WASHINGTON (United States)- Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) on Wednesday in Washington called for the creation of an independent mechanism to monitor human rights in occupied Western Sahara.
Moroccan authorities continue to commit serious acts of violence against Saharawi people in the non-autonomous Western Sahara territory, RFK Centre said in its biannual report on human rights violations in occupied Western Sahara, published Wednesday in Washington.

Washington , March 18, 2016 (SPS) - The measures decided by Morocco against the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) are "unprecedented" and will affect its ability to implement its mandates, denounced Thursday the UN.
 
"The mandate (of MINURSO) was given to it by the Security Council (...) what we are seeing is unprecedented," said UN Secretary General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric, during a press briefing.
 

Twenty four European deputies from four different parliamentary groups called on, Friday, the high Representative of the European Union (EU), Federica Mogherini, to suspend any official participation in the annual meeting of Crans Montana Forum, scheduled for March in Dakhla, in the Western Sahara territories occupied by Morocco.
The deputies’ call comes as a support to the initiative made by the parliamentary of the United Left (Izquierda Unida) Paloma Lopez, who is the vice president of the Solidarity Intergroup for Western Sahara.

Brussels (Belgium) , March 18, 2016 (SPS) -  The European Union (EU) on Thursday reaffirmed its support to the efforts of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to find a solution that will provide for the self-determination of the Sahrawi people, and called to maintain the UN Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).SPS
 
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MADRID- A rally in support of Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik camp, "unfairly and illegally imprisoned" by Morocco, has been staged in Madrid on Saturday by associations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) supporting the Sahrawi cause.
The participants, most of them members of associations and NGOs supporting Sahrawi people in addition to Sahrawi citizens settled in Spain, gathered in front of Spain's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, chanting slogans like "Release prisoners !" "Morocco guilty, Spain responsible."

WASHINGTON- United Nations wants to hold a donor conference for the occupied Western Sahara in Geneva before June, the deputy spokesman of the UN secretary general, Farhan Haq, said Monday.
Ban Ki-moon will call for a donor conference to be held before June in Geneva, Switzerland, to provide relief aid to Saharawi refugees in the camps, Haq told reporters.
Ban Ki-moon, who wrapped up Monday a visit to Algeria, said he was saddened by the four decade-long humanitarian tragedy in Western Sahara.

MADRID- Spain's capital, Madrid, will host a meeting on Saturday under the theme "Sahrawi women, 40 years of struggle for independence and freedom," announced Wednesday the delegation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in Madrid.
The tribute meeting, which will be marked by the participation of the Spanish association of support to Sahrawi people "amaltéa," aims at highlighting the role of Sahrawi women in the struggle for independence and their place in the Sahrawi society in its struggle against the Moroccan colonizer, said the source.

Chahid Al-Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), March 18, 2016 (SPS) -The Prime Minister of the Saharwi Republic, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, chaired yesterday  a government meeting to assess the level of implementation of their programs at of different sectors and institutions.
 
 
In this regard, the meeting also discussed the security situation in the camps and the liberated territories on the eve of the arrival of delegations and Spanish families who start their visits from next week.
 

El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), March 18, 2016 (SPS) -The Sahrawi Association for the Protection and Dissemination of Saharawi Culture and Heritage (ASPDCPS) held yesterday in El Aaiun (Occupied Territories of Western Sahara) a platform of solidarity with the Saharawi political prisoners Gdeim Izik group who are on hunger strike for the sixteenth consecutive day

WASHINGTON-The United Nations Security Council will hold Thursday an urgent meeting following Morocco's decision to stop its financial contribution to the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso),  a source close to the issue told APS Thursday.  
The Security Council will meet at the request of the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-moon to assess impact of this decision on Minurso.