Dublin (Ireland), 23 November 2020 (SPS) - Youth wing of the Irish political party Sinn Féin (ÓSF) strongly condemned the military attack conducted by Moroccan forces in the Saharawi buffer zone of Guergerat, with aim to crack down on peaceful civilians, who were peacefully protesting against the illegal breach in the region.
Rome, 23 November 2020 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Gali, said that Morocco has declared war on the Saharawi people after its military offensive attack on civilians in Guergerat, confirming that the Saharawi People’s Liberation Army is firmly responding in self-defense.
Helsinki, 23 November 2020 (SPS) - The Communist Party of Finland (SKP) has expressed support to the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination, informed Polisario Front’s office in Finland.
The Party called for the need to end Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara, and to stop the grave violations of human rights perpetuated against Saharawi civilians. (SPS)
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Nouakshott (Mauritania), 23 November 2020 (SPS) - Mauritania has expressed reservations about the second sand wall built by Morocco too close to the border of El Guerguerat, online newspaper Zahraa Chankit reported Sunday, stressing Nouakshott's "dissatisfaction" with such a territorial expansion.
Rome (Italy), 23 November 2020 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Brahim Ghali said Morocco "assumes full responsibility" for the outcome of the situation in the region after it had declared, on November 13, war on Sahrawi people and the military aggression on the civilian protesters near the illegal breach of El-Guerguerat, in the southwest of Western Sahara.
Havana, 23 November 2020 (SPS) - Cuba reaffirmed its support to reach a solution in Western Sahara that guarantees the Sahrawi people’s self-determination, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Saturday in a statement.
The statement, taken up by the press news agency Prenda Latina, expresses Cuba “concern” about the events which occurred in Western Sahara in the last few days following the Moroccan military aggression in El-Guerguerat.
Shaheed Al-Hafed (Sahrawi Republic), 22 November 2020 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Mine Action Coordination Office (SMACO) has confirmed that the Moroccan occupation army had planted thousands of Anti-personal and anti-tank landmines around a 3 km long newly built berm in the Guergarat area in the southwest of Western Sahara.
Rome, 22 November 2020 (SPS) - The Italian Network for Peace and Disarmament urged the international community to hold Morocco accountable for militarily intervening against the Saharawi civilians, warning that any failure to sort out Western Sahara conflict “would lead to more suffering, violence and instability in the Maghreb region.
Shaheed Al-Hafed, (Sahrawi Republic), 22 November 2020 (SPS) -The head of the Defense and Security Committee of the Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the Minister of Security and Documentation, Mr. Abdallahi Lahbib El-Ballal, confirmed that the Sahrawi army has achieved great victories and caused "human and equipment losses among the Moroccan occupation forces" in response to the brutal military aggression against Sahrawi civilians in the illegal Guerguerat breach.
Algiers, 22/11/2020 (SPS) – Several Algerian Civil Society Organizations (SCO) have expressed their unwavering support and solidarity with the Saharawi people’s legitimate struggle.
Occupied El Aaiun (Saharawi Republic) 22 November 2020 (SPS)- The Saharawi Organ against the Moroccan Occupation (ISACOM) denounced Moroccan authorities’ escalation of repression against Saharawi civilians in the occupied zones of the Saharawi Republic, calling on the international community to protect them under the Geneva 4th Convention, in a press release issued yesterday.
Oslo, 22 November 2020 (SPS) - Chairperson of the Norwegian Workers’ Youth League, Astrid Willa Eide Hoem, invited following her election the new leadership of the organization to intensify efforts and action to contribute to ending Morocco’s illegal occupation of Western Sahara, calling for freedom and independence of the Saharawi people.
New York, 22 November 2020 (SPS) - The Permanent Mission of Timor-Leste to the United Nations has reaffirmed that the referendum on self-determination remains “crucial” as a mechanism guaranteeing “a just, free and democratic process” for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
Shaheed Al-Hafed, (Sahrawi Republic), 21 November 2020 (SPS) -The Spokesperson of the Saharawi Government, Mr. Hamada Selma, on Friday said that just and lasting peace depends upon Morocco’s withdrawal from the territory of the Saharawi republic, and the respect for the internationally-recognized borders.
Reacting to statements by the spokesperson of the Moroccan occupying government, Mr. Selma reaffirmed SADR’s will to continue to use its right of self-defense in accordance with the provisions of the AU Constitutive Law.
Maputo (Mozambique), 21 November 2020 (SPS) - The World March of Women has expressed its solidarity with the Saharawi people, stressing that this people has every right to defend themselves and to fight against the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.
“We manifest our solidarity with the Sahrawi people: this land is their land and, for that, they have the right to defend themselves and fight against the Moroccan occupation in their territory,” the World March of Women said in a statement published on its official website.
London, 21 November 2020 (SPS) – The United Kingdom Ministry for Middle East & North Africa has called Thursday for the ‘’return to the UN-led political process as soon as possible, in order to reach a long-term political solution for the people of Western Sahara’’
Minister for Middle East & North Africa in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, James Cleverly tweeted saying ‘’ We are closely monitoring the situation in Guerguerat, Western Sahara.
‘’I urge all parties to avoid further escalation’’ He added.
Gaborone (Botswana), 21 November 2020 (SPS) - Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) called on the United Nation and African Union to assume responsibility on putting pressure to withdraw to its internationally-recognized borders and respect its neighbours, to ensure peace, security and stability in the region, the continent and the entire world.
BFTU urged Morocco “to withdraw to its internationally recognized boundaries per international law and respect its neighbours for the sake of peace and security in the region, Africa and the world.”
Bir-Lahlou (SADR Liberated Territories), 21 November 2020 (SPS) - The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) units continued intense attacks on various positions of the Moroccan occupation forces along the Wall of Humiliation and Shame, where the enemy's sites came under direct shelling by weapons of the SPLA fighters, according to the Military communiqué No. 08 of the National Ministry of Defense.
Pretoria, 21 November 2020 (SPS) - The coalition of the major political parties in South Africa on Friday staged a demonstration outside the Moroccan embassy in Pretoria to denounce Morocco’s violation of the ceasefire agreement in Western Sahara.
In a statement issued on the occasion, the South African political forces expressed support to the right for freedom and independence of the Saharawi people.
The statement urged the international community to put an end to the suffering of the Saharawi people.
Copenhagen Nov 20, 2020 (SPS) - Protesters representing Danish NGOs Global Aktion and Frit Vestsahara have Tuesday organized a demonstration to denounce the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara and the Moroccan violation of the ceasefire agreement signed by the parties to the conflict Frente POLISARIO and the Kingdom of Morocco.