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European Parliament: Intergroup on Western Sahara expresses solidarity with Saharawi students detained in Oudaya

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Brussels, July 15, 2017 (SPS) - The Intergroup on Western Sahara in the European Parliament on Saturday expressed its solidarity with Saharawi students held in Oudaya, sentenced to heavy prison terms, urging the head of European diplomacy Federica Mogherini to take action to ensure that their rights are respected and the sentences pronounced against them "annulled".

Welcome to new Sahrawi Ambassador with Special Mission to Peru

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Lima, Peru, July 15, 2017 (SPS) - The Peruvian Council of Solidarity with the Sahrawi Republic has welcomed Khadijetu Mokhtar, Saharawi Ambassador with the Special Mission to Peru.
The event was attended by journalists, intellectuals, national and foreign diplomats and congressmen, who expressed solidarity with the Sahrawi people and condemned Morocco's violations of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The participants pledged to initiate actions so that the government of Peru restores diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Republic.

Gdeim Izik prisoners call for their rights and freedom

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Paris, July 14, 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group, detained at Salé prison (Morocco), have called for restoring their rights and freedom before the long-awaited verdict of the Rabat court of appeal, which postponed the sixth and final phase of the trial to 18 July.

Saharawi government welcomes the withdrawal of a defence in the case of a cargo of phosphate rock detained en route to New Zealand from occupied Western Sahara

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Bir Lehlu, July 14, 2017 (SPS)  - The government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (the SADR) and the Saharawi national liberation movement, the Polisario Front, has welcomed an announcement today that there would be no further defence of a case by Morocco’s state company OCP SA over a cargo of phosphate mineral rock detained under court order in South Africa.

Sahrawi cause is on right track towards unity of the Sahrawi people

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Chahid El Hafidh (Refugee camps), July 13 2017 (SPS) - Sahrawi President Brahim Gali denounced Tuesday the iniquitous sentences against a group of Sahrawi students as well as the malicious intention to impose severe penalties on the prisoners of Gdeim Izik, adding the Sahrawi cause is on the right track towards the unity of the Sahrawi people.

Ubbi Buchraya: "the Moroccan bill to include the Saharawi waters is a step in the void"

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Paris, July 13 2017 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO in France, Ubbi Buchraya, considered that the Moroccan bill, approved on 6 July, which includes the Saharawi maritime territory in Morocco, is a step in the vacuum and without legal sense "stating that it is a reflection of" the spontaneity of the occupying state in the management of its colonial presence in Western Sahara, which is a fact repudiated by the whole world. "

Naples Mayor and his parliament Speaker reaffirm their support for Saharawi people just struggle

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Naples, Italy, July 12, 2017 (SPS) - The mayor of the Italian city of Naples and the Speaker of his local parliament reiterated Tuesday, in a joint act at the city hall, his unconditional support for the struggle of the Saharawi people for their self-determination and independence.
The event organized to welcome the Saharawi children of the Vocation in Peace program was attended by the local authorities of the Naples region, headed by the mayor of the city and the Speaker of his parliament.

Sit-in in Bilbao in support of Saharawi political prisoners

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Bilbao, July 12, 2017 (SPS) – the Sahrawi Abroad Community in The Basque city of Bilbao has Tuesday organized sit-in in support for Saharawi political prisoners before the Moroccan consulate in that said city.
The solidarity sit-in witnessed the participation of associations, trade unions, political parties, Saharawi children from the Vocation in Peace Program and the Saharawi community in the city has condemned the harsh sentences of the Sahrawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik Group and their miserable situation in prisons Moroccans.

Ministers Council warns of Moroccan drug spread danger and its consequences in the region

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Chahid El  Hafed, July 12, 2017 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers warned on Tuesday about the danger of the spread of the Moroccan drug and its consequence in the region.
Morocco is according to the Council of Ministers, the largest producer and exporter of cannabis in the world and does not hesitate to use it in a dirty war to encourage organized crime gangs and terrorist groups, thus; threaten peace and stability in the region and the world.