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Thousands of demonstrators in Madrid in favor of a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara

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Madrid, Nov 12, 2017 (SPS) -  Thousand of  people representing Spanish solidarity associations with the Saharawi people and members of the Saharawi community living in Spain demonstrated Saturday in Madrid to demand the holding of a referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara as soon as possible.
The protesters waved Sahrawi flags, banners in which slogans are written asking for peace for the Saharawi people, the right to self-determination and justice and respect for human rights in the occupied Saharawi territories."

National Secretariat of Polisario Front holds its sixth ordinary session

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Shaheed El-Hafed, November 12, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, on Saturday oversaw a meeting of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front of its sixth ordinary session.
The session discusses the report of the Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat, which held a meeting on Wednesday, and different points related to the developments of the national cause on various fronts.

PODEMOS urges Spanish Government to prevent plundering of Western Sahara natural resources (Press)

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Las Palmas (Canary Islands), November 12, 2017 (SPS) - PODEMOS at the Parliament of the Canary Islands has registered a proposition, in which the regional chamber is required to urge the Spanish Government to demonstrate opposition to the European Commission on the claim to renegotiate the trade agreement between the European Union and Morocco, which would legitimize the plundering of the natural resources of Western Sahara.
The proposal coincides with the 42nd anniversary of the evacuation of Western Sahara by the Spanish army and the Moroccan invasion of the territory.

Polisario Front participates in Conference of Progressive Alliance in Costa Rica

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San José (Costa Rica), November 11, 2017 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador, Suliman Tieb Henan, took part in the Conference of the Progressive Alliance, which was inaugurated Friday in the City of San José, Costa Rica, according to a statement of the SADR Embassy in Nicaragua.
The Conference is attended by progressive political parties from European, Africa and Latin American countries, many of which are in power.

President of Republic congratulates his Angolan counterpart on Independence Day

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Bir-Lahlou (Liberated Zones), Nov 11, 2017 (SPS) – President of the Republic Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, sent Saturday a congratulatory message to President of the Republic of Angola, Joao Lourenco, on the occasion of the 42th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Angola.

President Brahim Gali receives MINURSO Head after completing her mission

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Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), Nov 10, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, received on Friday at the headquarters of the presidency the Special Representative for Western Sahara and MINURSO Chief, Kim Bolduc, who is making a farewell visit to the Sahrawi authorities.

Gdeim Izik political prisoners begin a hunger strike in Kneitra Prison

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Kneitra (Morocco), Nov 10, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group, jailed in the Kneitra Central Prison, begin a alarming hunger strike, on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the savage dismantling of the Gdeim Izik Camp.

Extremadura Workers Union expresses its solidarity with Saharawi people struggle

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Mèrida, Nov 10, 2017 (SPS) - The General Secretary of the Workers' Union UGT of Extremadura, Patro Sanchez Escobar, received the Saharawi Delegation to Extremadura, Hameiduha Emhamed and Alali Elmami at the UGT headquarters in Mérida. María José Ladera, secretary of equality and social policies attended the meeting.
The trade union leaders expressed the solidarity of their union with the struggle of the Saharawi people for their self-determination and independence, according to sources from the Saharawi Delegation to Extremadura.SPS