SAHARA PRESS SERVICE
NEWS of MARCH 2006
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31.03.06

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/SUPPORT
Popular March of support in the Smara camp to the victims of the Moroccan oppression in the occupied city of Smara

SADR/OCCUPIED TRITORIES/SUPPORT
The President of the Republic thanks US citizens for their support to the victims of the occupied ci of Smara

SADR/UN
Meeting on Monday in New York between the Head of the State and Mr. Annan


30.03.06

OCCUPID TERRITORIES/SOUTH OF MOROCCO/POLITCAL PRISONERS
Popular reception for the Saharawi human rights activists in TanTan and Goulimine (South of Morocco)

OCCUPID TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
At least 14 persons wounded in Smara evacuated in emergency to the hospital of El Aaiun

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/SPAIN/DEMONSTRATIONS
Demonstration of support to Saharawi people’s right to self-determination in Madrid

SADR/MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/UN
Events of Smara: Polisario Front seizes the UN’s Security Council


29.03.06

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/POLITICAL PRISONERS
The President of the Republic sends his congratulations to the recently released Saharawi political prisoners

SADR/UN
The Security Council will be guided by its resolutions on the Western Sahara, Kofi Annan declared

SADR/OIL/RATIFICATION
Ratification of Oil accords between the Saharawi Republic and British Oil companies in liberated Tifariti


28.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
More than 131 Saharawi citizens between wounded and detained in the occupied city of Smara

SADR/MOROCCO/EUROPEAN UNION
Polisario Front asks for a European Union’s intervention for the respect of the international legality in the Western Sahara

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/HUMAN RIGHTS
A wave of arrests and human rights violations in the Western Sahara, according to a Saharawi association

SADR/UN/MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HUMAN RIGHTS
Over 130 Saharawis arrested in the occupied city of Smara, Mr. Abdelaziz interpellates Annan


27.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Warm reception to the Saharawi political prisoners in El Aaiun


26.03.06

SADR/MOROCCO/ALGERIA
The Baker Plan is a "compromise" between the positions of Morocco and Polisario Front, Mr. Messahel recalls

SADR/ITALIA/SOLIDARITY
Pro Saharawi demonstration in front of the Moroccan Embassy in Roma

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/PRISONERS
"Only 30 Saharawi prisoners were released by the Moroccan Government", (minister)


25.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
9 Saharawis detained in El Aaiun after demonstrations against the visit of Mohamed VI

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Two persons at least arrested in Boujdour after the demonstrations against the visit of Mohamed VI

RASD/MAROC
Mohamed VI renewed "an ostentatious manœuvre", Saharawi Government states


24.03.06

SOUTH AFRICA/ALGERIA/SADR
Presidents Bouteflika and Mbeki affirm that Saharawis’ self-determination is a "a key element" to any solution

MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MEDIAS
El-Qods el-Arabi: Students’ demonstrations in favour of the independence of the Western Sahara in the university of Marrakech

SPAIN/MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA/HUMAN RIGHTS
Trials of the Saharawi prisoners: Spanish lawyers denounce "serious abuses"


23.03.06

ALGERIA/SADR/SOLIDARITY
 The President of the Republic receives the organisers of the Algerian Caravan of solidarity with the Saharawi people


22.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Saharawi students in Marrakech demonstrate against the visit of Mohamed VI

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Saharawi students in El Aaiun boycotted the "scenes of reception" of Mohamed VI

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Big students’ demonstrations in the occupied city of Smara against the visit of Mohamed VI

ALGERIA/SADR/SOLIDARITY
 Algerian Caravan of solidarity with the Saharawi people will reach the Saharawi refugee camps on Friday

MOROCCO/USA/HUMAN RIGHTS
 The situation of human rights in Morocco remains very bad, the USA State Department

SADR/MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/VISIT OF THE KING/MEDIAS
The visit of the king of Morocco: A "defiance" to the international community, the Saharawi Representative to Spain denounces

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
The flags of the Saharawi Republic brandish again in the occupied city of Dakhla as a expression of rejection to the visit of Mohamed VI


21.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
10 persons wounded and 11 houses ransacked in Smara after demonstrations against the visit of the king of Mohamed VI

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
At least 5 persons arrested in El Aaiun in demonstrations against the visit of Mohamed VI

SADR/ANGOLA/CONGRATULATIONS
Angola reiterates its support to the UN’s resolutions for the decolonisation of the Western Sahara

