November 2017

Dili (East Timor), 11/07/2017 (SPS) - The Prime Minister of East Timor, Dr Mari Alkatiri, reiterated during his reception of the RASD ambassador in East Timor, Mohamed Salama Badi, that his country will no spare effort in terms of defending the struggle of the Saharawi people.
The meeting, which was "very cordial", has been used by the head of the Asian government to reaffirm "the firm conviction of East Timor regarding the just Saharawi cause", as well as "his personal commitment to redouble the support in all the fronts ".

Algiers, Nov 07, 2017 (SPS) -  Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia has held discussions, Tuesday in Algiers, with the Secretary General of Polisario Front and President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Brahim Ghali, who is on a visit to Algiers, said the Prime Minister Office in a statement.
The discussions, attended by Foreign Minister Abdelkader Messahel, are part of the regular Algerian-Sahrawi consultations, added the statement.

Boujdour (Saharawi refugee camps), Nov 07, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has Monday overseen the closing of the 11th edition of the International Art Festival in Western Sahara (ARTifariti),
The event was attended by several foreign and Saharawi artists from several countries of the world as well as members of the National Secretariat of the Frente POLISARIO, the SADR government, members of the NSC and officials of the Ministry of Culture

Chahid El Hafed, Nov 07, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has received a delegation from Spain at night, which is undertaking a visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and to the SADR institutions.
Brahim Gali, conveyed to the delegation composed of multiple mayors, the gratitude of the Saharawi people for their solidarity and firm commitment to our struggle for freedom and independence.

Tifariti (Western Sahara), Nov 07, 2017 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO has destroyed before international representatives 2,500 anti-personnel and antitank mines, collected in the liberated territories of Western Sahara, especially along the Moroccan wall of 2700 kilometers that divides the territory
The destruction, which took place on November 4, in Tifariti, a town located in the territories under POLISARIO control and which was bombed by Morocco on the same day as the ceasefire was signed on September 6, 1991, after sixteen years of war

Tifariti (Liberated Territories), Nov 6, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Criminal Court has issued sentences of 15 to 17 years and eight months in prison against 19 Moroccans, accused of transporting drugs into the SADR territories, said the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs in a statement.
The trial was conducted under good conditions in accordance with the legal guarantees and the indispensable conditions for the success of this trial held for the first time in the liberated territories of the SADR, according to the statement.

Boujdour (Refugee Camps), Nove 6, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario front, Brahim Ghali, on Monday oversaw the closing of the 11th Edition of International Art Festival in Western Sahara (ARTifariti) under the theme "Thinking And Creating ... Forward, " in the presence  the participating of international and national artists. 

Boujdour (Sahrawi refugee camps), Nov 5, 2017 (SPS) - The 12th International Conference of Interfaith Dialogue for Peace was launched Saturday in the Wilaya of Boujdour, Sahrawi refugee camps, under the theme "Roads to Al-Jannah (Paradise) in Divine Religions."

La Paz (Bolivia), Nov 4, 2017 (SPS) - Bolivian social and human rights organizations has planned to redouble their efforts to defend the Sahrawi just cause, affirmed human rights activist and president of the Ecuadorian Association for Friendship with the Saharawi People in the Bolivian city of La Paz, Mr. Pablo de la Vega.

New York, Oct 3, 2017 (SPS) - Algeria reiterated in New York its traditional positions and support to the right of peoples under colonial domination to self-determination, including the Sahrawi people.
In its speech to the Committee of the General Assembly on Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues, the Algerian delegation said that the self-determination principle is provided for by the UN Charter and reaffirmed in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

According to information provided by her family, the Moroccan Occupation Authorities are not going to investigate the death of Minatu Ahl Shikh, a young woman who was murdered in Occupied Dakhla during the night of Saturday 14th October 2017. Her family and other witnesses have explained that    Minatu Ahl Shikh went missing that evening having left home to buy a few things in a shop local to their house. When she didn’t return, her family began looking for her, first of all at the houses of other relatives.

Sao Paolo (Brazil), Nov 3, 2017 (SPS) – The World Peace Council strongly condemned the expulsion of several MEPs from Morocco-occupied Western Sahara as they were preparing to go to the occupied territories to inquire about the human rights situation, claiming that the kingdom's attempt to prevent access to the occupied Sahrawi territories "will not succeed".
"We reject in the strongest terms the Moroccan authorities’ decision to expel MEPs on Friday, denying them access to Western Sahara," said World Peace Council in a statement.

Aaiun (Occupied Territories), 02/11/2017 (SPS) - The Coordination of the Unemployed Saharawi, condemned the brutal repression suffered by the peaceful sit-in of the unemployed, on Wednesday, on the coast of El Aaiun, Fem El Ouad.
The sit-in led by the Sahrawi against a cement factory was brutally repressed by the Moroccan police forces.

Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), Nov 02, 2017 (SPS) - the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, congratulated his Panamanian counterpart Mr. Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez on the occasion of 114 anniversary of the independence of Panama.

Sao Paolo (Brazil), Nov 02, 2017 (SPS) - the World Peace Council, condemned on Tuesday, via a communiqué, the expulsion of several MEPs from occupied Western Sahara by Morocco.

Castilla y León (Spain), Nov 02, 2017 (SPS) - The majority Spanish trade unions, Workers' Commissions and General Union of Workers, in Castilla y León, reaffirmed, in a meeting with the delegate of the Polisario Front, their solidarity and support to the struggle of the Saharawi people for freedom and independence.

Chahid El Hafed, Nov 01, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab and Democratic Republic (SADR) Brahim Gali has received an official invitation from the African Union (AU) Commissioner Moussa Faki Mahamat to participate in the 5th African Union-European Union Summit (AU-EU), planned in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) on 29 - 30 November 2017, Sahrawi media said Wednesday.
 
Moussa Faki also sent invitations to the 55 member countries of the African Union.

Chahid El Hafed, Nov 01, 2017 (SPS) - The Ministry of the Occupied Terrirories and the Saharawi Diaspora condemned on Tuesday, through a statement, the expulsion of several members of the United Left, from the occupied El Aaiun.