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Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Dec 2, 2014 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers on Tuesday denounced the blockade imposed by Moroccan occupying state over the occupied territories of Western Sahara, deploring the policies of repression targeting the Saharawis.


In a statement issued at the of a meeting chaired by the President of the Republic Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, the Council deplored the fact that foreign journalists, observers and activists are being prevented access into occupied Western Sahara by Moroccan occupying state.

Oslo, Dec 2, 2014 (SPS) - Deputy Chairman of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), Tor Arne Solbakken, on Tuesday renewed support to the right to self-determination and independence for the Saharawi people, in a meeting with Polisario Front’s Representative in Oslo, Dr. Limam Khalil.


Saharawi diplomat informed his interlocutor about the developments on the national cause, particularly human rights violations and pillaging of natural resources in the occupied territories of Western Sahara by Morocco.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Dec 2, 2014 (SPS) - A delegation of the French Association of Friends of SADR (AARASD) on Sunday arrived in the Saharawi refugee camps, as part of a working visit to assess the educational projects they fund.


The group will visit an educational center which trains future Saharawi teachers of French, established as part of an agreement signed in 2013 between the Saharawi Ministry of Education, Saharawi Association for the Promotion of Cultural Exchange with the French-speaking countries (ASPECF) and AARASD.

Sale (Morocco), Dec 2, 2014 (SPS) - Moroccan authorities on Monday prevented five elected French from Ivry-sur-Seine from visiting the Saharawi political prisoner, Naama Lasfari, and his colleagues, who are known as the group of Gdeim Izik detainees.


The delegation also aimed at visiting the Saharawi political prisoner, Mbarek Daoudi, on hunger strike since a month, and inquiring about the detention conditions of the Saharawi political prisoners, incarcerated in Moroccan prison of Sale 1.

Dakhla (occupied territories), Dec 01, 2014, (SPS) – Moroccan authorities started new war against Saharawi human rights activists, coinciding with the world forum for human rights organized in Moroccan city of Marrakech, according to a source of Ministry of occupied territories and community abroad.

9 June School  (refugee camps), December 1, 2014 (SPS) - The National Council (Parliament) opened Saturday its autumn session, chaired by his deputy, Moussa Salama, in the presence of Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar and members of the government.

 Boujdour (occupied territories), December 1, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi minor, M'hamed Ahbibi, suffered Saturday a “violent” attack with knives in the occupied city of Boujdour perpetrated by Moroccan settlers recruited by Moroccan security services, after leaving his family home to school, reported a Saharawi human rights source.

 "The victim was transferred urgently to the hospital for first aid after the attack which caused several serious injuries in different parts of his body," the source added.

The investiture of the members of the National Council of Children coincides with the celebrations of the 39th anniversary of the establishment of the National Council.

 The members electeda president of the National Council of Children and presidents of the five committees of the Council.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), Dec 01, 2014, (SPS)- The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed his strong condemnation of the horrifying terrorist attack that targeted prayers at one of the biggest mosques in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.

Smara (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Dec 01, 2014, (SPS) – A delegation from the Italian Parliamentary Group for solidarity with the Saharawi people has embarked on Sunday morning, a visit to the Saharawi Refugee Camps.

The delegation includes members of the Italian senate and parliamentarians, has been received by the authorities of Smara. It also had a visit to some of the facilities and institution there.

Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), November 30, 2014 (SPS) - The Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz reiterated Saturday at the Presidency headquarters at Shaheed Elhafed, Sahrawi refugee camps, that Algeria continues to give firm and unconditional support to the Sahrawi cause since 1975 .

Madrid, November 30, 2014 (SPS) - The movement of solidarity with the Saharawi people paid Saturday tribute to Pepe Taboada Vades, the first founder of an association of friends of the Saharawi people in Spain, currently the president of the State Coordinator of Associations in Solidarity with the Sahara (CEAS-Sahara).

Taboada formed in 1976 the first association of friends of the Saharawi people and worked to expand the solidarity movement. He spent a lifetime serving the cause.

Windhoek (Namibia), Nov 29, 2014, (SPS) – The new Ambassador of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic to Namibia, Mr. Malainine Sadik, has presented Wednesday his credentials as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to President Hifikepunye Pohamba.

Lima (Peru), Nov 29, 2014, (SPS) – the Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Saharawi people has criticized the convening of the world Forum for Human Rights in Morocco, which is condemned by all human rights organizations in the world, because of human rights systematic violations and the use of torture.

London, November 28, 2014 (SPS) – Amnesty international emphasized that the Moroccan authorities must lift restrictions on human rights groups as World Human Rights Forum opens, in a statement Wednesday.

“Restrictions by the Moroccan authorities on human rights organizations including Amnesty International have continued unabated despite the upcoming World Human Rights Forum being organized in Marrakech on 27-30 November,” said the international organization of human rights in its statement.  

Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camp) - Saharawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar on Thursday welcomed in Shaheed Elhafed, the Sahrawi refugee camp, the consistent position of Algeria, its people and government, with regard to the just cause of Western Sahara.

During his meeting with an Algerian parliamentary delegation chaired by the representative of the Algerian community, Djamel Bouras, the Saharawi Premier stressed that the Saharawi government is proud of the unanimous support of the Algerian parliament to the Saharawi people and its just cause.

Nairobi (Kenya), November 28, 2014 (SPS) - A Sahrawi delegation is taking part in the Annual Humanitarian Conference of the African Union held November 27-29, in Nairobi, Kenya, alongside delegations of member states in addition to representatives of world humanitarian organizations.

The Sahrawi delegation includes Chairperson of Sahrawi Red Crescent Mr. Buhebainy Yahya, Ambassador to Ethiopia Mr. Lamine Baaly, and Ambassador to Kenya Mr. Bah Elmud.

Strasbourg, 28 November 2014 (SPS) – Members of the European Parliament has expressed their support to the human rights organizations boycotting the 2nd World Human Rights Forum held in Marrakech, Morocco, in a statement Wednesday.

“We, the undersigned, stand by those human rights organisations that are boycotting the event, such as AMDH and the Moroccan League for Human Rights, and Sahrawi NGOs for human rights,” said the statement.

Algiers, November 28, 2014 (SPS) -A delegation of the Algerian National People's Assembly (Lower House) will partake as from Thursday at the Saharawi liberated territories, in the festivities celebrating the 39th anniversary of the creation of the Saharawi National Assembly of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), November 28, 2014 (SPS) - Speaker of the Sahrawi National Assembly Khatri Addouh underlined Wednesday in the refugee camps of Boujdour that his institution has gained, during four decades, a “great experience in defending the cause of the Sahrawi people.”