SAHARA PRESS SERVICE
NEWS OF APRIL
2006
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30.04.06

SADR/ALGERIA
"Polisario Front has no concession to give concerning the right to self-determination", declares Mohamed Abdelaziz

SADR/ALGERIA/MOROCCO/UN/MEDIAS
Algerian press hails the UN Security Council confirmation of Saharawi people’s right to self-determination


29.04.06

SADR/RUSSIA
The youth Organisation of the Rusian Rodena Party condemns the Moroccan hindrance of the self-determination referendum

ALGERIA/SADR/MOROCCO/UN
"Failures of the attempt to deviate the decolonisation process in the Western Sahara", APS comments

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/SOUTH MOROCCO/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Triumphal reception for Tamek in Assa (report)

SADR/ALGERIA
The Saharawi Prime Minister receives Algerian representatives of the civil society

SADR/ALGERIA/SOLIDARITY
"We reaffirm our support to the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination", declares Mr. Mehrez Lamari


28.04.06

SADR/MOROCCO/SECURITY COUNCIL
The Security Council reaffirms Saharawis’ right to self-determination and prorogues the MINURSO’s mandate for 6 months

SADR/MOROCCO/SECURITY COUNCIL
Polisario "satisfied" that the Security Council corrected the "drift" of Annan

SADR/USA/CONGRESS
US Congressmen request Rice’s "attention and action" for the settlement of the Western Sahara conflict

ALGERIA/UN/SADR
Algeria satisfied about the adoption by the Security Council of a resolution on the Western Sahara conflict

SADR/ALGERIA/SOLIDARITY
Meting between Algerian and Saharawi elected in the Saharawi refugees


27.04.06

SADR/ALGERIA/SOLIDARITY
An Algerian-Saharawi meeting of solidarity in the Saharawi refugee camps

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
16 persons arrested and 8 other wounded in confrontations in the occupied city of El Aaiun

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/UN/REPRESSION
Political prisoners and repression: Abdelaziz addresses the UN’s Secretary General


26.04.06

SADR/SPAIN/SENATE
The Spanish Senate ask for the renewal of the commitment in favour of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination

UN/SECURITY COUNCIL
Meeting of the UN’s Security Council on the question of the Western Sahara  

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/POLITICAL PRISONERS
The solution to the Western Sahara’s conflict passes through the respect of the right to self-determination (Saharawi students)

SADR/FRANCE/UN
The conflict of the Western Sahara: "a problem of decolonisation under the responsibility of the UN", CORELSO underlines  

SADR/MAURITANIA
A delegation of the Saharawi Republic participates to a meeting of donors for the Mauritanian elections process

SADR/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Two NGOs satisfied about the release of 38 Saharawi political prisoners


25.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Saharawi students demand the release of the Saharawi political prisoners

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
At least one person arrested in the occupied city of Smara  

SADR/UN
Annan’s Report: Polisario writes to the UN’s Security Council

SADR/MEXICO/VISIT
The President of the Saharawi Parliament in a visit to Mexico  

ALGERIA/SADR/UN
"The question of the Western Sahara is a direct responsibility of the UN", recalls the Algerian Ambassador to the UN


24.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/POLITICAL PRISONERS/MEDIAS
Tamek: "We did not ask for pardon or amnesty because we committed no crime"

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESION/RECEPTION
9 persons wounded after a demonstration in the occupied capital of the Western Sahara

SADR/ITALIA/SOLIDARITY
Departure of a caravan of solidarity with the Saharawi people on Monday

SADR/ALGERIA/UN
Algeria warns against a "distortion" of the international legality

SADR/ITALIY
 The Prime Minister receives the President of the regional council of the Emilia-Romagna


23.04.06

SADR/UN/MEDIAS
Abdelaziz: Annan is leading the UN to defeat and abdication, Algerian newspaper Al Khabar writes

SADR/MOROCCO/BASRI/MEDIAS
Polisario "has never been implicated with terrorist organisations", Driss Basri testifies

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/POLITICAL PRISONERS
13 Saharawi political prisoners still in Moroccan custody (official)


22.04.06

SADR/SPAIN/CONFERENCE
Opening of an international conference for the decolonisation of the Western Sahara in Madrid

SADR/MOROCCO/UN/SPAIN
MR. Abdelaziz: "It is impossible to conciliate between the international legality and the colonial fait accompli"

SADR/MOROCCO/UN/SPAIN
"There is no solution out of the self-determination'', President Abdelaziz reiterates

