Bir Lehlou, Liberated Territories Of Western Sahara, April 30, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO takes note of the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 2468 (2019), which extends the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for a period of six months.
New York, April 30, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO on Tuesday regretted UN Security Council's failure to condemn Morocco's "destabilizing actions," which may "undermine the already fragile political process."
In response to the six-month extension of MINURSO mandate, the Frente POLISARIO said "Security Council's failure to condemn Rabat's destabilizing actions is only encouraging the occupying force of Morocco to persist in its intransigence and undermine the already fragile political process."
New York, April 30, 2019 (SPS) - The Security Council extended by six months, until 31 October 2019, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), reiterating the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.
Occupied Aaiun, April 30, 2019 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation court of first instance has handed down an unfair ruling against the Sahrawi political activist Ali Salem Buyemaa El Saaduni to 07 months in prison and a fine of 5000 dirhams.
The session which took place yesterday amid strong Moroccan authority’s forces has seen the prevention of Saharwi activates to attend the trial session.
Bir Lehlu (SADR Liberated Territories), April 30, 2019 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO has decided to resort to the European justice system to lodge an appeal for the annulment of the EU / Morocco agreement covering the coasts and soil of the Occupied Western Sahara.
In a press release released after the POLISARIO announcement of the appeal to the European Court of Justice, the member of the Frente POLISARIO ´s National Secretariat, Mr. M'Hamed Jad-dad said that this decision reflects the POLISARIO's confidence in the European justice.
New York, April 28, 2019 (SPS) -The Security Council has postponed the vote on the resolution extending MINURSO mandate to be able to review the reservations made by some members on the text presented by the United States.
The adoption of this resolution extending, by six months, the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara was initially scheduled for Monday.
Some members of the Security Council said that the first draft was written in a confusing making the text unbalanced, the source told APS.
Bir-Lahlou, April 27, 2019 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the POLISARIO Front, Brahim Ghali, has addressed a letter to H. E. Mr Christoph Heusgen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations, President of the Security Council, to draw the attention of the UN Security Council to Morocco’s escalating violations of the ceasefire and the urgent need for the Security Council to move swiftly to condemn such actions.
Bellow is the full text of the letter:
“H. E. Mr Christoph Heusgen
Bir-Lahlou (Liberated Zones), April 27, 2019 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front Brahim Ghali, called on the Security Council to "condemn in the strongest terms" the violations of the ceasefire by Morocco which may compromise the path for political solution to Western Sahara conflict.
El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), April 27, 2019 (SPS) - Various formations of Moroccan forces on Thursday used excessive force against peaceful Sahrawi demonstrators in the occupied capital of Western Sahara, El-Aaiun.
Wilaya of Dakhla, April 24, 2019 (SPS) - The authorities and the masses of Dakhla called on the international community to shoulder its responsibilities towards the Saharawi people by finding a just solution enabling the Saharawi people to freely decide their fate DURING masse gathering held yesterday at the headquarter of the said Wilaya
France, April 24, 2019 (SPS) - the University of Picardy Jules-Verne , French is expected to hold next May 27 an international Conference on Western Sahara under the title : "Western Sahara - Developments of an old question" with the participation of internationally prominent scholars, specialists in law, international relations, history, politics and anthropology, APS news agency reported Tuesday.
El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), April 22, 2019 (SPS) - The Moroccan forces on Monday intervened violently against Sahrawi demonstrators in the occupied capital of Western Sahara, El-Aaiun, who came out in conjunction with the trial of Sahrawi political prisoner Ali Salem Boudjemaa Saadouni.
Shaheed Alhafed, April 20, 2019 (SPS) - Prime Minister, Mohamed Alwali Akeik, has started a government tour involving all ministries of the Sahrawi government to assess the work of ministries and follow up on the implementation of the government programs for 2019.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by the Minister of Vocational Training, Personnel and Public Service, the Secretary General of the Government, the National Director of Monitoring and Inspection, the National Director of hydrocarbons, as well as officials from Government headquarters. (SPS)
Tiflet (Morocco), April 20, 2019 (SPS) - The local prison administration of Tiflet 2, Morocco, on Friday morning ransacked Sahrawi political prisoner, Bashir Abid Mahdar Khada, one of the Gdeim Izik group, in a humiliating and degrading manner.
Bir Lehlu (SADR Liberated Territories), April 18, 2019 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, congratulated his counterpart of the Republic of Zimbabwe, HE, Emmerson Mnangagwa on the XXXIX Anniversary of Independence of that African nation.
President Brahim Gali transmitted on behalf of the Saharawi people and the Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic his warmest congratulations and best wishes to his counterpart in Zimbabwe on the occasion of the celebrations for Independence Day.
New York, United States, 17 April 2019 (SPS) - The representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, met yesterday with Ambassador Christoph Hooschen, Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations and current President of the Security Council.
Teflat 2 (Morocco) April 13, 2019 (SPS) - For the 24th day in a row, the Sahrawi political prisoner, Mohamed Hassena Ahmed Salem Boreal, of Gdeim Izik group jailed in Tiflet 2, east of the Moroccan capital of Rabat, continues his open strike since 20 March 2019 while his health situation has been weakened and his legitimate demands ignored.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), April 15, 2019 (SPS) - The Sahrawi National Committee for Human Rights (CONASADH) condemned Sunday the arbitrary detention of Sahrawi political activist Ali Salem Buyemaa Saaduni by the Moroccan forces, calling for his immediate and unconditional release.
In a communiqué published Sunday, CONASADH demanded “the cessation of reprisals and suppression against the Sahrawi citizens in the occupied areas of Western Sahara.”
Shaheed Alhafed, April 15, 2019 (SPS) - The Permanent Bureau of the National Secretariat of the POLISARIO Front has called on the United Nations Security Council to take "urgent" measures to put an end to Moroccan violations of the ceasefire, and open the occupied territories of Western Sahara to international observers.
Moscow, April 14, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Coordinator with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) M’hamed Kheddad said that a complaint against the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement will soon be filed before the European Court of Justice (CJEU), noting that a "very solid" case was prepared to reject the agreement in question.