October 2015

Occupied El Aaiun(SPS), October 21, 2015 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities arrested the former two Saharawi political prisoners Mohamed Biza and Abdessalam Loumadi in the Moroccan city of Agadir, reported a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.

The same source revealed that the Saharawi political prisoner Abdeslam Loumadi had been detained for over 48 hours at the police station in the same city before being released with no explanation of the reasons for his arrest.

Chahid El-Hafed(Saharawi refugee camps), October, 21 2015 (SPS) -The Saharawi Red Crescent (SRC) appealed  "donor countries, agencies aid, associations of solidarity, as well as civil society and nongovernmental organizations to send "urgent aid" to the Saharawi refugees Camps after heavy floods in the camps on 16 and 17 this month.

Dajla(occupied territories), October, 21 2015 (SPS) - The mothers of Saharawi political prisoners in the city of Daila (occupied Western Sahara) on Tuesday has organized a protest outside the headquarters of the "Commission on Human Rights "calling for the immediate release of their sons without conditions or excuses.

Miami(USA), October 21, 2015 (SPS) in the city of Miami, Florida State has announced on Monday the establishment of friendship Committee with Saharawi people in the presence of Polisario Front representative in WashingtonMr. Mohamed Yeslam Beisat , and held its first meeting and elected its executive bureau.

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Rumbera Network for Radio and television has hosted the meeting which was attended by many journalists, Artists,Clergyman, professors, and businessmen.

Chahid El-Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), October, 21 2015 (SPS) -The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday has  warned that "water resulting from flooding can be very damaging, calling for refugees to pay close attention and care of their health effects, mainly with high likelihood appearance  of skin diseases, pneumonia and diarrhea. "
 

Ministry statement reported that "with the fall of heavy rains that have left considerable damage, it also increased the percentage of contamination and humidity in the environment."

Dajla(Saharawi refugee camps), October, 20 2015 (SPS) -The wilaya of Daila, in the Saharawi refugee camps, was hit by heavy rains since Monday, leaving considerable damage.
 

 

Sources to SPS from Dajla that  "heavy floods have destroyed several public buildings and community centers, and have destroyed several homes of refugees, no victims are reported so far."

El Aaiun(occupied territories), October, 20 2015 (SPS) - The Moroccan security forces has violently dispersed a peaceful demonstration organized by dozens of Sahrawi in the city of El Aaiun (occupied Western Sahara) to demand the holding of a referendum of self-determination and the immediate release of all Saharawi political prisoners.

The protesters were strongly repressed by the various formations of Moroccan security such as rapid intervention forces, the police and the army, leaving several casualties and injuries, including:

New York (United Nations), October 18, 2015 (SPS) the representative of Mozambique to the United Nations, Antonio Gumende called for "concrete actions by the United Nations to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination ".

Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), October 18, 2015 (SPS) Dozens of families were left without shelter due to fall Friday to Saturday of heavy rain in Sahrawi refugee camps, causing massive damage at level of the  wilayas and institutions.   

The rain which continued two days and expected to continue, depending on the weather, have led to the collapse of houses and tents in all wilayas particularly in the Wilaya of Awserd.

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), October 18, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, oversaw Saturday, the opening works of the judicial year 2015/2016 under the slogan "eshtablishement of the Sahrawi experience for a national justice system. "

The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs, Hamada Selma, members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the SADR government and the judiciary sector.  

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), October 18, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, oversaw Saturday, the opening works of the judicial year 2015/2016 under the slogan "eshtablishement of the Sahrawi experience for a national justice system. "

The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs, Hamada Selma, members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the SADR government and the judiciary sector.  

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), October 18, 2015 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, oversaw Saturday, the opening works of the judicial year 2015/2016 under the slogan "eshtablishement of the Sahrawi experience for a national justice system. "

The ceremony was attended by the Prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Minister of Justice and Religious Affairs, Hamada Selma, members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the SADR government and the judiciary sector.  

 New York, 17 Oct 2015 (SPS) - The Cuban delegation that participated in the Fourth Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) reiterated that his country supports the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination on the basis of the United Nations Charter, international law and relevant UN resolutions.

New York (UN), 17 Oct 2015 (SPS) - Permanent Representative of Algeria at the United Nations, Boukadoum Sabri, stressed that the Western Sahara issue could be solved by ensuring the Saharawi people's "fundamental" right to the self-determination.

Geneva, 17 Oct 2015 (SPS) - The United Nations (UN) underlined, the Saharawi people right to self-determination and the right to their own political status, following the deliberations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Algiers(Algeria). October, 15 2015 (SPS) - The Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Sahrawi people (CNASPS) "vigorously" denounced the “savage and multiform” repression committed by the Moroccan occupying forces against the Sahrawi population in the occupied territories, said Thursday a statement from CNASPS.

A delegation of CNASPS submitted a petition at United Nations Headquarters in New York, to the members of the UN 4th Committee (Decolonization Committee) about the Western Sahara conflict, said the same source.

New York (United Nations), October 15, 2015 (SPS) – the representative of Zimbabwe, Mr. Frederick Shava called in the general debate of the Special Political and Decolonization, on Wednesday the United Nations to not shake off its responsibility to ensure self-determination for the peoples of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, especially Western Sahara.

New York (United Nations), October 15, 2015 (SPS) – the representative of El Salvador, Mr. Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas said in the general debate of the Special Political and Decolonization, on Wednesday.  That his country attached great importance to granting the people of that Territory the right of self-determination.

The representative of El Salvador before the Fourth Committee stated that every nation should enjoy the inalienable right to self-determination.(SPS)

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New York (United Nations), October 15, 2015 (SPS) – the representative of Costa Rica, Mr. Juan Carlos Mendoza-García called in the general debate of the Special Political and Decolonization, on Wednesday. For a referendum that would grant the Saharan people the right to self-determination.

The representative of Costa Rica in the Fourth Committee added that his country would continue to strive for a just and lasting solution to the situation of Western Sahara,

The United Nations should not shake off its responsibility to ensure self-determination for the Sahrawi people. Says Zimbabwean representative

New York (United Nations), October 15, 2015 (SPS) – the representative of Zimbabwe, Mr. Frederick Shava called in the general debate of the Special Political and Decolonization, on Wednesday the United Nations to not shake off its responsibility to ensure self-determination for the peoples of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, especially Western Sahara.