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Big demonstrations in the occupied city of Boujdour, rejecting the Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Abduction of a Saharawi citizen in the occupied city of Dakhla

SADR/USA/SENATE
US senators write to the US Secretary of State, Mrs. Condoleeza Rice

SADR/SPAIN/CONFERENCE
The President of the CNASPS underlines the needed "attachment" to the international legality by the UN’s Security Council

SADR/SPAIN/DEMONSTRATION
Demonstration for the decolonisation of the Western Sahara in Madrid


21.04.06

SADR/UN/MOROCCO
"The United Nations could not endorse a plan that excluded a genuine referendum", Annan affirms

SADR/UN/MOROCCO
Polisario Front rejects any negotiations with Morocco that get rounds the self-determination referendum


20.04.06

SADR/MOROCCO/DENIAL
The Saharawi Government denies that Al Qaïda "recruits members of Polisario Front" in the North of Mauritania

SADR/SOUTH AFRICA
Mbeiki: "The international legality must be implemented and decolonise the Western Sahara"

SADR/SPAIN/CONFERENCE
Conference of solidarity with the Saharawi people Friday in Madrid

SADR/NAMIBIA
Namibia asks for the respect of the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination


19.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
4 Saharawi youngsters arrested in the city of Assa (South of Morocco)

SADR/ALGERIA
Mr. Messahel reaffirms the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination in Moscow

SADR/ALGERIA/UN
CNASPS recalls the UN’s Security Council its responsibility in the implementation of the international legality

SADR/ALGERIA/SENEGAL/MEDIAS
Algerian Ambassador in Senegal: The Western Sahara’s question has always been dealt with as a decolonisation issue

SADR/SOUTH AFRICA
The new Saharawi Ambassador to Pretoria presents his letters of credence to President Mbeiki  


18.04.06

SADR/MOROCCO/MEDIAS
There is no solution out of the self-determination referendum, affirms Saharawi Ambassador to Pretoria (Moroccan Medias)

SADR/MOROCCO/MEDIAS
Mohamed El Moutaouakil: Polisario Front is the "only legitimate representative of the Saharawi people" 


17.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/SOUTH OF MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Saharawi citizens in Assa city demand the immediate release of all Saharawi political prisoners


15.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Press release by the Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan custody

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Distribution of tracts in El Aaiun and human rights abuses by Moroccan police in occupied territories


13.04.06

SADR/RUSSIA
Russia reaffirms its position regarding the political settlement of the Western Sahara conflict

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HUMAN RIGHTS
Two Saharawi NGOs calls on international organisations to protect Saharawi civilians

SADR/SPAIN/SOLIDARITY
Mr. Abdelaziz asks Spain for "a clear and courageous position"

SADR/SPAIN/SOLIDARITY
A day of solidarity between the Saharawi people and the Spanish peoples in the Saharawi refugee camp of Smara

SADR/USA/OIL
An active Saharawi participation in one of the most important international oil meetings


12.04.06

WESTERN SAHARA/SOUTH AFRICA/MEDIAS
A new Soweto in the middle of the occupied city of El Aaiun (Ambassador)

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Saharawi political prisoners will start a 48 hours hunger strike


11.04.06

SADR/AFRICA PARLIAMENT/HUMAN RIGHTS
Serious human rights violations in the Western Sahara denounced before of the African Parliament

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESION
Two Saharawi citizens detained and their houses ransacked in the occupied city of Smara

SADR/ANGOLA
The Envoy of the Saharawi President hands over a letter to Angolan President Dos Santos


10.04.06

SADR/FESTIVAL
Famous writer from Uruguay denounces the deprivation of the Saharawi people of their homeland

SADR/FESTIVAL
President Abdelaziz asks the UN to support the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination

OCCUPIED TERRITRIES/REPRESSION
Six persons at least arrested in the occupied city of Smara

SADR/FESTIVAL
Foreign film-makers are ready to contribute to the creation of a school of cinema in the Saharawi camps


09.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
A Saharawi citizen arrested in the occupied city of El Aaiun

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/POLITICAL PRISONERS
A Saharawi association calls on Morocco to "respect human rights" in the occupied territories

SADR/SPAIN/MEDIAS
Oil and Gas play a "key role" in the strengthening of the Western Sahara as a "sovereign State"


08.04.06

SADR/SPAIN/FISHING
The EU-Morocco Fishing agreement "violates the international legality", a Spanish political party denounces

SADR/SPAIN/FESTIVAL
Opening of the III edition of the Festival of the Cinema in the El Aaiun camp

