Dakhla (refugee camps), 4 April 2016 (SPS) - With more than 9 million antipersonnel mines spread throughout its territories, Western Sahara is ranked among the ten countries with most mines in the world, with all that represent these deadly weapons for the Sahrawi people for several decades, but also for the environment.
According to experts and observers, about 7.5 to 9 million are implemented in Western Sahara particularly along the “wall of shame” and the Mauritanian border, besides a significant number of these mines, of which the cartography was mapped.

Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), April 3, 2016 (SPS) The Saharawi National Commission on Human Rights (SNCHR) called on the President of the African Commission on Human Rights and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) Pansy Tlakula to "urgently" intervene to end the tragedy of the 13 Saharawi political prisoners on hunger strike since 1 March, in a letter a copy of which received by SPS. 

London, 2April 2016 (SPS) - Amnesty International (AI) on Saturday launched an urgent appeal to the Moroccan authorities to release the thirteen Sahrawi human rights defenders, held in Moroccan Salé prison and observing a hunger strike since early March.
The NGO denounced once again, the judgment of 13 Sahrawi Human Rights defenders on strike, after an "unfair trial "by a military court in 2013, urging the Moroccan authorities to release them after five years of "arbitrary" detention.

Bogotá, 2 April 2016 (SPS) - Member of the Colombian Congress, Mr. Jorge Robledo, called Tuesday on his government to "intensify support for the Saharawi people and their legitimate cause and restore diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Republic Democratic Republic (SADR), during his speech at the international conference, Western Sahara: Africa's last colony held at the headquarters of the Congress.

Brussels, April 01, 2016 (SPS) – the president of the European Coordination of support and solidarity with Sahrawi people (Eucoco), Mr Pierre Galand has sent letter to Members of the UN Security Council urging them to include human rights in MINURSO’s mandate in Western Sahara, in a letter a copy of which obtained by SPS.
 

Oslo (Norway) April 01, 2016 - the leader of the Norwegian youth Conservative Party,  Mr. Christian Toninj, asserted that any solution to the issue of Western Sahara must pass through respect the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, recalling that Western Sahara issue  is still listed on the United Nations list of territories that are still waiting the decolonization during reception of Polisario Front representative to Norway, Mr. Limam Jalil at the headquarters of the said party.
 

Ait Melloul (Morocco), April 1, 2016 (SPS) - the local administration of Ait Melloul prison has violently tortured Saharawi political prisoner Saleh Lbsir, reported a source of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad Ministry.
 
 According to the same source, the occupation authorities has isolated him on the ground of his hunger strike in solidarity with the detainees of "Gdeim Izik," as well as his demands to basic rights.
 

Seville (Spain), April 1, 2016 (SPS) - Friendship Association with the Saharawi people in Seville, Spain organized Sit-in in solidarity with the Sahrawi political detainees "Gdeim Izik" hunger strikers, in collaboration with Sahrawi community Abroad in the said city.
Participants with national flags and detainees pictures, during the vigil, called the international community to pressure the occupation authorities to save the life of Sahrawi detainees on hunger strike and to release them unconditionally.
 

Bogota, March 31, 2016 (SPS) .- the Senate of Colombia on Wednesday hosted  International conference under the theme  Western Sahara, the last colony with a large attendance of senators, deputies, ambassadors, NGO `s, personalities and friends of the Saharawi cause, university professors, students and the press .
 
The opening of the Conference led by Senate President Dr. Fernando Velasco who expressed clear and strong support to Saharawi people's right to self-determination.
 

Copenhagen (Denmark) 31 March 2016 (SPS) – The Executive Director of the the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EuroMed Rights) Mr. Marc Shade-Poulsen has received Thursday Polisario Front Representative to Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin who briefed him about the critical situation of the 13 Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik group who have been on hunger strike for one month now in Sale Prison near Rabat.