Gleimam (southern Morocco), November 11, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi political prisoner Abduljalak Merji Thursday has started an open hunger strike, protesting against ill-treatment received by the administration of the prison, reported a Saharawi human right source.
Chahid El Hafed, November 11, 2016 (SPS) - The member of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO and Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, received this Thursday the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Hamdi Bujari in the headquarters of the Ministry.
The meeting was attended by the President of the Red Crescent Sahrawi, Mr. Buhubeini Yahya Buhubeini.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 11, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Uld Salek confirmed in a press conference at the African Union headquarters on Thursday that Morocco is the only African country that does not respect its internationally recognized borders, And therefore does not deserve to be a member of the African Union.
Paris, November 11, 2016 (SPS) - A conference under the theme “The European Union and natural resources in Western Sahara: Human rights and geopolitics of the environment,” was organized at “Paris 5” university as part of a series of academic seminars organized by the French academic observatory on the issue of Western Sahara.
The conference was led by the Polisario Front’s lawyer to the European Court Gilles Devers, by Mary Verizon from the observatory of natural resources in Western Sahara and Sahrawi poet Ali Salem Isselmou.
Brussels (Belgium), November 11, 2016 (SPS) - The situation of Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails is "unbearable" and constitutes a "serious violation" of the international law, Portuguese activist Isabel Lourenço said Thursday, denouncing the attitude of the international community which "has acted as an accomplice" by keeping silent over Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara.
Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) November 10, 2016 (SPS) – the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Republic, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, on Thursday, has held a press conference at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa to clarify Sahrawi position of Morocco's bid to join the African Union.
Copenhagen (Denmark) Nov 10, 2016 (SPS) - The Danish pension Fund Pensam has dropped recently its investments from companies illegally present in the occupied parts of Western Sahara; the Australian Incitec Pivot Company fertilizer manufacturer that illegally imports phosphate from the last colony in Africa and the Swiss Company Glencore, which is key player in Morocco's oil exploration in Western Sahara and operates hence against international law.
Bir Lahlou, November 10, 2016 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali has sent a congratulatory message to the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump.
Madrid (Spain), November 09, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi delegation in Spain has voiced the strongest protest and condemned the provocative action against Saharawi MP and deputy speaker of the Pan-African Parliament, Souielma Beirouk, who has been expelled upon her arrival in the airport of Marrakech, by the Moroccan authorities, the Polisario Front mission in Madrid said Tuesday in a statement.
Abuja (Nigeria), November 08, 2016 (SPS) - The new Saharawi ambassador Mr. Malainin Sadik has presented a copy of his credentials as SADR Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Nigeria to the Acting Director General of Protocol of Nigeria.
The ceremony took place in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where the two sides reviewed the relations of cooperation and solidarity between the two countries and peoples and the means to strengthen them.
Chahid El Hafed, November 08, 2016 (SPS) - Moroccan authorities have arbitrarily deported Suelma Beiruk, vice-president of the Pan-African Parliament, who was forced to leave the airport in Marrakesh on a flight to Casablanca where she remained for hours until she was forced to take another flight to Oran in Algeria.
Chahid El-Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps) November 08, 2016 (SPS) -The Sahrawi government stressed Monday that Africa does not need Morocco's experience in "invasion, aggression, expansion and serious violations to human rights."
"Africa does not need the experience of Morocco Kingdom's, which blocks international resolutions and efforts to reach a peaceful and just solution allowing the organization of a self-determination referendum for the Sahrawi people," the government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) stressed in a communiqué.
Bir Lehlu, (Liberated Territories), November 08, 2016 (SPS) -The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polsario, Brahim Gali on Monday sent a message of congratulations to the reelected president of Nicaragua, Mr. José Daniel Ortega Saavedra.
The Saharawi president expressed his warm and sincere congratulations to the Nicaraguan president for his victory in the presidential elections held yesterday in the Central American nation.SPS
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EL-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), Nov. 7, 2016 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces suppressed a peaceful demonstration organized by the Sahrawi people in the city of El-Aaiun to claim their rights to a decent life and denounces the illegal exploitation by Morocco of the Sahrawi natural resources.
Copenhagen, Nov. 6, 2016 (SPS) The Sahrawi delegation that took part in the international conference in Copenhagen, concluded a sensitization visit about the Sahrawi issue in Denmark, during which they had several meetings and contacts with government institutions and NGOS.
The meetings focused on the latest developments of the Saharawi issue and the increased systematic repression of the Moroccan state in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in blatant violation of international human rights conventions.
Aragon (Zaragoza), November 6, 2016 (SPS) A Saharawi delegation led by Minister of Cooperation, Boulahi Sid, accompanied by representative of the Polisario Front in Spain, Khira Boulahi, was received by Mayor of Zaragoza, Pedro Santisteve.
The audience was attended by Deputy Mayor of Zaragoza and Minister of Social Rights, Louise Broto, President of Foreign Affairs of Saharawi Parliament Committee, Babouzeid Salek, Saharawi delegate in Aragon, Sidahmed Darbal, and a representative of Association of Friends of the Saharawi people "Umdraiga".
Washington (United States), Nov. 5, 2016 (SPS) - UN human rights expert committee has denunciated Morocco's plunder of Western Sahara's natural resources, expressing deep concerns over the deadlock Saharawis' self-determination process has reached.
The human rights committee of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) published Monday its sixth periodical report on Morocco, in which it calls into question the illegal exploitation of Western Sahara's resources.
Lisbon (Portugal), Nov. 5, 2016 (SPS) - Portuguese President Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stressed that the situation in Western Sahara deserves greater attention from the Government of the Portuguese Republic.
It came in a response to a letter from Adala UK in Portugal, in which it demanded the release of Sahrawi political prisoners in particular the group of Gdeim Izik and enabling the people of Western Sahara to exercise their right to self-determination.
Paris, Nov. 5, 2016 (SPS) - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on the Moroccan authorities to end all restrictions on reporting freedom in Western Sahara, under Moroccan occupation, and "stop violating the rights of Sahrawi and foreign journalists to cover developments in the territory.
Shaheed El Hafed, November 4, 2016 (SPS) The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, received Thursday at the Presidency of the Republic a delegation of representatives of Italian associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people's struggle for freedom and independence.