Algiers, October 19, 2014 (SPS) - The international organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the United Nations to extend the mandate of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) to include humans rights monitoring in occupied Sahrawi territories and Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria, said HRW’s report released Saturday in Algiers.
Brussels, October 18, 2014 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation composed of Shaba Saini, Member of the National Parliament, and Mohamed Sidati, Minister of State for Europe, met with Mrs. Iratxe García Pérez, President of the Committee on Women's Issues at the European Parliament.
The meeting addressed the suffering endured by the Saharawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara due to the grave human rights violations perpetuated by Moroccan occupying authorities.
Caracas, October 18, 2014 (SPS) - The independence of the Saharawi people will appear on the agenda of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela when it takes its post as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on January 1, 2015, according to a report of “the Universal”.
Venezuela should establish positions on 10 themes, including the independence of the Saharawi people and the recognition of Palestine as a state.
Its election to the UN Security Council for the period from 2015 to 2016 occurred with 181 votes.
Lisbon (Portugal), October 18, 2014 (SPS) - The Secretary General of the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers-National Inter Trade Union (CGTP-IN), Mr. Armenio Carlos, expressed support and solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people, during a meeting Friday with the Polisario Front representative in Lisbon, Ahmed Fal Mhamed.
Mr. Carlos said affirmed the intention of the organization to work nationally and internationally to ensure the respect of the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people in accordance with UN resolutions.
Copenhagen, Oct 18, 2014 (SPS) - POLISARIO Representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin on Friday held talks with Ms. Elin Wrzoncki, Senior Advisor for human rights and business at Danish Institute for Human Rights.
London, Oct 17, 2014 (SPS) - Adala UK has requested, once again, the international community to put pressure the Kingdom of Morocco to respect the basic rights of the Saharawi political prisoners, calling for providing the necessary medical assistance.
The Saharawi political prisoner Elmojahid Mayara, now languishing in the Lakhal Prison in the occupied city of El Aaiun, entered an open hunger strike on October 14, 2014.
Washington, Oct 17, 2014 (SPS) - The US-Western Sahara Foundation has sent an urgent call for the international community to monitor the human rights situation in Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco.
In a statement issued by the Foundation, Chairman Suzanne Scholte repeated her call on the international community to “urgently act” to end the unjustified violence against defenseless civilians in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 17, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi Coordinator with the MINURSO Mr. Mhamed Khaddad has expressed the satisfaction of the Polisario Front and the Saharawi government with the verdict taken by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Monday vis-à-vis the illegality of the exploitation of Western Sahara natural resources.
New York, Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - The 193 Members States of the General Assembly of the UN on Thursday elected Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela to serve as non-permanent members on the Security Council for two-year terms beginning on 1 January 2015.
The five countries will join the 5 permanent members, US, Russia, France, China and UK and the 5 other non-permanent members, Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania and Nigeria.
They will replace Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, South Korea and Rwanda.
Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz deplored the recent repressive acts perpetrated on Wednesday evening against innocent people by Moroccan occupying forces in occupied El Aaiun, calling for more pressure and sanctions from the UN to stop such practices.
Brussels, Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - Western Sahara is a non-self-governing territory, said Mr. Štefan FÜLE, EU Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, adding “Morocco is actually an administering authority.”
Responding to a question of MEP on behalf of the European Commission, Mr Füle stressed that according to the UN attitude, Western Sahara is considered a “non-self-governing territory”, highlighting that the Kingdom of Morocco is actually “an administering authority.”
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - Field Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the Saharawi refugee camps on Thursday morning organized an interactive meeting with the representatives of Saharawi national mass-media.
The meeting was held in collaboration with ICRC’s field office in Tunisia.
Oslo, Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) on Thursday launched a report on Kosmos Energy’s unethical plans for the drilling of oil and gas in the occupied Saharawi territories, in which it highlighted that such activities would contribute to supporting Morocco’s “unfounded” claims over Western Sahara and undermining UN peace process.
Nouakchott, Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation, led by the Representative in Australia Mr. Kamal Fadel, participated at the 3rd Mauritanian Mining, Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition (MAURITANIDES 2014), held from 13 to 15 October 2014.
The delegation took this opportunity to organize an exhibition, through which they raised awareness about the mineral potentials of the Saharawi Republic (SADR).
They also held meetings with some participating delegations.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi Natural Resources Watch (SNRW) “strongly” on Wednesday deplored the involvement of the Swiss-based Glencore Xstrata in some illegal oil-drilling activities offshore Western Sahara, in a statement issued on Wednesday.
The company was given two licenses to drill for oil and gas in the region of Foum Agwainit, south-western the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara.
Algiers, Oct 16, 2014 (SPS) - Algeria has welcomed with “satisfaction” the adoption, Tuesday, by UN General Assembly’s Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of a resolution on Western Sahara, reiterating United Nations’ commitment to the completion of the decolonization process in Western Sahara, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Algeria, Abdelaziz Benali Cherif, said Wednesday.
London, Oct 15, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi community in the United Kingdom has called upon the United Nations to ensure protection for innocent people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, said the Polisario Front office in London.
In a ceremony held Wednesday to mark the 39th anniversary of the declaration of National Unity, the Saharawi community asked the UN and international organizations of human rights to “urgently” act to establish a mechanism protecting the Saharawi people from Morocco’s oppression.
El Aaiun (occupied territories), Oct 15, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoner, Abdelfatah Dallal, on Wednesday unfairly sentenced to a year in prison by the Moroccan Court of Appeal in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, according to the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora.
After delaying his trail twice in a row, the Moroccan court pronounced an unfair judgment against the Saharawi political prisoner.
Wisconsin (USA), Oct 15, 2014 (SPS) - The U.S. non-governmental organization “Not Forgotten International (NFI) on Tuesday called on the UN to incorporate a human rights mandate in the mission of MINURSO, adding that the recent death of the Saharawi political prisoner, Hasana El-Ouali, is another proof that this organ must have such a task.
Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), Oct 15, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz on Monday sent a message of congratulation to Mr. Evo Morales, following his re-election as a president of the State of Bolivia.