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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.

Chahid El Hafed, Oct 31, 2017 (SPS) - On October 31, it coincides with the 42nd Anniversary of the Moroccan Military Invasion of Western Sahara, which took place in 1975, the date of the beginning of the repression and the tragedy of the Saharawi people at the hands of the Kingdom of Morocco.
 

Brasilia, Oct 31, 2017 (SPS) - The Committee for the Independence of Western Sahara has been established in the State of Bahia, as announced today by the Frente POLISARIO representative in Brazil.
The event was preceded by a series of lectures at Universities and meetings of the Frente POLISARIO representative in Brazil Emboirik Ahmed with Social Movements and Trade Unions.

Victoria (Seychelles),  Oct 31,  2017 (SPS) – the Secretary General of the National Union for Sahrawi Women, Fatma Al-Mahdi, as Vice-President of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (ECOSOCC), has participated in a workshop to study ways of revitalizing  the Council, In order to be in the level of response required in the framework of the development battle of the continent and the level of aspirations of the peoples.

Kuneitra (Morocco), Oct 30, 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik group at the central prison of Kuneitra, Morocco, announced that they will initiate a 48-hour hunger strike starting from Wednesday.
According to a statement issued by the prisoners, the hunger strike is in protest against the ill-treatment they are subjected to by the prison administration and the false promises to improve their conditions, in addition to not providing the minimum living conditions in their cells.

Madrid, October 30, 2017 (SPS) - The Coordination of Solidarity Associations with the Sahara (CEAS-Sahara) called on Sunday for a demonstration in support of the Saharawi people, in Spanish capital Madrid on November 11.
In a statement, the Organization called for a demonstration in solidarity of the Saharawi people, to demand that the UN imposes on Morocco respect for international resolutions and human rights in occupied zones of Western Sahara, and speed up the organization of the referendum in which the Saharawi people can freely decide their own future.

London, Oct 29, 2017 (SPS) -The Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) on Saturday released a report in which it shed light on illegal exploration of oil for the second time by the US Company Kosmos Energy near Dakhla (Western Sahara).
Over the past 24 hours, WSRW has observed a resumed seabed exploration north of Dakhla, in the block operated by American oil company Kosmos Energy in collaboration with Scotland's Cairn Energy, WSRW said.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, Oct 29, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (RASD) will be present at the AU-EU Summit scheduled for the end of November in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and thus, after having received a invitation from the bureau of the President of the African Union just like the other member countries said Saturday, the Sahrawi minister of Information.

Brussels, Oct 28, 2017 (SPS) - The euro-deputies have denounced on Friday the Moroccan occupying authorities to deny them access to the city of Al-Ayun, in Western Sahara.
They were going to visit the occupied territories to inquire about the situation of human rights.
"Upset" by her expulsion from the city of Al-Ayun, President of the European Parliament’s Intergroup "peace for Western Sahara", Jytte Guteland said that the purpose of her visit to the occupied territories of Western Sahara is to observe on the spot the situation of the human rights.

Shaheed El-Hafed, Oct 28, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on Friday received a memorandum from the African Union Commission confirming the participation of all African states, without exception, in the 5th African Union-European Union Partnership Summit to be held Abidjan on November 29-30, Côte d'Ivoire, in accordance with the decision of the Executive Board (Council of Foreign Ministers) during its special meeting in Addis Ababa on October 16, indicated the Ministry of Information in a statement. 

Brussels,  Oct 27, 2017 (SPS) - A delegation of European parliamentarians was prevented Friday at Laayoune airport from getting off the plane by the Moroccan authorities of occupation, as it was preparing to head for the occupied territories of Western Sahara to enquire about the situation of human rights, said Sahrawi Minister Delegate for Europe Mohamed Sidati.
 

Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), Oct 27, 2017 (SPS) -  The representative of the people of Western Sahara, Frente POLISARIO said to be "determined" to defend the sovereign rights of Sahrawi people, following the adoption by the European Parliament of an Agreement on Civil Aviation, under negotiation between the European Union (EU) and Morocco covering the territory of Western Sahara.

Brussels, Oct 27, 2017 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation authorities have expelled a parliamentary delegation from the Europarlamentary Group for Western Sahara on Friday in visit to observe the situation of human rights in the Occupied Zones of Western Sahara.
 

Brussels, Belgium, Oct 27 2017 (SPS)-  A delegation of European parliamentarians of the Western Sahara Intergroup in the European Parliament traveled on Friday to the Occupied Zones of Western Sahara.
The delegation of five parliamentarians seeks to examine the human rights situation in the occupied part of Western Sahara and to meet with human rights organizations and representatives of Saharawi civil society in the territory.

Montevideo (Uruguay), Oct 27, 2017 (SPS) - The Catholic University of Uruguay organized a conference on the evolution of the Saharawi-Moroccan conflict on Wednesday, as well as a photographic exhibition on the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.

Kenitra (Morocco), Oct 27, 2017 (SPS) - Members of the group of Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik imprisoned in the Moroccan prison of Kenitra on Wednesday began a hunger strike of 48 hours in protest of the terrible conditions in which they are suffering.
Members of the group of Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik denounced, in a statement, "the inhumane conditions and threats they suffer inside the prison for their political convictions, which reject the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara."

New York (UN), Oct 26, 2017 (SPS) - Algeria’s Deputy Representative to the United Nations Mohammed Bessedik said that the UN news centre must be in harmony with the principles of objectivity, ethics and equality that govern the work of the UN organization.
He stressed the need to faithfully report the debates in its press releases.