June 2015

Guyana(Brazil) June 9, 2015 (SPS) - Brazilian Student Unionissuedon Monday a recommendation supporting the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence,during the conclusion of its 54 congress.

The final statement of the congress recalled the United Nations and the international community to assume their responsibilities towards the decolonization of Western Sahara, urging the Brazilian government to recognize the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic and calling for the release of all Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails.

Campinas (Sao Paulo), June 07, 2015 (SPS) - a Sahrawi delegation from the Saharawi Workers Trade (UGTSARIO) composed by Bazaid Ahmed and Aminatu Ali Ahmed Mohamed Embarak, took part at the Second Congress of National Trade Union set to be June 4,9 in the city State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.


During the sessions of the event Saharawi delegates presented a paper in order to make known to its members the question of Western Sahara and the work of the UGTSARIO was widely reported by the president of the Congress.

 

Havana (Cuba), June 7, 2015 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould salek visited on Thursday the Republic of Cuba; where he was received by his Cuban counterpart, Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, they discussed the ties between the two countries and exchange views about regional and international issues. The meeting was attended by Saharawi Ambassador Mr. Malainin Etgana.

 

London, 05/06/2015 (SPS).- “Friends of Western Sahara”, a British NGO based in north Wales, has stressed on the urgent need to intervene before the Moroccan authorities to bring justice to Takbar Haddi, the mother of Mohamed Lamine Haidala, a young Saharawi who was killed by Moroccan settlers.

Abuja (Nigeria), June 04, 2015 (SPS) - the foreign ministry of Nigeria reiterated on Tuesday Nigeria firm position to the independence of Sahrawi people in a letter addressed by Mr. ShehuRabiu representing the charged’ affair of the Minister in  Abuja International Conference.

 

Las Palmas (Canary Islands), June 03, 2015 (SPS) - The Canary platform, bearing the name “JUSTICIA PARA HAIDALA!, has launched an appeal to participate in a protest march under the theme “the Spanish government, Mohamed Lamin Haidalla, is your responsibility", as a form of solidarity with Takber Haddi , on hunger strike since days.

Abuja, June 3, 2015 (SPS) - President of Zimbabwe and current Chairperson of the African Union (AU), Mr. Robert Mugabe, has called on the United Nations Security Council to take all necessary decisions to resolve the conflict of Western Sahara, demanding “comprehensive review” to the negotiations framework set forth in 2007 in order to hold a referendum to overcome the current stalemate.

Havana, June 03, 2015 (SPS) - Secretary General of the Saharawi Students’ Union (UESARIO) and Member of the Polisario Front’s National Secretariat, Mulay Mhamed Brahim Saleh, has concluded his visit to Cuba by holding a meeting with the Sahrawi Students League and the Embassy in Cuba.


During The meeting, he disseminated the results of the last National Secretariat meeting and the latest developments on the Saharawi cause at the international and local levels.

El Aaiun (refugee camps), June 3, 2015 (SPS) - A new batch, bearing the name of Martyr Kenti Mohamed Kori, third of its kind, on Tuesday joined the ranks of the Saharawi National Police.


The batch was trained on how to maintain the security of citizens and ensure the respect for the internationally-recognized principles of human rights.

Abuja, June 3, 2015 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar on Tuesday slammed UN’s failure to complete the decolonization process in Western Sahara, criticizing the attempts by some great powers, in complicity with Moroccan occupation, to thwart the task of the United Nations for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), on the ground since 20 years.

EL-Aaiun (refugee camps), June 02, 2015 (SPS) - The Ministry of Education on Tuesday declared in El Aaiun, Saharawi refugee camps, the official closing of the academic year 2014 -2015, in the presence of the Speaker of Parliament Mr. Jatri Addouh, Minister of Education Ms. Mariam Salek Hmmada, and some members of the National Secretariat and government.

Buenos Aires, May 31, 2015 (SPS) - Argentina has joined the international solidarity campaign with Takbar Haddi, who has entered her 18th day of hunger strike in front of the Moroccan consulate in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), to demand justice for her son killed by Moroccan settlers and police.

Washington, June 02, 2015 (SPS) - The United States Congress has approved on Monday the U.S. parliamentary group of solidarity with the Saharawi people called “Western Sahara Caucus, after the group renewed its structures last November.


For a press release issued on Monday, presidency of the Caucus is now chaired by Congressmen John Conyers of the Democratic Party, and Mr. Joseph R. Pitts of the Republican Party.

Abuja, June 2, 2015 (SPS) - The decolonization of Western Sahara will be the focus of an international conference taking place from 2-4 June in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to which more than 600 participants are expected to debate several themes related to the Moroccan colonization of Western Sahara.


Organized by the Academic Staff Union of Universities of Nigeria, this “important conference” will gather academics, civil society actors, NGOs and committees of solidarity with the Sahrawi people from Africa, Europe and the Americas.