SADR/MOROCCO/FISHING/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Mrs. Scheele: A "great victory" for the Saharawi people in the European Parliament

 

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION

Campaign of arrests in the occupied city of El Aaiun


07.04.06

SADR/FRANCE
The Saharawi Minster of Occupied Territories auditioned by French Senate’s group o friendship with Algeria and Morocco

SWEDEN/MOROCCO/PARLIAMENT
Parliamentarians from different Swedish groups called on their Government to recognise the Saharawi Republic


06.04.06

SADR/EUROPEAN UNION/FISHING
 The opponents to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement played a crucial role in raising the awareness of Europeans (Polisario)

SADR/SPAIN
The Saharawi Government "regrets" that Moratinos "puts the knife in the wound anew"

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HUMAN RIGHTS
2 Saharawi NGOs express their deep concern about the situation of human rights in the Western Sahara

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Saharawi human rights activists ask for the protection of the Saharawi civilians in the occupied territories

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
8 persons at least arrested during demonstrations in three main occupied Saharawi cities

SADR/UNITED STATES
Many US Senators and Congressmen "concerned" about the "alarming" situation of human rights in the Western Sahara

SADR/FESTIVAL OF CINEMA
Opening of the 3rd International Festival of the Cinema of the Sahara

SADR/ALGERIA/EU/FISGHING
CNASPS satisfied about the rejection by the EP of the procedures of the Fishing accords


05.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Judgement of 17 Saharawi political prisoners reported to April the 25th

MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA/TRIALS
Appealing trial of a Saharawi human rights militant postponed to next Thursday

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/POLITICAL PRISONERS
Families of the 17 Saharawi political prisoners call on UN to protect their sons

SADR/UN
Mr. Abdelaziz received by the President of the UN4s Security Council in New York  

SADR/MOROCCO/FINLAND
Polisario asks Finland urge Morocco immediately implement the Baker Plan

SADR/MOROCCO/SPAIN/POLITICAL PARTIES
Two Moroccan and Spanish parties for a self-determination referendum in the Western Sahara

SADR/AFRICAN UNION/SPAIN
The Saharawi Republic is a full member of the African Union, declares Alpha Omar Konaré

RASD/UNION EUROPEENNE/PECHES
European Parliament rejected emergency procedures to ratify the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement

SADR/SPAIN/UN/MEDIAS
Zapatero’s Government will ask Annan to present a preposition to unblock the Western Sahara conflict


04.04.06

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL/OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/TRIALS
Amnesty International concerned bout the conditions of Saharawi activists’ trials this Tuesday

SADR/UN/MOROCCO
Minurso must assume its mandate regarding the referendum and protect the Saharawis or withdraw from the territory, Mr. Abdelaziz declares

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT/HUMAN RIGHTS
Ali Salem Tamek’s wife calls on the EP to intervene for the release of all the Saharawi political prisoners


03.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
Smara considers the Moroccan Government as "accountable" for the victims of the repression

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSION
Saharawis in Mhamid El Ghezlan denounce the blind repression against their brothers in Smara

SADR/MOROCCO/UN/MEDIAS
The UN is facing a new challenge in the Western Sahara, Mr. Abdelaziz notes

SADR/INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL/VIST
The Saharawi Prime Minister receives a high level delegation of the International Liberal

SADR/INTERNATIONAL LIBERAL/VIST
International liberal: The Baker Plan must lead to the settlement of the Western Sahara

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HUMAN RIGHTS
A Saharawi Association congratulates the recently released Saharawi political prisoners

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/UN/HUMAN RIGHTS
Saharawi Human Rights Rafto Price winner deprived from visiting his mother


02.04.06

SADR/CONGO
The messenger of the President of the republic received by President Sassou N'GUESSO

SADR/KENIA/DIPLOMACY
The new Saharawi Ambassador to Kenya presents his credences to President Kibaki

SADR/SPAIN/HEALTH
Opening of the days of medical cooperation between Andalusia and the Saharawi people

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
A wave of arrests and human rights violations in the occupied territories of the Western Sahara


01.04.06

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/MOROCCO/REPRESSIONS
The Saharawi students in Rabat denounce the Moroccan repression in the occupied city of Smara

EUROPEAN UNION/MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA/FISHING
Members of the European Union ask for the respect of the Saharawis’ rights in the fishing accords with Morocco

SADR/ALGERIA/SOLIDARITY
CNASPS declares that the will of Morocco "to alienate" the people of the Western Sahara is "vouched to failure"

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/REPRESSION
 A Saharawi citizen arrested in the occupied city of El Aaiun


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

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