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February 2021

Sahrawi activist Soltana Khaya more than ever committed to struggle

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Brussels, Feb 15, 2021 (SPS) -  -The Sahrawi human rights activist Soltana Sid Ibrahim Khaya, seriously injured in the face and eye following a barbaric attack by the Moroccan police, is more than ever willing to continue the struggle, said Sundaye member of the National Secretariat of the frente POLISARIO in charge of Europe and the European Union (EU) Oubi Bouchraya Bashir.

President Brahim Gali congratulates his Algerian counterpart on his return to his country

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Bir Lahlou, Feb 14, 2021 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali congratulated his Algerian counterpart Abdelmadjid Tebboune on his return to Algeria, after a period of treatment and a full recovery in Germany where he underwent a successful surgery on his right foot following coronavirus -related complications.SPS
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Occupied Zones situation is unsustainable and serious (Aminetu Haidar)

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Occupied El Aaiún, Feb14, 2021- Well-known  Saharawi HR activist Aminetu Haidar has slammed Saturday the aggression against Sultana Khaya perpetrated by the Moroccan occupation forces in the occupied city of Bojador.
"I strongly denounce the fierce repression of the Moroccan occupation forces, of which Sultana Khaya, a member of ISACOM (Saharawi Instance Against the Moroccan Occupation), has been the victim in occupied Bojador," Haidar tweeted.

Deutsche Welle sheds light on illegal looting of Sahrawi people natural resouces

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Berlin, Feb 13, 2021 (SPS) - The German channel "Deutsche Welle" highlighted the systematic and illegal plundering of fish by the Moroccan occupation through the occupied port of Dakhla, the far south of Western Sahara.
The famous German channel revealed that Morocco "produces 65 percent of its fish wealth in the occupied port of Dakhla, which is one of the most famous octopus fishing ports in Africa and the world,".

Brutal Moroccan aggression against Sahrawi activists Sultana Khaya and Elwaara Khaya

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Occupied Bojador, Feb 13, 2021 (SPS) - Members of the Moroccan repressive apparatuses have brutally attacked the Saharawi activist Sultana Khaya and her sister Elwaara Khaya at their home in the busy town of Bojador.
Sources from the occupied city report that Moroccan agents Hakim Amern and his deputy, Mohamed Madi, cruelly beat the activist for her peaceful protests and rejection of the Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara.

Call to end to harassment of activist Mahfouda Bamba Lefkir

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Paris, Feb 13, 2021 (SPS) - The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partner of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIHD), urged the Moroccan occupier to "guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Sahrawi activist Mahfouda Bamba Lefkir, her family, and all human rights defenders in Western Sahara, and to put an end to all forms of harassment, including at the judicial level, and any act of intimidation.

SADR will sue Morocco before AU Court of Justice for crimes against humanity

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Chahidel Hafed, Feb 13, 2021 (SPS) - The head of the Political Organization of the Frente POLISARIO said that the Saharawi Republic intends to file a lawsuit against Morocco before the AU Court of Justice for crimes against humanity
Jatri Adduh goes on saying, while replying to national media at the Sahara Hora Forum, that the legal proceedings against the Moroccan occupier for his crimes committed in Western Sahara and his looting of Sahrawi natural resources are among the measures initiated by SADR.SPS
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ISACOM condemns arbitrary detention of Sahrawi civilians in Occupied Zones

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Occupied El-Aaiún , Feb 13, 2022 (SPS) -. The Sahrawi Instance against the Moroccan Occupation condemned the arbitrary detention of Sahrawi civilians in the Occupied Zones of Western Sahara.
 The Saharawi entity reported this Friday in a statement that the Moroccan occupation forces had detained Gali Buha-la and Nafee Butasufra, Thursday, February 11. The houses of the families of the two militants were raided and their members attacked, beaten and some had their phones confiscated.

