Alicante (Spain), 02/14/2017 (SPS) - The XI Congress of the Spanish Inter trade Union Confederation, held on 10, 11 and 12 February in the city of Alicante, has unanimously adopted a resolution in Solidarity with the Saharawi People And for the freedom of political prisoners.
 

London,  February 14, 2017 (SPS) - The current challenge for the Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) "is to struggle for the implementation of the law following the ruling of the European Union Court of Justice," which excluded Western Sahara from any EU-Morocco free trade deal, said Monday in London the current chair of WSRW, Joanna Allan.

Algiers, February 13, 2017 (SPS) - Information Minister Hamada Selma represents the Saharawi Republic in the work of the African conference on Internet governance, which began Monday in Algiers.
Twenty-four African countries, including seventeen information sector ministers, representatives of continental institutions such as the African Development Bank (ADB), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the African Union (AU), as well as experts in the field of Internet governance take part in the event.

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee Camps), February 13, 2017 (SPS) - Human rights activist Ms. Claude Mangín said that what she is doing for the release of the detainees of Gdeim Izik is a duty to the struggle of the Saharawi people until the achievement of their independence.

Nouakchott (Mauritania), February 13, 2017 (SPS) - President of Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Brahim Gali has called on the United Nations to assume its responsibilities and put an end to "Morocco's provocations in the region of Guerguerat."

Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), February 12, 2017 (SPS) -The President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Brahim Gali, today received from the representative of the SADR in the Argentine Republic , Mohamed Salem Bachir, the book "Western Sahara. The Forgotten Conflict, "the first work of its kind to be published in Argentine territory, whose author is the lawyer and master in National Defense, Jorge Alejandro Suárez Saponaro.

Madrid, February 12, 2017 (SPS) - The friendly association with the Sahrawi people of the Spanish city of Burgos announced Saturday that a specialized medical team and a large batch of medical supplies will be sent to the Sahrawi refugee camps.
The medical team, which will stay for two weeks comprises two surgeons (a general practitioner and a traumatologist) an anesthetist, a primary care physician and an internist plus four nurses, said Mayte Gimenez, the president of the association.

Paris, February 11, 2017 (SPS) - A second shipment of goods from Western Sahara is due to arrive in Rouen, Normandy, France on Saturday, as opposed to the decision of the European Union Court of Justice of 21 December, as reported by Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) .
The BBC Magellan anchored at the port of the Saharawi capital of El Aaiun was seen and photographed on 4 February with salt cargo from the territory of Western Sahara occupied by Morocco, the same source said.

El Aaiun (occupied capital of the SADR), February 11, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation has continued to expel international journalists and observers as part of its systematic campaign to avoid reporting the situation in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara .
This Thursday and in flagrant violation of the international law the Moroccan police expelled the Spanish photographer Bernat Millet from Western Sahara

London, February 10, 2017 (SPS) - Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) said that the end of salt export from the occupied Western Sahara to Denmark was "an important victory" for the Sahrawi people.
"This is an important victory for the people of Western Sahara. It means that the occupation of the colony becomes a little less profitable," said WSRW following the decision of the Danish company Dansk Vejsalt to stop all its activities in the occupied Western Sahara as from 31 January.