April 2016

Copenhagen (Denmark) 8 April 2016 - The Danish Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee questioned recently the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kristian Jensen about the poor conditions of prisons in Western Sahara.
 
The former UN rapporteur deplores human rights situation in Western Sahara jails.
 
Former chair of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Mads Andenæs, calls the human rights situation in Western Sahara 'very depressing'.
 

Madrid, April 07, 2016 (SPS) - A Spanish parliamentary group of support to the Sahrawi cause was created Wednesday following a meeting held in the parliament, said Thursday the representative of the Polisario Front to Spain Jira Bulahi.

 
Chahid Al-Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), April 07, 2016 (SPS) -The Prime Minister of the Saharwi Republic, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, chairs today  a government meeting to discuss the latest developments of national issue at domestic and international level in the headquarter of the Government in Chahid El Hafid.
¨the meeting will review several points regarding our cause at the international and national level especially, the plan of alert and the situation of the Sahrawi political prisoners¨. NS member Ahmed Mahmud statement to national media

Madrid,07 avr 2016(SPS) - Un groupe de députés espagnols soutenant la cause sahraouie a été constitué mercredi soir suite à une réunion tenue au parlement, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès de la représentante du Front Polisario en Espagne, Mm.Khira Bulahi.

Addis Ababa, April 07, 2016 (SPS) -The Special Envoy of the African Union (AU) to Western Sahara, Mr. Joaquim Chissano, "called on African countries to adopt a united and firm position against the Moroccan intransigence to liberate Western Sahara from colonialism.

New York, April 07, 2016  (SPS) - "The United Nations Security Council will hold a session tomorrow on Western Sahara at the request of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Uruguay, in the light of recent events," according to Polisario Front representative at the UN, Mr. Bukhari Ahmed.
Mr. Bukhari said that this session "also comes on the eve of the submitting of the report of the Secretary General of the UN, Mr. Ban Ki Moon, on the conflict in Western Sahara, which is expected by the middle of this month."

Copenhagen ( Denmark), 07 April 2016 (SPS) - Within the framework of the International Campaign demanding the unconditional free release of the Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik, who have been on hunger strike recently for more than one month and to condemn their judgment in Moroccan Military Court.
 

BIR LAHLOU (Saharawi liberated territories) ), April 07, 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front condemns Moroccan official media attempts to spread "confusion" over the European Court's decision to cancel EU-Morocco agricultural cooperation agreement, Mhamed Khadad, the Saharawi Coordinator with MINURSO (UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), said in a statement.
 

New York (United Nations), April 07, 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) mandate will be extended on 28th April, announced the Security Council on Wednesday.
“The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) mandate will be extended on 28 April 2016,” said China’s permanent representative to the United Nations and president of the Security Council for the month of April, Liu Jieyi, during the representation of the  Security Council’s work programme for the current month.

 Chahed El Hafid, April 06 2016 (SPS) - the Ministry of Information indicated on Wednesday that the Moroccan regime misleading propaganda reflects its unprecedented international isolation result of political bankruptcy and its struggle with the international community, in statement a copy of which obtained by SPS.
 
 “The Moroccan regime falsified the facts even against the European Union, its Court of Justice.” ministry of Information. Statement pointed out.
 

London, April 06, 2016  (SPS) -The prestigious international organization of human rights, Amnesty International urgently called in a public statement issued Saturday, the Moroccan authorities "to free the thirteen Saharawi human rights activists on hunger strike since last March 1st in prison Shelah.

Brussels, April 06, 2016 (SPS) - The European Parliament Intergroup "peace for the Sahrawi people" on Tuesday in Brussels expressed its “deep concerns” regarding the application of the peace plan for the self-determination of Sahrawi people in the light of last developments in the region.
"The Intergroup met to express its sympathy and solidarity with the Saharawi people, but especially to mark its deep concern over this dangerous policy that pursues Morocco in Western Sahara," Minister Saharawi delegate for Europe, Mohamed Sidati told APS.

Zaki prison (Morocco), April 06, 2016 (SPS) - Gdeim Izik group suspended on Tuesday their hunger strike, which lasted for 37 days, reaffirming attachment to their full rights. According to statement of the group
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The statement issued by the group indicated that the suspension of the hunger strike came in response to the demands of their families, as well as to the Sahrawi masses and human rights and friendship organizations. 
 
 

Brussels (Belgium), April 6, 2016 (SPS) - European MP, Mr. Joao Ferreira on Tuesday called upon the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union Federica Mogherini to ask the Moroccan authorities to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and to stop any repression against the civilian population.
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Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), April 06, 2016 (SPS) - More than 13,000 of the 9 million mines laid by the Moroccan army along the "wall of shame" (Moroccan defensive wall), were destroyed by the Saharawi army since 2006 in coordination with international specialized agencies, the Director of the Office of coordination of Sahrawi Mine Action (SMACO), Samou Amideh said.
 
 

London, April 05, 2016 (SPS) - The British organization "Western Sahara Action Forum" (WSFA) Tuesday launched a campaign on Twitter, to pressure the UN Security Council to take measures to bring Morocco to hold a referendum in Western Sahara, especially after the expulsion by the Moroccan authorities of the civilian component of MINURSO.
 

Algeria, April 05, 2016 (SPS) - the Saharawi Ambassador in Algeria, a member of the National Secretariat Mr. Buchraya Hamudi Bayun on Tuesday shouldered the UN Security Council "full responsibility" for what may occur after next April 30, the end of the mission of the United Nations Mission for the referendum in Western Sahara "MINURSO", calling to set a date to organize a referendum of self-determination of Saharawi people.
 
 

Chahid El  Hafed, April 05, 2016 (SPS) -   Sahrawi people looking forward to  the decisions of UN Security Council upcoming meetings during April, which will focus mainly on Western Sahara question, either to resume peace negotiations or Front Polisario return to war against the Moroccan occupation, reported APS on the sidelines of a campaign to raise awareness about the danger of mines in the refugee camps.
 
 

Chahid El Hafed, April 05 2016 (SPS) - member of the National Secretariat, central chief of Military Political Department, Mr. Yusuf Ahmed said that the Western Sahara issue "is going in a very distinct conditions" in the current period, highlighting that the recent dispute between the United Nations and Moroccan occupier has become "a new success " for Saharawi cause in terms of emphasizing its legitimacy.

Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), April 05, 2016 (SPS) - Several International organizations and representatives of civil society in Western Sahara called Monday to set up an international strategy to provide social, material and psychological support to victims of mines in Western Sahara and to ensure their integration in society.