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 London, October 25, 2014 (SPS) – The British Librarylaunched recently on its website on the internet a collection of Sahrawi national songs, according to the Polisario Front representation in Britain.

The British Library confirmed that the collection includes diversities of Sahrawi songs, traditional, revolutionary and modern, with the aim of showing the “richness of the cultural heritage of the Saharawi people, who lived in exile since 1975”.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 24, 2014 (SPS) - Today, October 24th, marks the 4th anniversary of the fall of the first martyr in the heroic epic of Gdeim Izik, a Saharawi protect camp violently dismantled by Moroccan occupying forces on 8 November 2010.


The 14-year-old young Saharawi child, Najem Al-Garhi, fell a martyr, after Moroccan occupying forces fired live bullets at him.

Copenhagen (Denmark) Oct 23, 2014 (SPS) - POLISARIO Representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, on Thursday held talks with Mr. Joakim Lundström, Political Advisor and Team leader Policy at Amnesty International - Denmark branch.


The meeting was an opportunity to the Saharawi Diplomat to unveil Morocco’s ongoing brutal and systematic violations against the Saharawi’s political, social and economical rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Rome, Oct 23, 2014 (SPS) - Two motions of support for the Saharawi cause were adopted by the Upper House of the Italian Republic, according to the resolutions published in Rome by the institution.


Both motions commit the Italian government to “activating” internationally so as the mandate of MINURSO will be updated on the basis of the most recent similar models approved by the Security Council, including in particular the specific tasks in the area of human rights, say the resolutions of which APS obtained a copy Thursday.

El Aaiún (occupied territories), Oct 23, 2014 (SPS) - A delegation of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) on Wednesday evening held talks in El Aaiún, capital of Western Sahara, with the Political Adviser and his deputy at the U.S. Embassy in Rabat.


The 45-minute discussion focused on the terrible situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, said a statement of CODESA.

Ljubljana, Oct 23, 2014 (SPS) - Chairman of the Slovenian Parliament’s External Relations Committee, Jozef Horvat, reaffirmed his country’s support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, voicing support to UN-led mediation to find a peaceful solution to the conflict if Western Sahara.

Murcia (Spain), Oct 22, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front Representation in collaboration with the University of Murcia will organize the 3rd edition of the days of solidarity with the Saharawi people, in the period from 28 until 31 October 2014.


In the aim to ensure the success of the programme of political and cultural activities of the scheduled for the event, Saharawi Representative to Murcia, Mohamed Labat Mustafa, met with Mr. Bernardo Cáscales Salinas, Vice-president of Murcia University in charge of International Coordination.

Copenhagen, Oct 22, 2014 (SPS) - POLISARIO Representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, on Wednesday received at the headquarters of the Social Democratic Party of Denmark by Mr. Simon Redder, International Secretary and International Consultant.


The meeting focused on the stalemate of the UN peace process placed by Morocco to protract the resolution of the conflict in the last remaining colony in Africa, Western Sahara,

Algiers, Oct 21, 2014 (SPS) - Occupied Saharawi territories are contaminated with more than 5 million anti-personnel mines, planted by Moroccan occupying regime, said Tuesday in Algiers Mr. Brahim Ghali, Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) in Algiers.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 22, 2014 (SPS) - Human Right Council of the United Nations has been strengthened by new Member States, who are staunch supporters and advocates for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and freedom.


The Council, in this respect, on Tuesday elected Nigeria, Botswana, El Salvador, Ghana and Bolivia, which are countries recognizing the Saharawi Republic (SADR) and maintains diplomatic relations with it.

Seville (Andalusia, Spain), Oct 21, 2014 (SPS) - Minister of Culture Ms. Khadija Hamdi on Monday met with organizers of the 8th edition of the International Arts and Human Rights Encounters in the Western Sahara (known as; ARTifariti), to be held from 1 until 8 November 2014 in the Wilaya of Boujdour.


Attended by ARTifariti Director, Fernando Peraita, and the Saharawi Representative Mr. Abidin Buchraya, the meeting was devoted to examine the final preparation for the event.

Washington DC, Oct 21, 2014 (SPS) - Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights has expressed concern over the death and unauthorized burial of the Saharawi political prisoner, Hassana El-Ouali, while in custody.


In a statement issued on October 15, RFK Center President, Kerry kennedy, said the preventing the family to claim Hassana’s remains only makes the Moroccan violation of human rights “more abhorrent.”

London, Oct 21, 2014 (SPS) - The UK-based non-governmental organization, Adala, has called upon the European Union (EU) to hold the Kingdom of Morocco to account for its human rights violations against the Saharawi people.


In a letter addressed to the 73 British MEP, Adala UK urged the MEP to use their influence to make known the issue of human rights violations that occur on a daily basis in occupied Western Sahara and to ensure that the EU holds its economic and political partner, the Kingdom of Morocco, to account for these.

Berlin, October 20, 2014 (SPS) -  The German association, Liberty for Western Sahara, has condemned the continuous violations of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a statement Sunday.

In this context, the association mourned the Sahrawi prominent activist of human rights, member of the committee against torture, who died on September 27th, in the hospital in Dakhla, where he had been prisoner for three years and suffered torture.   

Shaheed Elhafed, October 20, 2014 (SPS) Saharawi workers celebrated Monday the workers’ National Day, which coincides with the operation of detonating the conveyor beltofBucraa phosphate in El Aaiun, on October 20, 1974, to stop the illegal exploitation of Saharawi resources.

In a statement, the GeneralUnion of Saguia El Hamra and Rio de Oro (UGTSARIO) expressed its warmest felicitationto all Saharawi workers on this day and its solidarity and support tothe Saharawi workers in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

 Birlehlu (Liberated Territories), October 20, 2014 (SPS) - The Sahrawi National Committee for Human Rights has expressed its satisfaction at the report of Human Rights Watchon Saturday, which did not record any gross violations of human rights in the Sahrawi refugee camps.  

In a statement,the Sahrawi committee commended the attention paid by Human Rights Watch to this issue and efforts made, which complete its previous report on human rights violations in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.  

Brussels (Belgium), October 20, 2014 (SPS) - The screening of a film on the situation of the Sahrawi refugees, as part of the Festival of Liberties in Brussels, allowed to raise awareness about the difficult reality and situation in which the Sahrawi people live in the refugee camps and occupied territories, said the Belgian Committee of Support to Sahrawi People.

Washington, October 20, 2014 (SPS) -The American organization (US-Western Sahara Foundation) launched an urgent appeal to the international community to ensure respect for the human rights situation in Western Sahara occupied by Morocco.

Oslo (Norway), October 19, 2014 (SPS) – The National Council of the federation of Norwegian Christian students has expressed their condemnation to the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, insisting on respect for international law, particularly on the issues of decolonization.

The Council affirmed in a resolution its support to the right of the Sahrawi people to freedom and self-determination.

Oslo, October 19, 2014 (SPS) - The Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has condemned the illegal fishing of three Japanese vessels in the Saharawi territorial waters, asking the Japanese government to intervene to end the fishing in which they have been engaged, in a letter Friday to the Japanese government.