ُEl-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), 17 November 2019 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation authorities arrested on Friday morning , in the occupied city of El-Aaiun, Sahrawi activist and human rights defender, Mahfuda Bamba Lafkir, while she was attending the trial of two young Sahrawis.
This arrest comes in retaliation for its positions on the just cause of the Sahrawi people and their right to self-determination and independence.
Pamplona (Navarra), Nov 13, 2019 (SPS) - The delegate and the Saharawi subdelegate in Navarra, respectively Lehbib Breika Abderrahman and Mohamed Gailani, have held a working meeting with the Minister of Migration and Justice of the Government of Navarra, Eduardo Santos, to lay the foundations for the collaboration between the delegation and the Autonomous Government regarding the process of inclusion of the Saharawi diaspora resident in Navarra.
Gaborone (Botswana) 12 November 2019 (SPS)- The Saharawi Minister for External Relations, Mr. Mohamed Salem Uld Salek, congratulated his Batswana counterpart, Mrs. Unity Dow, for her appointment last week by President Mokgweetsi Masisi, as head of the country’s diplomacy.
Shaheed El-Hafed, 11 November 2019 (SPS) - The International Campaign against the Moroccan Wall built in Western Sahara, "Together to remove the wall," called upon the international community to pressure on the Moroccan occupier to remove this wall of humiliation and shame, dubbing it a crime against humanity that all just and peace-loving peoples must condemn and campaign to remove their barrier of separation.
Brussels (Belgium), 11 November 2019 (SPS) - The participants in the meeting of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) have endorsed a resolution on the issue of decolonization of Western Sahara, condemning the gross and massive violations of human rights against Sahrawi civilians in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, escalation of aggression and systematic repression against peaceful demonstrations, arbitrary detention campaigns, racial and degrading treatment against Sahrawi political prisoners and their deportation to Morocco cities away from
Port of Gulluk (Turkey) 10 November 2019 (SPS)- Western Sahara Resource Watch (SWRW) denounced on November 6 Turkish company, Gümüşdoğa, implication of illegal imports of occupied Western Sahara’s fisheries products.
WSRW indicated in a news story on its website that “Turkey has become the leading importer of fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. The aquaculture company Gümüşdoğa turns the meal into valuable fisheries products for the European market.”
Aaiun (Occupied Territories), 9 November 2019 (SPS) - The Association of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) on Saturday condemned the crimes committed by Morocco against the Sahrawis in the occupied cities of Western Sahara, calling for the establishment of a UN monitoring of human rights.
Shaheed El-Hafed, 9 November 2019 (SPS) - MINURSO's Sahrawi Coordinator, M'hamad Khedad, said that the United Nations Security Council resolution constitute a reference for the respect of Sahrawi people right to self-determination, particularly the last resolution 2494, stressing that Morocco's King statements, claiming sovereignty over Western Sahara, reflect the critical situation in Morocco.
Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republic) 07 November 2019 (SPS)- The Government of the Saharawi Republic affirmed, in a Press Release issued by the Ministry of Information, in response to Moroccan King’s Speech he gave yesterday on the occasion of the Moroccan Military invasion of Western Sahara in 1975, that Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara and that the Saharawi people will continue their struggle for freedom and independence.
Here is the full text of the Press Release:
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Nov 6, 2019 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation headed by the member of the National Secretariat and Saharawi ambassador to Algeria, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar was received yesterday by the president of the Algerian National Human Rights Council (CNDH) Mr. Bouzid Lazhari.
Castilla y León, Nov 5, 2019 (SPS) - The Saharawi delegate to Castilla y León, Mohamed Labat Mustafa held an important meeting with members of the Parliamentary Intergroup "Paz y Freedom for the Sahara. "
In the meeting, representatives of the different Castilian-Leon political forces participated: Miguel Ángel García Nieto, deputy spokesman of the Popular Party; Luis Fernández Bayón, of the PSOE; Marta Sanz Gilmartín, from Ciudadanos and Laura Domínguez Aria, from the Mixed Group (Podemos, VOX, the Union of the Leonés people, By Ávila).
Bir Lehlu, Nov, 05 2019 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Mohamed Salem Uld Salek, said last Sunday that the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) "It must enjoy all its powers, stating that" the Frente POLISARIO will not tolerate any attempt to change its main mission, which is to hold a referendum on self-determination, "the Ministry said in a statement released.
New York (United Nations) 04 November 2019 (SPS)- The official Press Agency of the People's Republic of China, Xinhua, indicated that Chinese UN envoy called on Wednesday 30th October on the members of the Security Council to hold thorough consultation on future mandate renewals of the UN mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
Algiers, 4 October 2019 (SPS) - The UN Security Council’s latest resolution on MINURSO mandate has been “disappointing and below the expected level,” said Sunday the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algiers and member of the Polisario Front General Secretariat, Abdelkader Taleb Omar.
It marks deterioration in the recently achieved momentum (in Western Sahara issue), he said.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 4 October 2019 (SPS) - Foreign Minister of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mohamed Salem Ould Salek said that the United Nations Mission for the Holding of a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) “must enjoy all its prerogatives and not to be subject to the influence or any control of the colonial administration,” affirming that “the Polisario Front will not tolerate any attempt to change its mission, consisting in organizing a referendum on self-determination.”
New York (United Nations) 03 November 2019 (SPS)- The Permanent Representative of South Africa to the UN, Ambassador Jerry Matjila, presented the Explanation of vote of his country, which abstained from voting UN Security Council’s resolution 2494 adopted on October 30, consider the text “unbalanced” and the terminology used incorrect and misleading.
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), 2 November 2019 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Ghali on Thursday said that the Sahrawi people have proudly learned the lessons of resistance and sacrifice from the Algerian people and the 1st November Revolution until the achievement of their legitimate objectives.
Bir Lehlou, 2 November 2019 (SPS) -The Polisario Front said that the UN peace process in Western Sahara was "at a critical stage," on the verge of "collapse," noting that it had no choice but to reconsider its commitment to this process.
Reacting immediately after Wednesday's vote on the resolution extending the mandate of the Minurso for one year, the Polisario Front said that the text contained no "concrete action to advance the UN peace process," referring to "an unfortunate and unacceptable return to the status quo in Western Sahara."
BIR LEHLOU (Sahrawi Republic) 01 November 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Uld Salek, made a statement to the Sahrawi Press Service (SPS) in reaction to the UN Security Council’s Resolution 2494 adopted last October 30th on Western Sahara.