Bruxelles, Jan 17, 2019 (SPS) – The European Parliament vote during a plenary session held on Wednesday in Strasbourg, on the EU-Morocco agreement including the products from Western Sahara are an "act of utter treachery" which breaches the decisions of the European Court of Justice which ruled on the "distinct" and "separate" aspect of Western Sahara territory, said a diplomatic source in Brussels.
Strasbourg, Jan 16 2019 (SPS) - MEPs of the parliamentary group (Peace for Western Sahara) has urged the European Parliament to vote against the controversial EU-Morocco trade deal that includes Western Sahara We the undersigned Members of the European Parliament are deeply concerned over the controversial proposal to extend the EU-Morocco trade agreement to Western Sahara, a proposal which is to be voted on Wednesday 16th January.
Strasbourg, January 17, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente Polisario strongly condemns the illegal and shortsighted decision by the EU Parliament to extend the EU-Morocco trade deal to the occupied territories of Western Sahara. The vote taken today was upheld in an environment devoid of scrutiny and transparency.
Algiers, Jan 15, 2019 (SPS) - In a joint statement issued at the conclusion of a working visit to Algeria by the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation. Ms. Lindyou Sisulu, the two countries emphasized the need to end colonialism in Western Sahara and allow the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
The declaration emphasizes that Morocco, after its admission to the AU, is obliged to respect the principles and objectives enshrined in the Constitutive Act of the Union.
Bir Lahlou, January 14, 2019 (SPS) - Saharawi President Ibrahim Ghali said that the destruction of the last stockpile of mines owned by the Polisario Front was a proof of "its good intention" and compliance with its commitment to the Geneva Call Organization in November 2005.
In this regard, Ghali claimed that over 7 million mines were still buried all along the military wall built by Morocco (wall of shame) and cause huge damage to the Sahrawi civilians.
New York, January 14, 2019 (SPS) - The United Nations denied Morocco’s allegations regarding the ceasefire violations by the Polisario Front, stating that the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) has not recorded any incident which may constitute a violation to the terms of applicable agreements.
Brussels, January 13, 2018 (SPS) – Saharawis reaffirmed their firm rejection of the proposal to extend tariff preferences to products originating in occupied Western Sahara in the framework of the EU-Morocco association agreement, and expressed their "deep concern" regarding the discussions initiated in this direction within the European Commission
New York, January 12, 2019 (SPS) – Spokesperson for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, has refuted Morocco's allegations against the Polisario Front of violating the ceasefire in the Guerguerat region.
Addis Ababa, Jan 09, 2019 (SPS) - The second meeting of the Technical Committee on Trade, Industry and Mining continued for the third consecutive day at the headquarters of the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The 2rd meeting of the committee deals with the major issues related to the work of the committee, especially the AU strategy on raw materials and the strategy of the Union to facilitate intra-trade and enhance the role of small and medium enterprises in enhancing the economies of African countries.
Occupied Aaiun , Jan 09, 2019 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation forces, with their various police apparatuses , have violently cracked down Sahrawi demonstrators, most of whom were Sahrawi unemployed cadres who went out to peacefully demonstrate in the occupied towns of Aaiun and Smara leaving casualties.
The Moroccan occupying forces have brutally intervened in the Occupied Cities of Western Sahara , Aaiun and Samra to disperse a sit-in held by group of Sahrawi unemployed young requesting their legitimate rights in their natural resources. SPS
Ait Melloul (Morocco), Jan 09, 2019 (SPS) - The prison administration repeatedly prevented the visit to Sidahmed Lemjeyid, a Saharawi political prisoner, currently detained in the Moroccan prison of Ait Melloul 2, according to information received from the family.
The administration of the local Ait Melloul prison denied the right of family visit to the Saharawi political prisoner of the Gdeim Izik Group on Monday, January 7, 2019.
Washington, Jan 09, 2019 (SPS) - The House of Representatives of the United States approved a bill that excludes Western Sahara from financial aid for the year 2019 destined for Morocco in the budget of public expenditure, unlike In recent years, particularly in 2018, an American position confirms that Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara.
The bill establishes that aid to Western Sahara is completely separate from that directed to Morocco, and clearly refers to Western Sahara as a political entity distinct from that of Morocco. "
Strasbourg, Jan 09, 2019 (SPS) - The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, said on Friday, January 5 at a hearing in the European Parliament, that the European Union It closely follows the situation of the Saharawi prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group who are being held in Moroccan prisons.
Bouzakarn (Morocco), Jan 08 2019 (SPS) - The Association for the Protection of Sahrawi Prisoners in Moroccan Prisons expressed its deep concern over the grave and inhumane situation of the Sahrawi political prisoner Mohamed Tahlil.
The Association highlighted that the Sahrawi political detainee, a member of the Gdeim Izik group Mohamed Tahlil jailed in solitary confinement in the southern Moroccan prison of Bouzkarn, is still isolated from the outside world and deprived of the most basic rights despite his "deteriorating health" status.
Mheiriz (Liberated Territories), Jan 08, 2019 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali oversaw, on Sunday, the beginning of the activities of the twentieth Fourth military competition Martyr El-Wali of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the Mheiriz region in the liberated territories.
Strasbourg, January 6, 2019 (SPS) - The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said that EU follows closely the situation of the Sahrawi prisoners of Gdeim Ezik group in the Moroccan prisons, underlining that EU expresses regularly its “concerns about the suspected cases of ill treatment and the impunity from which suffered these detainees.
Amhereez (Liberated Territories), January 6, 2019 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Brahim Ghali, has inspected the units participating in a military drill and the 24th edition of Martyr Al-Wali military contest.
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camp), Jan 04, 2018 (SPS) - The president of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Ghali, said Western Sahara cause has achieved remarkable progress by opening promising prospects for further victories and achievements, adding that 2019 will be marked by many challenges Western Sahara people can meet under the leadership of Sharawi people's liberation army .
Chahid El Hafed, Jan 03, 2019 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, emphasized Thursday, the national issue has took major steps forward and giant strides, prospecting for more gains which require more struggle and steadfastness, pointing out that the year 2019 is expected to be marked by many challenges, at all levels in the closing ceremony of the third expanded meeting of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army staff held under the name of Martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz .
Occupied Aaiun, Jan 02, 2018 (SPS) - The Moroccan Police has expelled two Spanish citizens from the territory of Western Sahara, one of the two affected, Irati Tobar, explained by telephone from Agadir, according to Spanish daily information 20 minutos.es
The expulsion took place on December 31 in a house of a Saharawi family in El Aaiún, and told them to pick up their luggage and leave the territory.