SADR/MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/KING
Visit of Mohamed VI to El Aaiun: "a show with a background of terror" (minister)


20.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Demonstration against the visit of the king of Morocco in El Aaiun

SADR/MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
The Saharawi Government warns about the probable "dangerous consequences" of the visit of Mohamed VI to Western Sahara


19.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Abduction of the President of the AMDH section of El Aaiun

SADR/AFRICAN PARLIAMENT
The Saharawi Parliament participates to the meetings of the African Parliament’s Specialised Committee

SADR/SPAIN/SOLIDARITY
Spanish Humanitarian aid for the Saharawi refugees

SADR/UNICEF/SOLIDARITY
UNICEF in Algiers launches an appeal for the collection of hygienic products in favour of the Saharawi refugees

SADR/ALGERIA/SOLIDARITY
Six Algerian Wilayas send humanitarian aid to the Saharawi refugees

SADR/GRRAT BRITAIN/UN
Mr. Khadad pleads for the enlargement of the prerogatives of the MINURSO to the protection of the human rights

SADR/MOROCCO/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/VISIT
The visit of Mohamed VI to the Western Sahara "aggravates the tension" in the region, the Saharawi Government warns

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Flags of the Saharawi Republic in the occupied city of Dakhla to protest against the visit of Mohamed VI


18.03.06

SADR/OIL/ACCORDS
The Saharawi Republic signs 8 oil and gas accords with British companies

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Distribution of tracts and flags of the Saharawi Republic in the streets of t occupied city of El Aaiun

OCCUPIED TERRITORES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Saharawi Students express their solidarity with their brothers in Agadir victim to Moroccan repression

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESION
Demonstrations against the visit of Mohamed VI to El Aaiun


16.03.06

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESION
Six Saharawi students, at least, wounded and 8 detained in Agadir

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESION
More than 8 Saharawi families in Smara deprived of the basic needs


15.03.06

OCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Demonstrations in two schools in the occupied city of Boujdour

OCCUPIUED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Three Saharawi students arrested and torture in Agadir

SADR/SPAIN
Moratinos: Spain for a solution that provides for "the self-determination" of the Saharawi people

SADR/AFRICAN PARLIAMENT
Draft resolution of support to the Saharawi people from the South African Parliament

SADR/INFORMATION
 The President of the Republic insists on the necessity of the Medias coverage of the uprising


14.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
 At least seven Saharawi students arrested in Agadir

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
 Wide deployment of military forces in the occupied city of El Aaiun


13.03.06

SADR/ALGERIA/RUSSIA
The international legality "must be imposed on all parties", Mr. Bouteflika affirms

SADR/SPAIN/FLOODS
Catalonian municipalities offer 100.000 euros aid to the Saharawi refugees

SPAIN/EU/FISHING
The EU-Morocco Fishing Accord violates the international legality, affirms a Spanish expert in international law

SADR/ITALY
Support and full engagement to the Saharawi cause in Italy

SADR/SPAIN/PARLIAMENT
Spanish Parliamentarians call on the Spanish State to "assume its historic responsibilities"

SADR/UN
Mr. Abdelaziz calls on the UN to prevent a visit the Kingof Morocco is planning to the Western Sahara

SADR/ETHIOPIA/CONGRATULATIONS
The President of the Republic expresses his gratitude to Girma Wolde-Giorgis for his message of support to the Saharawi Republic


12.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Three Saharawi students wounded in confrontations in the University of Agadir

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Arrest of two young Saharawis in a cyber café in the occupied city of Aaiun

SADR/CONGRATLATIONS
The Saharawi President thanks his Namibian counterpart Hifikepunye Pohamba for his support to the Saharawi Republic

SADR/SPAIN
Zapatero supports Saharawi people’s right to self-determination


11.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HUMAN RIGHTS
The Saharawi human rights defenders ask for the release of Doctor Ali Sbaai

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Demonstrations in 6 schools in the occupied city of Boujdour

MOROCCO/HUMAN RIGHTS
Moroccan authorities release Doctor Ali Sbaai

SADR/MOZAMBIQUE/CONGRATULATIONS
The President of the Republic expresses his gratitude to President Guibuza for his message of support to the Saharawi Republic

SADR/SOUTH AFRICA
The Saharawi Ambassador in Pretoria received at the seat of te South African Parliament

