisan, blogger and journalist, and Abdelkarim Bouchalga, political prisoner.


The same court delayed the trial of the group for the second time in less than 15 days.

Montevideo, Nov 19, 2014 (SPS) - Foreign Affairs Minister of Uruguay, Dr. Luis Almagro, reiterated his country’s support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, during the presentation of a book entitled “Voice of the Wind,” said Wednesday Algerian Press Service (APS).


Mr. Almagro stated that Uruguay called, within the Human Rights Council, to incorporate the protection and monitoring of human rights in occupied Western Sahara into the prerogatives of MINURSO.

Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain), Nov 19, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi Activist and President of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA), Aminatou Haidar, on Tuesday told reporters that by assuming a non-permanent seat in the UN Security Council, Spain “could help a lot in the search for a peaceful solution to the conflict of Western Sahara.”


The activist indicated that the situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara “is increasingly deteriorating.”

Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 18, 2014 (SPS) - Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, on Tuesday evening praised the role played by the Interfaith Dialogue for Peace, annually hosted by the Saharawi refugee camps, in defending the national cause at the level of international forums.


Concluding the Dialogue, the Minister expressed, on behalf of the Saharawi government, deep thanks and appreciation for the participants for bearing the burden of travel to be in the Saharawi refugee camps.

Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 18, 2014 (SPS) - The 9th Interfaith Dialogue for Peace, held on 16-18 November under the theme “Prophet Yunus in Islam and Christianity”, on Tuesday evening concluded its work in the Wilaya of Boujdour, Saharawi refugee camps.


In a final communiqué issued at the end of the Dialogue, participants denounced Morocco’s grave violations of human rights perpetuated in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 18, 2014 (SPS) - Head of the US delegation to the 9th Religions’ Dialogue for Peace, Ms. Janet Lenz, on Sunday said that the U.S. Congress “is well-informed about the ongoing suffering of the Saharawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, especially Morocco’s violations of human rights.”


Addressing the opening ceremony of the Dialogue, Ms. Lenz voiced strong support to the Saharawi cause, hoping that the Saharawi people will one day enjoy freedom and independence.

Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 18, 2014 (SPS) - The Wilaya of Boujdour hosts the ninth edition of the Religions’ Dialogue for Peace, which is to be concluded Tuesday under the theme “Prophet Yunus in the Holy Books”.


The conference is attended by Imams, Cheihks and scholars from Algeria, Mauritania and from the Saharawi Republic (SADR), in addition to priests and researchers from the United States of America.


At least 12 lectures were presented at the Dialogue.

Boujdour (Occupied Territories), November 17, 2014 (SPS) - Many Saharawi demonstrators called Saturday in the occupied city of Boujdour for departure of the Cosmos energy company all other foreign companies involved through illegal contracts with the Moroccan occupier in the plundering of natural resources of the Saharawi people.

 Madrid, 16 November 2014 (APS) - President of the European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Saharawi People (EUCOCO), Pierre Galand, urged Saturday in Madrid, the international community to adopt a "coherent" policy towards the Saharawi issue and enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.

Madrid, November 17, 2014 (SPS) - Thousands of demonstrators in Madrid Sunday called for a vote on independence for Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco since 1975.

Protesters took to the streets to "ask the Spanish government to intervene to help Sahrawis to be able to vote to decide" their status, according to Jose Taboada, President of the Spanish Coordination of Associations of Solidarity with Western Sahara, which organized the event.

Madrid, November 17, 2014 (SPS) -Sahrawi Human Rights activist Aminatou Haidarslammed Sunday in Madrid continued violations committed by Moroccan authorities against the Sahrawi people, denouncing the policy of the Kingdom of Morocco in continuing to defy the international community.

El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), November 16, 2014 (SPS) At least 10 people were seriously injured Saturday after a savage intervention by Moroccan forces to disperse demonstrators who were peacefully demanding the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination , stopping the plunder of natural resources of Western Sahara and end of repression in the Saharawi territories under Moroccan occupation.

Madrid (SPAIN), November 16, 2014 (SPS) - Participants in the 39th edition of the European Conference for coordination of support and solidarity with the Saharawi people (EUCOCO) called Saturday in Madrid the Security Council and the European Union (EU) to "mete out sanctions" against Morocco and to "recognize" the Western Sahara (SADR) as "full member" of the UN.

Madrid (SPAIN), November 16, 2014 (SPS) - The American Foundation ''Robert F. Kennedy for Justice and Human Rights” (R.F Kennedy Center) will present in the coming months a new report on the situation of human rights in Western Sahara, said Saturday in Madrid the representative of the NGO in the 39th European Conference for coordination of support and solidarity with the Saharawi people (EUCOCO).

Madrid (Spain), November 16, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi coordinator at the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) Mohamed Khaddad denounced, in Madrid, Morocco’s “total intransigence” towards the international legality.

Madrid (Spain), November 16, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi ambassador to Algeria Brahim Ghali called on Saturday, in Madrid, the United Nations Security Council to act “quickly” and with “determination” for the decolonisation of Western Sahara.

Madrid (Spain), November 16, 2014 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz reminded, Friday evening in Madrid (Spain), the international community of its responsibilities towards the Sahrawi issue and the necessity to take “rigorous” actions to bring Morocco to respect the international law.