German company Continental ends its illegal activities in Occupied Western Sahara

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Berlin, Feb 12, 2021 (SPS) - The contract between Continental's subsidiary ContiTech and OCP, Morocco's state-owned phosphate company that illegally exploits the phosphate reserves of Bou Craa in occupied Western Sahara, has not been renewed. This was clarified by Continental to Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) in a correspondence this week.

FP Political Secretariat: AU reaffirms SADR sovereignty over its national soil

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Chahid El Hafed, Feb 10, 2021 (SPS) - The head of the Political Secretariat of Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Jatri Adduh said that the African Union has reaffirmed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic´s sovereignty over its entire national territory, represent a significant gain for the struggle of the Sahrawi people towards its independence and freedom.

SPLA units carry out new attacks against Moroccan occupation army positions

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Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic), Feb 10, 2021 (SPS) - Units of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) conducted further attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation army along the Wall of Shame, according to War Report No. 91 issued by the Ministry of National Defense
- Intense bombardment against the occupation forces positioned in the Gararat Alfirsik region, Mahbes sector.
- Concentrated bombardments against enemy forces entrenched in the Adeim Um Ajlud region, Auserd sector.

Algerian Future Front Parliamentary Bloc reaffirms its back to Sahrawi people rights

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Algeria, Feb 10, 2021 (SPS) - The head of the Parliamentary Bloc of the Future Front in the Algerian National People's Assembly, Mr. Hajj Belghouti, reaffirmed Tuesday that his bloc members full support to the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination.
 Hajj Belghouti added, in a speech he addressed during the visit of Sahrawi students studying in Algeria, organized by his Parliamentary Group, he reaffirmed his party firm positions to the Sahrawi issue.

34th AU Summit: Double victory for SADR, dismal failure for Morocco

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Bir Lehlu (Sahrawi Republic)  Feb 10, 2021 (SPS) -- The 34th African Union Summit, held on February 6-7, was a double victory for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), whose  territorial sovereignty was reaffirmed by the Pan-African organization, the Sahrawi ministry of Foreign Affairs said, adding that for Morocco, however, the continental event was a resounding failure as shown by its attempts to escape their commitments towards the AU.

WFDY denounces young Saharawi Mohamed Salem Ismael Lefkir Fahim murder

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Budapest (Hungary), Feb 09, 2021 (SPS) - The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) denounced the murder of the young Saharawi Mohamed Salem Isamel Lefkir Fahim, whose body was found by the family in hiding by the Moroccan occupation authorities for more than two weeks in the morgue of the hospital in the occupied city of El Aaiún, in Western Sahara.

SPLA continues its attacks Moroccan occupation army positions

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Bir Lehlu (Saharawi Republic), Feb 09, 2021 (SPS) - The attacks of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continued against the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces along the Wall of Shame for the third consecutive month.
According to War Report No. 90 issued by the Ministry of National Defense, yesterday, Monday, February 8, 2021, units of our army carried out the following actions against the enemy:
- Heavy bombardment against enemy positions in the Azamul Um Jamla region, Um Dreiga sector.

A Sahrawi political prisoner on hunger strike suffers medical negligence

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El Aaiún (Occupied Zones), Feb 09, 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi political prisoner Mohamed Lamín Abidín Haddi continues to suffer the deliberate medical negligence of the Moroccan prison authorities of the local Tifilt 2 prison and threats of danger to his life, after Twenty-seven days of hunger strike, according to sources from the League for the Protection of Sahrawi Prisoners in Moroccan Prisons.

SPLA Units attack the occupation army in full Moroccan territory

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Bir Lehlu (Liberated Zones), Feb 09, 2021 (SPS) - Special units of the Saharawi National Liberation Army have carried out a successful operation against the guard post of the 2nd Battalion of the 9th Armored Division of the Royal Armed Forces of Morocco where weapons, equipment and personal documents were seized, according to war report No. 89 issued by the Ministry of National Defense