March 2024

Geneva (Human Rights Council) March 06, 2024 (SPS) - Sahrawi human rights defender, Ms. Minatu Haidar, in her intervention on Monday, before the United Nations Human Rights Council at its 55th session, called for immediate international intervention to protect human rights in the occupied Western Sahara, expressing at the same time her regret over the election of the Moroccan occupying state as President of the Council.

Bir Lahlou (Sahrawi Republic), March 6, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, in which he drew his attention to what was reported by the Spanish media about the offer made by the Spanish Prime Minister during his recent visit to Rabat regarding the transfer of management of the airspace of Western Sahara to the Moroccan occupying state.

Shaheed Hafed, 5 March 2024 (SPS) - The Spanish newspaper “El Independiente” published an article by Sahrawi diplomat Alien Habib Kentaui, in which he addressed the dangers of so-called "autonomy" on the decolonization process.

Geneva, Switzerland, March 4, 2024 (WAS) - Algeria's Permanent Representative, Ambassador Rachid Beladhane, called on the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner to dispatch a fact-finding mission to the occupied territories and provide a detailed report to the Council on the documented violations there.

Awsard, March 4, 2024 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received on Sunday a delegation from the European Parliament, which led a working and solidarity visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps.

During the meeting held in wilaya of Awsard, the delegation was briefed on the developments of the Sahrawi issue, especially after Morocco's violation of the ceasefire agreement on November 13, 2020, and the region's return to war and direct confrontation with the Moroccan occupation on all fronts.

Geneva, 4 March 2024 (SPS) - The Geneva Group for Western Sahara has renewed its urgent call to the United Nations to establish an independent mechanism to monitor the human rights situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara. This comes in light of Morocco's unjustified and unacceptable refusal to allow technical missions from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) for the ninth consecutive year.

Geneva, 4 March 2024 (SPS) - During the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, South Africa once again called for the empowerment of the Sahrawi people in their right to self-determination, in order to end colonization and liberate Western Sahara, the last colony in the African continent.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), March 3, 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted positions of the occupation soldiers in the Rous Sebti area of the Mahbes sector, causing heavy losses in life and equipment.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), March 2, 2024 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted an enemy base of the occupation army in the Mahbes sector, causing heavy losses in lives and equipment.

A military communiqué issued today, Saturday, by the political commissariat of the SPLA, stated that as part of the liberation war waged by the Sahrawi fighters, detachments of our army carried out a concentrated bombardment targeting an enemy base of the occupation soldiers in the Laakad region of the Mahbes sector.

Shaheed El Hafed, March 2, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received Saturday  evening at the presidential headquarters the winners of the Sahara Marathon, in the presence of the Minister of Youth and Sports, Hassennitou Mohamed Achbal, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hamida El-Hafed, and Saleha El-Abd, the Ambassador and Director of Protocol at the Presidency.

Shaheed El-Hafed, March 2, 2024 (SPS) - The 20th edition of the Health Coordination and Consultation Table was held today at the headquarters of the Ministry of Public Health. The event was attended by partners in the health field.

Sydney (Australia), 2 March 2024 (SPS) -  The Australia Committee for Solidarity with the Sahrawi People organized a solidarity evening in Sydney, Australia, on March 2, 2024. The event featured speeches and documentary films about the suffering of the Sahrawi people under the Moroccan occupation.

Geneva, March 2, 2024 (SPS) - Sahrawi human rights activists and experts highlighted Friday the Moroccan policy of revenge against Sahrawi activists and political prisoners, amidst escalating tensions and the closure of the territory to international human rights organizations and the press.

Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 2 March 2024 (SPS) -  The Secretary-General of the Union of Sahrawi Journalists and Writers (UPES), Nafei Ahmed Mohammed, has affirmed that the Sahrawi people, despite the Moroccan occupation's harassments, have been able to convey their struggle thanks to the professionalism of Sahrawi journalists, media professionals, and a group of media freedom advocates around the world.