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Western Sahara: EUCOCO task-force calls on UN to set date for self-determination referendum

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Brussels (Belgium), April,  14, 2017 (SPS) -  The participants in the task-force of the European Coordination Conference of support and solidarity with the Sahrawi people (EUCOCO) made Thursday, a call to the members of the United Nations Security Council, urging it to set “without delay” a date for the organization of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.

International Youth and Students Conference concludes its work by calling for an accelerated decolonization of Western Sahara

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Dakhla, April,  13 2017 (SPS) - The International Youth and Students Conference in Solidarity with Saharawi People has concluded Thursday its work by calling for the urgent need for the decolonization of Western Sahara.
 
In his speech, the Secretary-General of the Students' Union, Moulay Emhamed Brahim has expressed his thanks to Dakhla authorities for their good reception and for providing all the necessary conditions for the success of this international solidarity event.
 

Tunisian lawyer dubs the situation of Saharawi refugee camps as "catastrophic"

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Dajla (Saharawi Refugee Camps), April 13, 2017 (SPS)- Tunisian lawyer Ms. Fatima Elmatili said Wednesday in Dajla that the situation of the Sahrawi refugee camps is "catastrophic" which underlines the need for an urgent solution to the Saharawi question.
Speaking to the Saharawi news agency on the sidelines of the International Youth and Students Conference in Solidarity with Sahrawi people in Dajla, the Tunisian lawyer praised the commitment and firmness with which the Saharawi people struggle to exercise their right to freedom and independence.

Participants in International Conference condemn violations of human rights and plundering of natural resources of Western Sahara

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Dajla (Saharawi Refugee Camps), April 13, 2017 (SPS)- the  Participants in the International Youth and Students Conference in Solidarity Sahrawi people held in Dajla voived their support with Saharawi political prisoners and condemned their  farce trial.
In a peaceful sit-in this Wednesday afternoon in the dunes of Dajla, outside the work of the Conference, participants carried banners with slogans condemning the plundering of Saharawi natural resources.

Foreign students member in Algeria: we are here to support the Saharawi people

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Dakhla (Saharawi refugee camps), Apr 12,  2017 (SPS) - The member of the friendly of the foreign students in Algeria, the Ivorian Nda Harlen indicated that its presence in Dakhla is to express its solidarity with the Saharawi people and bring a the development to  Africa.
"Our presence marks a new beginning for the youth of Africa, a youth that is aware of its realities of its problems and engages with its brothers with whom we have a common present and the same difficulties," he stressed .

UN concerned about human rights violations in occupied Western Sahara

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New York, April 12,  2017 (SPS) - in 2016, Morocco has prevented UN human rights monitoring missions from visiting occupied territories in Western Sahara, said the UN Tuesday, expressing concern about torture and degrading inhuman treatment inflicted to the Sahrawi people.