Madrid, October 7, 2014 (SPS) - A delegation of representatives from various Spanish institutions and organizations will attend October 8-10, the debates of the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) to defend the Sahrawi issue as a matter of unfinished decolonization and that Spain remains the administrative power under international law.
Brussels, October 7, 2014 (SPS) - The Association of Saharawi Community in Belgium called for an international investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the death of Saharawi political prisoner and human rights activist, Hasena Elwali, whose death and burial in the occupied city of Dakhla remain unknown.
Murcia (Spain), October 7, 2014 (SPS) - The President of the General Assembly of the Autonomous Region of Murcia (Parliament), Francisco Vidal Celdrán, expressed support for the just struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and self-determination, stressing that a motion recommending the "immediate and unconditional" release of Saharawi political prisoners will be adopted soon.
Madrid (Spain), October 6, 2014 (SPS) - Spanish National Court Judge Mr. Pablo Ruz listened Monday to seven Sahrawi witnesses on the genocide committed by the Moroccan Royal Army against Sahrawi citizens during its invasion to Western Sahara.
The Sahrawi witnesses explained in detail to the Spanish National Court judge what the Sahrawi citizens suffered of abuse, ill-treatment, torture, interrogations, disappearances and killings in front of their beloved ones in many cases.
Lisbon, October 6, 2014 (SPS) - The Portuguese Democratic Women’s Movement (MDM) has expressed its support for the fight and resistance of the families, women and Sahrawi people for the right of self-determination and a sovereign, independent and free country.
London, October 6, 2014 (SPS) - Adala UK has called the UK government to publicly condemn the human rights violations committed by the Moroccan authorities in the occupied Western Sahara, in a letter sent to Foreign Secretary Mr. Philip Hammond.
“We hope the UK government will publicly condemn the human rights violations committed by the Moroccan authorities, with particular reference to the tragic case of Hasana El Wali,” said the UK-based NGO campaigning for human rights in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara.
Shaheed Elhafed, October 5, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) strongly condemned the decision of the Moroccan authorities to bury the corpse of the Saharawi political prisoner, Hasena Elwali in the absence of the members of his family who demanded an autopsy and impartial investigation to establish the circumstances of his death.
Brussels, October 4, 2014 (SPS) – The European Union (EU) "closely follows" the developments in Western Sahara after the death of Sahrawi human rights defender and political prisoner Hassana Elouali.
In a letter of Bernard Savage, speaking on behalf of the European diplomacy chief Catherine Ashton, in response to the letter of Mohamed Sidati, Sahrawi Minister and Polisario Front representative in Europe, about Hassana Elouali’s death, EU offers condolences to the family of the deceased and the Sahrawi people.
Birlehlu, October 5, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed his sincere congratulations and best wishes to his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika on the occasion of Eid Al Adha.
In a letter Friday President Mohamed Abdelaziz also extended his congratulations to the people of Algeria, praising the pioneering role played by Algeria in favor of peace, security and stability in Africa and the world.
Oran, October 2, 2014 (SPS) - The Algerian border guards of Tlemcen (540-km west of Algiers) seized 187.2 kilograms of processed cannabis coming from Morocco near the western border of the country, said Tuesday in Oran the National Gendarmerie.
This quantity of cannabis, loaded on donkeys and abandoned by the drug traffickers, was seized during a foot patrol near Lalla Aicha border outpost, said the source. (SPS)
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Algiers, October 2, 2014 (SPS) - Algerian National Committee for Solidarity with the Saharawi people (CNASPS) Wednesday denounced a "disguised murder", a "heinous crime" against the Sahrawi human rights activist, Hassena El Ouali, after being tortured for a long time by Moroccan police at the prison of Dakhla, in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Brussels (Belgium), October 2, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front called on Tuesday the European Union to act to end the abuses of the Moroccan authorities in occupied Western Sahara and the violations of Sahrawi prisoners’ human rights.
In a letter sent to the European Commission and European Parliament, Mohamed Sidati, minister and representative of the Polisario Front in Europe, called on the European Union to help “putting an end to the Moroccan authorities’ flagrant violations of the Sahrawi prisoners’ human rights.”
Birlehlu (Liberated Territories), September 30, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front has condemned the "deliberate assassination" of Saharawi human rights activist Hasnet El-Wali in Dakhla, a town under Moroccan occupation, dubbing it a "cowardly, criminal act, said a communiqué by the Saharawi Republic presidency.
"Martyr Hasnet El-Wali was a victim of a deliberate and premeditated cowardly, criminal act," the source said.
Dakhla (Occupied Territories), September 30, 2014 (SPS) - Angry but peaceful protests have been recorded Monday in the occupied town of Dakhla, following the announcement of the death of Saharawi political prisoner, member of the Saharawi Association Against Torture, Hasnet El-Wali, at the local military hospital, because of medical negligence.
Peaceful demonstrations have been staged in different streets of the city to condemn the crime, which further extends the list of crimes perpetrated by the Moroccan regime against Saharawi people.
Dakhla (Occupied Territories) September 29, 2014 (SPS) - The occupied city of Dakhla has become under an unprecedented state of siege since the early hours of Monday, following the death of Sahrawi political prisoner Hasena Elwali Aleya.
The city also witnesses popular peaceful demonstrations after the announcement of the death of Sahrawi political prisoner due to his deteriorating health as a result of medical negligence, according to his family.
Dakhla (Occupied Territories), September 29, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi political prisoner and human rights activist, Hasena Elwali Aleya, died Sunday night at a military hospital in the occupied city of Dakhla, where he had been admitted due to his "critical" health conditions, as a result of medical negligence.
Martyr Hasena Aleya suffered of a critical condition for some time in his cell in prison before being transferred to a hospital in the occupied city of Elaiun, where he was denied proper medical treatment.
New York (United Nations), September 28, 2014 (SPS) - Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra on Saturday in New York called the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to uphold UN doctrine regarding the decolonization of Western Sahara.
New York (United Nations), September 27, 2014 (SPS) - H.E Hifikepunye Pohamba, president of the republic of Namibia, called has for the full implementation of United Nations resolutions on Western Sahara.
He underlined that the international community must fulfill its obligations and assist the people of Western Sahara realize their inalienable rights to self-determination.
New York, Sept 26, 2014 (SPS) - President of the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, on Thursday reiterated his appeal to the Security Council of the United Nations Organization to resolve the question of Western Sahara.
In his address at the general debate of the 69th session of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Kikwete reiterated the appeal his country (Tanzania) made last year at the UNGA to the United Nations Security Council “to do everything within its powers to resolve this problem once and for all.”
Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), Sept 25, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz on Wednesday appointed Mr. Saleh Nafee as a new director for the Sahara Press Service (SPS), replacing Mr. Salek Muftah, who appointed as director for Information Ministry’s Archive.
Following is full text of the presidential instruction: