Wall of Shame (liberated territories) June 24, 2015 (SPS) - A unit of Sahrawi Special Forces captured Tuesday a significant amount of drugs, two vehicles and mobile phones, said on Wednesday a statement from the Ministry of National Defence.
Algiers, 24/06/2015 (SPS).- The Saharawi ambassador to Algiers Brahim Ghali reported an "African consensus" on the need for a quick solution to the Saharawi question in accordance with international law to reach lasting and comprehensive peace in the continent."
El Aaiun(occupied territories), June 24, 2015 (SPS) -The family of Said Dambar (Saharawi citizen killed four years ago by the occupation authorities) renewed on Tuesday "their just and legitimate demands to know the truth on the crime of the murder of his son, assuming the Moroccan occupation authorities the responsibility of this horrendous crime, after fifty-four months of his death by the same bloody hands that continue to oppress all Sahrawis who peacefully demand their rights for freedom and existence. "
New York, 24 June 2015 (SPS) - The Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Mr. Sabri BOUKADOUM said before The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, that the colonization of Western Sahara must be brought to an immediate and unconditional end in accordance with the UN charter and resolution 1514, reiterating his country firm position towards Sahrawi issue.
New York, 24/06/2015 (SPS).- The frustration of the Saharawi people can no longer be contained with empty promises Ahmed Boukhari, representative of the Frente Polisario, told the Special Committee - known formally as the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.
El Aaiun(occupied territories) June, 23 2015 (SPS) -The Committee to Defend the Right of Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara (CODAPSO) released its annual report on the situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara during the period between May 2014 and April 2015. The report highlights the brutal violations that have suffered the Saharawi civilians in the occupied territories by the Moroccan forces of occupation in cities such as Laayoune, Smara, Al-Marsa, Boujdour and Dakhla.
Geneva, June, 23 2015 (SPS) -The Association of Families of Saharawi Prisoners and Disappeared (AFAPREDESA) called for an implementation of a mechanism for independent, impartial and permanent monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara during his intervention as the representative and member of AFAPREDESA Mr. Ali Buzeid in the Twenty-ninth Session of the Human Rights Committee of the UN.
Algiers, 23/06/2015 (SPS) .- By inviting Sarkozy, Mohammed VI would be heard by François Holland who had made a stopover in Algiers last week, said Algeria1 in an article posted Tuesday in its web page.
Analyzing Sarkozy's visit to Morocco, journalist Rafik Bennasseur highlighted that "Sarko as well as M6 have something to gain (or a score to settle) through this journey. Maybe even it was decided and "rigged" by the two men to serve their personal agendas".
Madrid, 23/06/2015 (SPS).- Kafana is the title of the documentary of Silvia Venegas and Juan Antonio Moreno which saw the light recently and which aims to alert about the situation in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria, the newspaper Público.es reported yesterday.
Jaen, June 23, 2015 (SPS) - The Minister of Public Health, Mr. Mohamed LamiDaddi has concluded on Sunday a working visit to the Andalusian province of Jaén where he held meetings with different institutions and officials.
The minister met with Mayor of villargordo Mr. Don Sebastian Lopez Mateos to address a medical consultation of chronic disease’sproject as well as with the president of the Jaen association to support Saharawi people and high academic officials of Jaen University.
Galicia(Spain) June 23, 2015 (SPS) –Sahrawi human rights activist HassanaAalia has started on Monday a hunger strike for 24 hours in solidarity with the Sahrawi mother TakberHadi, in Spanish province Galicia, in the framework of the initiative “rotating hunger strike” of Spanishnetwork of support and solidarity with Takber.
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Numerous personalities among them Sahrawi representative to Galicia, academic and political official, and several mass media visited Aalia in his solidarity hunger strike with Takber.
Nouakchott, June 23, 2015 (SPS) - The parliamentary group of friendship with the Saharawi people has just been established within the Mauritanian National Assembly by Decree No. 45 of June 11 2015, consists of an Bureau of 6 members and a general assembly.
The group aims to revive and strengthen the bonds of friendship between the two peoples, Saharawi and Mauritanian, and promote support for the just Saharawi cause and respect for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, according to officials of the group.
Brussels, 06/22/2015 (SPS).- The European Union (EU) reiterated, in a report, its "concern" about the situation of human rights in Western Sahara, constantly violated by the Moroccan occupation authorities, and expressed its preoccupation about the ongoing conflict in the territory.
Birlehlu (Liberated Zones), June 22, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, praised the role of Algeria in the completion of the signing of the peace and reconciliation agreement in Mali.
Madrid, 22/06/2015 (SPS) .- No country in the world recognizes Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, Spanish daily ABC said.
Birlehlu, 22 June 2015 (SPS) - (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent Saturday a message of congratulations to his Malian counterpart, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, for signing the peace and national reconciliation agreement in Mali.
Algiers, 22 June 2015 (SPS) - An international petition denouncing the violations of human rights committed by Morocco in Western Sahara and prompting the international community and organizations was launched Sunday in Algiers by a group of Algerian journalists.
Open to the entire press corps but also to various profiles and representatives of civil society, the call will be sent to the United Nations, the European Union (EU), the African Union (AU), League of Arab States and the Organization of Latin American States.
Algiers, 22 June 2015 (SPS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) bemoaned Sunday, through its representative in Algeria, Hamdi Bukhari, the "increasingly untenable" condition of the Sahrawi refugees.
"The World Refugee Day is an opportunity to highlight the increasingly untenable situation for Western Sahara refugees and to demand the international community to continue to support the provision of refugees' needs," UNHCR said in a statement issued public on the World Day.
Algiers, 21/06/2015 (SPS) .- The joint appeal launched by representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP), UNHCR and the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) to collect funds is a crushing denial to the incessant moroccan propaganda on the alleged diversion of aids destinated to the sahrawi refugee camps.
The three institutions have warned on "the progressive and continuous reduction of funding" for the Saharawi refugees, in a joint document released Saturday on the occasion of the World Refugee Day.
Geneva, 21 June 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi delegation participating in the 29th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, condemned preventing the Sahrawi activist Hamad Anasiri by the Moroccan occupation authorities from attendlng this session, calling for an investigation into his case.