SADR/MEXICO/CULTURE
Inauguration of a Saharawi Cultural week in México


09.03.06

SADR/ALGRIA/SOLIDARITY
The Saharawi Parliamentarian, Khadija Hamdi receives honorific attestation as a sign from the Algerian women with the Saharawis

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Women Demonstration in the occupied city of El Aaiun


08.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
8 Saharawi families interpellated by the Moroccan colonial authorities in the occupied cit of Boujdour

SADR/MAURITANIA
Letter of congratulations from the Head of the State to the President of the Mauritanian Military Council for justice and democracy

SADR/TESTEMONY
The wife of the Saharawi human rights activist, Ali Salem Tamek, starts a 24 hours hunger strike

SADR/MOROCCO/PARTIES
The Self-determination referendum is the only solution to the conflict of the Western Sahara, the Moroccan party affirmed


07.03.06

SADR/MOROCCO/EUROPEAN UNION/FISHING
The Saharawi Government calls on the EU to drop the Saharawi territorial waters from its fishing accords with Rabat

SADR/ALGERIA
A letter of congratulations from the President of the Republic to his Algerian counterpart


06.03.06

SADR/ANNIVERSARY
"No peace is possible out of the enforcement of the self-determination referendum", the Saharawi Ambassador to Algiers

SADR/GERMANY/HUMANITARIAN AID
Germany grants Saharawi refugees 100.000 euros

SADR/EUROPE/NATURAL RESOURCES
The European Union divided about the legal status of fishing in the territorial waters of the Western Sahara


05.03.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Abusive dismissal of a Saharawi human rights activist in the occupied city of Dakhla

SADR/HUMAN RIGHTS
Inauguration of a Library for human rights documentation and promotion in Western Sahara


04.03.06

SADR/EUROPEAN UNION/FISHING
CORELSO asked the European Parliament re-study the fishing accord with Morocco

SADR/SOUTH AFRICA/ANNIVERSARY
Message of the ANC to the President of the Republic

SADR/NAMIBIA/ANNIVERSARY
Namibia reaffirms its support to the self-determination and independence of the Saharawi people  

SADR/SPAIN/MEDIAS
Spain has an "ethical and moral obligation towards the Saharawi people", Leire Pajín declares  


02.03.06

SADR/UN/MOROCCO/MEDIAS
"The Minurso does not doubt that there is a freedom of movement in the (refugees) camps''

SADR/MOZAMBIQUE/ANNIVERSARY
The President of the Republic receives a message of congratulations from FRELIMO

SADR/SPAIN
The Republican Left of Catalonia calls on the Spanish Government to recognise the Saharawi Republic  

SADR/UN
The United States of America will "grant an aerial transport" of humanitarian aid to the Saharawi refugees  


01.03.06

SADR/CUBA/ANNIVERSARY
Cuba reaffirms its solidarity with the Saharawi people in "their struggle for independence"

SADR/MAURITANIA/ANNIVERSARY
The President of the Republic receives a message from the President of the Mauritanian military Council for Justice and Democracy

SADR/MARATHON
A Spaniard wins the 6th edition of the international Marathon of the Sahara


28.02.06

SADR/ANNIVERSARY
Mr. Abdelaziz: Spain must put all its weight for the decolonisation of the Western Sahara


27.02.06

SADR/ANNIVERSARY
Commemoration of the Saharawi Republic’s 30th anniversary in liberated territories of Western Sahara     

SADR/ANNIVERSARY
Mr. Abdelaziz: the Saharawi people reject the autonomy proposed by Morocco

SADR/ALGERIA
 Algeria will continue supporting the Saharawi people until the enforcement its right to self-determination, Bouteflika affirms

SADR/ANIVERSAIRE
Polisario destroyed more than 3.000 Anti-personal mines

SADR/ANNIVERSARY/AFRICAN UNION
The African Union expressed its "deep support" to the "just Saharawi cause" and to the Baker Plan


26.02.06

SADR/ANNIVERSARY
The Wilaya of Smara celebrates the 30th anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Republic


25.02.06

SADR/SPAIN
Spain must not "elude" its responsibilities in the decolonisation of the Western Sahara, affirms Mr. Xabier Gonzalez

RASD/INTEMPERIES/ONU
WFP calls on donators to increase their contribution of humanitarian aid to the Saharawi refugees

SADR/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Opening of the international conference of solidarity with the Saharawi people in El Aaiun

SADR/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Polisario Front asks the international community to "save peace" in the Western Sahara

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