January 2016

Madrid, 30 jan 2016 (SPS) The new representative of the Frente Polisario in Spain, Khira Boulahi, called Saturday on Spain to complete the decolonization process in Western Sahara, stressing that "the involvement of Spain would accelerate the independence of this territory ".

In an interview with Spanish "cuartopoder", the representative of the Frente Polisario asked the Spanish Government to play an active role in the United Nations Security Council to expedite the decolonization of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

Addis Ababa, 31 January 2015 (SPS) The President of the AU Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to act to resolve the Western Sahara conflict through a self-determination referendum in order to avoid destabilization in the region which could result in disastrous consequences.

Addis Ababa, 31 January 2015 (SPS) The work of the 26th ordinary summit of the African Union (AU) opened Saturday in Addis Ababa with the participation of fifty heads of state and government including Prime Minister, Abdel Khader Taleb Oumar, representing the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Algiers, January 30, 2016 (SPS) Algeria National Rally for Democracy (RND) reiterated Friday its "constant" support to the Saharawi people in their struggle for self-determination and independence.

In a political resolution adopted at the end of a session of the national Council, RND congratulated the Sahrawi people for the success of the 14th Congress of Polisario Front and for the new international confirmation of its inalienable rights on its territory and its national wealth.

Dakhla (occupied territories), January 30, 2016 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities have expelled Friday from the occupied city of Dakhla a Spanish delegation intended to visit Sahrawi families in the city.

The delegation from the Island of Tenerife had boarded a flight from Las Palmas but upon landing at the airport in the occupied city of Dakhla the airplane was surrounded by Moroccan security services and authorities who prevented the delegation members from disembarking and sent them back on the same flight.

Brussels, January 29, 2015 (SPS) - The European United Left warned against the serious situation of human rights in Western Sahara, urging the European Union not to stand idly by in the face of the injustice of the Moroccan occupation, in a press release.

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories)- President Mohamed Abdelaziz has informed United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the escalation of human rights abuses by Morocco and the ongoing suppression of the peaceful protest movement in the occupied territories of Western Sahara by the Kingdom's authorities.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) January 29, 2016 (SPS) - The 5th Intergenerational Dialogue concluded Thursday night in Addis Ababa and approved recommendations calling African leaders to make further move to complete the decolonization of Western Sahara.

Ljubljana, 29 January 2016 (SPS) Deputy Matej Tasner Vatovec, coordinator of the parliamentary group of the Slovenian United Left Party, expressed Thursday support for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination through a just and fair referendum.

Addis Ababa, Jan 29, 2016 (SPS) Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar, arrived Friday in Addis Ababa, to represent the President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, in the 26th ordinary summit of Heads State and government of the African Union scheduled for January 30-31.

Shaheed El-Hafed, January 29, 2016 (SPA) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Frida at Presidency of the Republic, Mr. Paolo Dieci, Director of CISP (International Committee for the Development of Peoples).

During the meeting, the President of the Republic addressed the harsh conditions experienced by the Saharawi people, both in the refugee camps and the occupied territories as a result of the Moroccan occupation for more than 40 years.

Helsinki (Finland), Jan 29, 2016 (SPS) - The central committee of Communist party of Finland (SKP) has called the Finnish government to recognize the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), expressing its solidarity with the Saharawi people in their struggle for self-determination.

The SKP called NGOs in Finland to support Saharawi people in their fight for self-determination and contribute to the development of the Saharawi society.

Awserd (refugee camps), January 29, 2016 (SPS) The masses and the authorities of the wilaya of Awserd organized Thursday a popular demonstrations in solidarity with the Saharawi people and the Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan prisons in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and south of Morocco.

Helsinki, January 28, 2016 (SPS) - The Communist Party of Finland, asked on Monday the government of his country for the recognition of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).

The Communist Party expressed its full support for peaceful struggle in Western Sahara led by Polisario Front to the self-determination of the Saharawi people.

Addis Ababa, January 28, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union (AU) on Wednesday reiterated the need to determine a date for the holding of referendum on self-determination of the Saharawi people and insisted on renewing efforts to find a solution to a conflict that has lasted four decades.

At its ordinary meeting of the Permanent Representatives, the AU called on the UN to set a date for the referendum on self-determination for Saharawi people.

Washington(U.S.A) January 28, 2016 (SPS) - The Non-Governmental organization, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday, in its annual report on Human Rights, that the tolerance for dissident voices in Morocco and Western Sahara diminished during 2015.

Authorities blocked events organized by the outspoken Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH), filed charges against five activists for “harming internal security” after they organized a foreign-funded workshop on citizen journalism, said the NGO, whose headquarters is in Washington.

The Hague, January 28, 2016 (SPS) -   The Dutch Parliament voted for the one-sided cancellation of the social security convention with Morocco after Rabat request to expand the payment of the family allowances to the beneficiaries living in Morocco to include the occupied Sahrawi territories.

At least 91 members of the Dutch Parliament voted for the termination of this agreement, concluded on 14 February 1972, while 56 voices were against the cancellation.

Agadir (Morocco), January 27, 2016 (SPS) - The Court of Appeal in the Moroccan city of Agadir postponed the trial of Sahrawi political prisoner Embarek Daoudi until February 08 2016, reported the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).

According to the same source, Embarek Daoudi has entered the Plenary Hall chanting slogans demanding self-determination and Independence of Sahrawi people.
 

Stockholm (Sweden), January 27, 2016 (SPS) - Stockholm International Center for Law and Justice and the Department of Swedish International Commission of Jurists and the defenders of civil rights organized seminar under the title "Western Sahara within the framework of international law," the recognition of the state?, with the participation of Sahrawi delegation and large number of personalities in the political, human rights, and civil sphere.

Chahid Hafed, January 26, 2016 (SPS) – the President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz received Tuesday  the Nigeria's outgoing ambassador, Haruna Ginsau who gave the president a farewell visit after the end of his duties as an ambassador for his country to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).