July 2016

Brussels, July 9, 2016 (SPS) - The Greens / European Free Alliance (Greens/EFA) in the European Parliament has reaffirmed support to struggle of the Sahrawi people. 

Dakhla (Sahrawi refugee camps), July 08, 2016 (SPS) - The struggle of the Sahrawi people to snatch their independence “is also ours,” affirmed Friday, in Dakhla, Salvadorian senator Manuel Flares.
 
“The struggle of the Sahrawi people to snatch their independence is ours because it is a just struggle,” said Manuel Flares in a statement to APS, in the works of the extraordinary congress of the Front Polisario which kicked this morning.
 

Dakhla (Saharawi refugee camps),  July 08, 2016 (SPS) - (SPS) - the Mauritanian Forces Progress Party through its President Mr. Mohamed Ould Maulud Friday renewed its full support for the right of people to self-determination and independence during his speech to the delegates of the Extraordinary Congress of the POLISARIO which started its work today in Dakhla speech.

Dakhla (Saharawi refugee camps), July 08, 2016 (SPS) – Algeria through the Minister of the Mujahideen, Mr. Teib Zetouni Friday reiterated  its firm position to support the just cause of the Saharawi people.
The Algerian Minister expressed support and full solidarity of the Government and the Algerian people with the Saharawi people and their just struggle for freedom and independence.

Dakhla (Saharawi refugee camps) July 08, 2016 (SPS) – the delegates in the Extraordinary Congress of the Polisario Front, "the Congress of the martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz" has elected the presidency of the Congress, which will oversee the conduct of its works.
The Committee includes: Abdullah Lahbib, president and the following members Mohamed Lamin El Bouhali, Hamada Salma, Mohammed Wali Akaik, Senia Ahmed Marhba, Omar Mansour, Blahi Mohamed Fadel Sid.SPS
 
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Dakhla (Saharawi Refugee Camps July 08, 2016 (SPS) - the Extraordinary Congress of the Polisario Front kicks off today its works in the Saharawi refugee camp of Dahkla, under the slogan "Strength, Determination and Will to impose national independence and sovereignty," with the participation of 2434 Saharawi delegates and a large number of foreign guests.
 

Dakhla (Sahrawi Refugee Camps), July 07, 2016 (SPS) - The Extraordinary Congress of the Frente Polisario, which bears the name of the Martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz, will open tomorrow in camps of Dakhla under the title "Strength, Determination and will to impose full independence and sovereignty ", in the presence of foreign participants and 2472 Saharawi delegates.

Luanda, July 07, 2016 (SPS) - The vice president of Angola,Mr. Manuel Domingos Vicente reiterated  Thursday his country firm and historical position for the just struggle of the Saharawi people for independence and self-determination " during a reception of the Ambassador Saharawi, Mr. Abah Cheikh Mohamed recently appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of SADR to the Republic of Angola.
 

Brussels, July 07, 2016 (SPS) - MEP Neoklis Sylikiotis required from the European Commission to justify its proposal to make cuts in humanitarian aid to the Saharawi refugees in the Tindouf camps, in contradiction with UN calls to increase aid to the people of occupied Western Sahara.
The Member of the European Parliament said that such a decision of the European Union "will worsen the already dire situation" in these refugee camps mainly because of "floods" that hit the region.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), July 06, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Jatri Aduh on Tuesday  sent a message of congratulation to the President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), July 05, 2016 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Jatri Aduh on Tuesday  congratulated Algerian counterpart, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on Eid al-Fitr.

Brussels, July 05, 2016 (SPS) -  The Belgian Committee of support to Sahrawi people denounced Tuesday the decision of Belgium to intervene in a legal procedure to support the Council of the European Union as part of a case that opposes it to representatives of the Sahrawi people, dubbing “turning point” its foreign policy in the Maghreb.

Bir Lahlou, July 05, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Jatri Adduh Monday sent a congratulatory message to the President of Algeria, Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika  on the occasion of the 54th anniversary  of the Independence of that sister nation of Algeria.
 
 

Brussels, July 4, 2016 (SPS) - Ambassador of Algeria to Brussels Amar Bellani rejected the "baseless" assertion of an MEP, according to which the conflict in Western Sahara has become a "political internal matter" for Algeria, recalling that the European Union supports a solution enabling the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination."

Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), July 4, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Human Rights Commission (CONASADH) has denounced Moroccan authorities' policies restricting freedom of expression of Sahrawi activists for their political positions.
In a statement released Sunday, the Sahrawi Commission dubbed Moroccan authorities' decision to prevent Sahrawi activist Ambarka Alina from travelling "grave violation of international law," and denounced the military siege on the occupied territories of Western Sahara and denying access of observers to the territories.

London, July 3, 2016 (SPS) - The founder of the British association "Sandblast" of support to Western Sahara Danielle Smith affirmed Saturday evening, in London, that the referendum on Sahrawi people’s self-determination must be organized, regretting Morocco’s stubbornness to challenge the international legality.

Washington (United Nations), July 3, 2016 (SPS) - United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization (Committee of 24) is to hold a special session on Western Sahara shortly, said the agency's chairman, Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno.
The committee's members have agreed on holding the meeting to push forward the decolonization process in Western Sahara, through an "effective and broad" exchange of ideas on the issue, Ramirez Carreno said.

Brussels, July 3, 2016 (SPS) - The Belgian Committee of Support to Sahrawi People reiterated Saturday its support to the respect of these people’s fundamental rights, reaffirming its opposition to any agreement between the European Union (EU) and Morocco which includes the territories of Western Sahara.

By: WSPMC
30 June 2016
The Western Sahara Petroleum and Minerals Commission welcomes the decision of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund to withdraw its investments in companies Cairn Energy of the UK and Kosmos Energy of the US for their involvement in the looting the wealth of through illegal and unethical investment operations in the occupied part of Western Sahara.

Madrid (Spain), July 2, 2016 (SPS) - “Western Sahara : 40 years of resistance under construction” is the title of a new book written by 14 Spanish experts of the Western Sahara conflict, including the Secretary General of the International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara.