An American wedding in the Saharawi refugee camps

27 of February School, 13/11/2007 (SPS) Two American citizens from Wisconsin (USA), Ben and Jessie Lenz celebrated their marriage in the 27 of February School Camp (Saharawi refugee camps), in solidarity with the Saharawi people. . (More...)

SADR/SOUTH AFRICA/PARLIAMENT

ANC Parliamentarian group of Gauteng denounces the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara

Johannesburg, 12/11/2007 (SPS) ANC Parliamentarian group of the South African region of Gauteng organised a seminar on Western Sahara entitled "Western Sahara, decolonisation and referendum on self-determination", a source from the Saharawi Embassy in Pretoria indicated. . (More...)

SADR/SPAIN/SOLIDARITY

Thousands demonstrators in Madrid demand self-determination for the Saharawi people

Madrid, 11/11/2007 (SPS) Thousands demonstrators demanded self-determination for the Saharawi people, on Saturday in Madrid, and called on the Spanish government to respect is engagements vis-à-vis the "international law and the Saharawi people’s historical and moral rights". . (More...)

SADR/POLISARIO/SESSION

The Saharawi people reject any solution that does not recognise its right to self-determination (POLISARIO Front)

Bir Lehlu, 10/11/2007 (SPS) POLISARIO Front reaffirmed, on Friday, that the Saharawi people will accept no solution that does not include its right to self-determination or does not approach the conflict as a problem of decolonisation, after an extraordinary session held on Thursday under the presidency of the Head of the Saharawi State, Mohamed Abdelaziz... (More...)

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION

More than 20 persons arrested and tortured in rallies in El Aaiun and Smara

El Aaiun (occupied territories), 10/11/2007 (SPS) More than 20 persons arrested and tortured in rallies that took place on Friday in El Aaiun and Smara, advocating the liberations of Saharawi political prisoner and the respect of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination and independence, according to communiqués of many human rights associations on the ground.. (More...)

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION/MEDIAS

The repression against the Saharawi people does not encourage the direct negotiations between POLISARIO and Morocco (Medias)

Paris, 09/11/2007 (SPS) The pursuit of the repression against the Saharawi people "does not contribute to create a favourable climate for the direct negotiations between Morocco and POLISARIO Front", indicated Mr. Jean Lemarec, member of the Committee for the Respect of the liberties and Human right in Western Sahara (CORELSO), in an article published in “Rouge midi’’... (More...)

SADR/MOROCCO/CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES

Morocco hinders the a cultural seminar on the Saharawi culture for the Saharawis from both side of the wall

Chahid El Hafed, 09/11/2007 (SPS) The Saharawi Coordinator with the MINURSO, Mhamed Khadad, deplored the fact that Morocco has hindered, at the last minute, the organisation of a Seminar on the Saharawi culture that was planed to take place within the framework of the confidence-building measures initiated by the UN as part of the peace plan... (More...)

SADR/FRANCE/SOLIDARITY

A French parliamentarian condemns France’s two weights two measures policy on Western Sahara

Paris, 09/11/2007 (SPS) The parliamentarian of Seine-Maritime, Mayor of Gonfreville l’Orcher, Jean-Paul Lecoq, condemned on Thursday before the French Parliament, the French policy of two weights two measures on the conflict of Western Sahara, where "the market largely prevails on human rights, and commerce prevail on self-determination".. (More...)

SADR/UK/SOLIDARITY

"Time for action" theme of a conference in the British Parliament on human rights in Western Sahara

London, 08/11/2007 (SPS) The participants to a conference on Western Sahara organised on Wednesday evening at the seat of the British House of Commons under the theme "Time for action", asked for the immediate publication of the report of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, elaborated last year and kept secrete by the UN under pressures of some big powers.. (More...)

SADR/MOROCCO

Saharawi government firmly condemns the "obstinate" position of the Moroccan king

Algiers, 07/11/007 (SPS) A spokesperson of the Saharawi Republic firmly condemned on Wednesday the "obstinate" position of the Moroccan king, Mohamed VI, that defies the international legality expressed by all the resolutions of the UN General Assembly and Security Council on Western Sahara... (More...)

SADR/AUSTRALIA

AWSA demands the end of importation of Western Sahara stolen phosphate

London, 07/11/2007 (SPS) The Australian Western Sahara Association (AWSA) warned against the pursuit of importation of phosphate from Western Sahara by an Australian fertilisers company... (More...)

SADR/EUROPEAN UNION/AID

One million Euros donation to the profit of the Saharawi refugees (WFP)

Algiers, 07/11/2007 (SPS) The European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) granted the Saharawi refugees one million Euros, World Food Program (WFP) announced on Wednesday, stressing that this quantity of food that covers 26 days, "will participate in decreasing the pressure" on the stock of food distributed by the UN body... (More...)

SADR/MOROCCO/ANNIVERSARY

"The black march" recalls the need to intervene to end the occupation of the Western Sahara (Polisario)

London, 07/11/2007 (SPS) Polisario Front affirmed that the anniversary, on Tuesday, of the "the black march" recall the world "the need to urgently intervenes" in order to put an end to the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara, POLISARIO Front’s Representative in the UK and Ireland, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, indicated in an interview to the Algerian Press Service, APS... (More...)

SADR/GREAT BRITAIN/SOLIDARITY

The festival of the Saharawi culture, new stage that testifies on the increasing solidarity with the Saharawi people

London, 06/11/2007 (SPS) The festival of the Saharawi culture, which was held last week in London is "an important stage to introduce the Saharawi cultural heritage and identity", declared POLISARIO Front in the UK and Ireland, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar.. (More...)

SADR/GREAT BRITAIN

Cultural Festival in London in solidarity with the Saharawi people

London, 04/11/2007 (SPS) The British capital, London, holds since Friday evening Saharawi cultural festival organised by the British organisation, "Sandblast".. (More...)

SADR/UNITED STATES/ALGERIA

Washington satisfied that the UN was able to organise direct talks between the parties to the conflict (US Ambassador US)

Algiers, 03/11/2007 (SPS) The United States is satisfied that the UN has been able to oranise direct talks between the parties to the conflict of Western Sahara, POLISARIO Front and Morocco, the American Ambassador, Robert Ford, indicated on Thursday in Algiers in the eve of the adoption of anew UN Security Council´s resolution calling to the pursuit of negotiations for a just political solution that provides for the Saharawi people´s right to self-determination... (More...)

RASD/FRANCE/SOLIDARITY

A university meeting de debate on the Western Sahara issue

Paris, 03//11/2007 (SPS) A university meeting, organized by the University Association for International Cooperation (AUCI) last Friday, proposed to debate in a strategic way the issue of Western Sahara and support the efforts to find a solution based on the guarantee of the self-determination right to the Saharawi people... (More...)

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HUMAN RIGHTS

CODESA asks for an international investigation on the "serious human rights violations" in Western Sahara

London, 03/11/2007 (SPS) The Collective of the Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) asked for the "opening of an international investigation on the serious human rights violations committed by the Moroccan State in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and bringing their authors before Justice".. (More...)

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