July 2017

Havana, July 16, 2017 (SPS) – President of the National Council, Khatri Addouh, received on Saturday by his Cuban counterpart Esteban Lazo Hernández, accompanied by the leadership of the Cuban Parliament and members of the Cuban Parliamentary Committee for Solidarity with the Sahrawi Republic.
The Cuban parliament had unanimously approved, on Friday, the establishment of a Cuban parliamentary committee to defend the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence and to promote bilateral relations between the Saharawi and Cuban peoples.

Algiers, 16 July 2017 (SPS) - Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmajid Tebboune  has reaffirmed the firm position of the Algerian government in support of the just cause of the Saharawi people.
The Algerian Prime Minister expressed in a letter to his Sahrawi counterpart, Abdelkader Taleb-Omar, his gratitude for the congratulatory message he received from the latter following his appointment. 

Brussels, July 15, 2017 (SPS) - The Intergroup on Western Sahara in the European Parliament on Saturday expressed its solidarity with Saharawi students held in Oudaya, sentenced to heavy prison terms, urging the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini to take action to ensure that their rights are respected and the sentences pronounced against them "annulled".

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, July 15, 2017 (SPS) - President of Cabildo of Gran Canaria, Antonio Morales, has estimated that the Moroccan decree, which delimits its maritime border off the Canaries and incorporates Western Sahara to its territorial waters "distorts international agreements".

Lima, Peru, July 15, 2017 (SPS) - The Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi Republic has welcomed Khadijetu Mokhtar, Saharawi Ambassador with the Special Mission to Peru.
The event was attended by journalists, intellectuals, national and foreign diplomats and congressmen, who expressed solidarity with the Sahrawi people and condemned Morocco's violations of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The participants pledged to initiate actions so that the government of Peru restores diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Republic.

Paris, July 14, 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group, detained at Salé prison (Morocco), have called for restoring their rights and freedom before the long-awaited verdict of the Rabat court of appeal, which postponed the sixth and final phase of the trial to 18 July.

Bir Lehlu, July 14, 2017 (SPS)  - The government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (the SADR) and the Saharawi national liberation movement, the Polisario Front, has welcomed an announcement today that there would be no further defence of a case by Morocco’s state company OCP SA over a cargo of phosphate mineral rock detained under court order in South Africa.

Chahid El Hafidh (Refugee camps), July 13 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Brahim Gali denounced Tuesday the iniquitous sentences against a group of Sahrawi students as well as the malicious intention to impose severe penalties on the prisoners of Gdeim Izik, adding the Sahrawi cause is on the right track towards the unity of the Sahrawi people.

Paris, July 13 2017 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO in France, Ubbi Buchraya, considered that the Moroccan bill, approved on 6 July, which includes the Saharawi maritime territory in Morocco, is a step in the vacuum and without legal sense "stating that it is a reflection of" the spontaneity of the occupying state in the management of its colonial presence in Western Sahara, which is a fact repudiated by the whole world. "

Naples, Italy, July 12, 2017 (SPS) - The mayor of the Italian city of Naples and the Speaker of his local parliament reiterated Tuesday, in a joint act at the city hall, his unconditional support for the struggle of the Saharawi people for their self-determination and independence.
The event organized to welcome the Saharawi children of the Vocation in Peace program was attended by the local authorities of the Naples region, headed by the mayor of the city and the Speaker of his parliament.

Bilbao, July 12, 2017 (SPS) – the Sahrawi Abroad Community in The Basque city of Bilbao has Tuesday organized sit-in in support for Saharawi political prisoners before the Moroccan consulate in that said city.
The solidarity sit-in witnessed the participation of associations, trade unions, political parties, Saharawi children from the Vocation in Peace Program and the Saharawi community in the city has condemned the harsh sentences of the Sahrawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group and their miserable situation in prisons Moroccans.

Chahid El  Hafed, July 12, 2017 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers warned on Tuesday about the danger of the spread of the Moroccan drug and its consequence in the region.
Morocco is according to the Council of Ministers, the largest producer and exporter of cannabis in the world and does not hesitate to use it in a dirty war to encourage organized crime gangs and terrorist groups, thus; threaten peace and stability in the region and the world.
 

Rabat, July 12, 2017. (SPS) - The trial of the Saharawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group has been postponed Tuesday to July 18 for the sixth consecutive time, media reported.
The sixth and final phase of the trial of the twenty-four Saharawi political prisoners started in the morning at the Criminal Chamber attached to annexe of the Court of Appeal in Sale (Morocco).

Agadir (Morocco), July 11, 2017 (SPS) – Sahrawi students at the Moroccan university site "Agadir" organized a march,  largest of its kind in five years. It included more than 140 Sahrawi students who gathered on Sunday evening in the university district, according to a media source from the occupied territories.

Bir-Lehlu, July 10, 2017 (SPS) -  President of Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message to President of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of South Sudan Independence Day.
“On behalf of the Saharawi People and on my own behalf, I extend sincere congratulations on your 6th anniversary South Sudan Independence Day. I wish you and the people of South Sudan happiness, continued success and prosperity,” said the President of the Republic.

Algiers, July 10, 2017 (SPS) - Saharawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Essalek hailed the decision taken by the African Union (AU) to revive African mechanisms aiming to help resolve the conflict between Morocco and the Saharawi Republic, stressing that the recent positions of the organization taken last week during the summit in Addis Ababa were "judicious and logical.
He advocated the respect of the legitimate rights of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence.

Bir-Lehlu, July 10, 2017 (SPS) -  President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has affirmed that the unfair rulings issued by the Moroccan court against the Sahrawi students, known as the students group, were in retaliation of their political positions for the rights of the Sahrawi people.

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 10, 2017 (SPS) - The Republic of Cuba has awarded the opportunity to study at the university to the 2017 baccalaureate students of national school Simon Bolivar in Sahrawi refugee camps.
“This step comes as a fruitful result following the visit of the President of the Republic Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, to the friendly Republic of Cuba in order to expand cooperation between the two countries in the field of education,” indicated the Ministry of Education in a statement.

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 10, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, supervised Sunday the conclusion of the training days for the heads of municipalities in the liberated zones of Western Sahara, which were organized by the Ministry of Reconstruction and Development, July 4-9, under the theme "model municipalities are symbols of national sovereignty".

Shaheed El-Hafed, July 9, 2017 (SPS) -  Swedish delegation of World Education started Saturday a visit in Sahrawi refugee camps that will last for 10 days.
The delegation will visit the wilayas and institutions of the Sahrawi Republic and meet with members of National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and SADR government, in order to find out about the situation of the Sahrawi refugees to raise awareness about their plight.