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SPS A conference in Algiers under the theme the Saharawi experience in the domains of culture and information 04.01.06
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Algiers, 04/01/2005 (SPS) The Saharawi Minister for Culture and sports, Mrs. Mariem Salek Hmada, animated, on Tuesday at the National Library in Algiers, a conference under the theme « the Saharawi experience in the domains of culture and information, reported the Algerian Press Agency, APS, on Tuesday.
During this encounter, held on the occasion of the days of training organised to the profit of 150 Saharawi children, the Saharawi Minister stressed that the experience in the domains of culture and information in Western Sahara "was born under the test and sufferings because it was a question of struggling to impose oneself and at the same moment spread the Saharawi cause at the international level".
The task was difficult especially that the rate of analphabetic, after the withdrawal of Spain, was about 95 pc, she said, adding that "the Saharawi people used all its means to wage the struggle, a group of secondary school’s student was even constituted to protect the Saharawi national identity, which is one of the main aspects of the conflict of Western Sahara".
On another hand, Mrs. Mariam Hmada paid tribute to Algeria for the role it played in the training of some Saharawi journalists, within its institutions, contributing actively that way in the development of the cultural and information sectors in Western Sahara.
On its part, the Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic to Algiers, Mr. Mohamed Yeslem Baissat, expressed his high appreciation for the organisation by the direction of culture in the Wilaya of Boumerdes (Algeria), of these days of training to the profit of 150 Saharawi children.
These days of training are organised at the House of Culture "Rachid Mimouni" of Boumerdes under the form of 10 workshops about the different cultural activities, such as painting, sculpture, drama and poetry, and will end on January the 6th 2006, by the presentation of the play "El Djidar" (the wall), which exposed the sufferings of the Saharawi people under the yoke of the Moroccan occupation.
The same lay, it was indicated, will be performed this February i the Saharawi refugee camps, and will coincide with the organisation of the 3rd international Festival iof the Cinema of Sahara. (SPS)
020/090/700/TRD 041000 Jan 06 SPS
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SPS The trials of 14 Saharawi political prisoners was delayed for another week
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El Aaiun (the occupied capital of the Saharawi Republic), 04.12/2005 (SPS) he 14 Saharawi political prisoners, sentenced last December 2005 by the Moroccan colonial court to imprisonment periods going between 6 months to 3 years, will have to wait for another week, until January the 9th 2006, to be presented before the Moroccan colonial court of appeal of El Aaiun, concordant sources reported.
"TE Moroccan colonial court of appeal of El Aaiun decided this new postponement, t pretended, to give the defence enough time to study the dossiers, while the real reason behind this delay is no more than the prolongation of the sufferings of the families of the Saharawi political prisoners an of the prisoners themselves, who should not, at the first place, be judged for the political opinions and for their peaceful activism to defend a right that is internationally recognised to them in all UN’s resolutions, mainly the right to self-determination and independence", stated a source close to the families of the political prisoners who required anonymity.
Moroccan colonial court of El Aaiun condemned 14 Saharawi political detainees, Wednesday 14 December 2005, to sentences going between 6 months to 3 years imprisonment after having postponed the trials twice since last November the 22nd, it should be recalled.
The hearing, which started on Tuesday the 13th December 2005 at 9.00 am until Wednesday the 14th 06.00 am sentenced the following Saharawi detainees: El Wali Amaydan 6 months imprisonment, Aminatou Haidar 7 months, Ali Salem Tamek 8 months, Mohamed El Moutawakil, Houssein Lidri, Larbi Massoud and Brahim Noumria 10 months imprisonment, Mohamed Tahlil 3 years, while Hmad Hammad, Balla Mohamed, El Moussaoui Mohamed, Mahjoub Chtioui, Jenhi Lekhlifa and El Moussaoui Sidi Mohamed were sentenced to 2 years each, the same sources said.
Among the 14 Saharawi prisoners 7 Saharawi human rights activists are considered by Moroccan colonial authorities as the agitators of the demonstrations in favour of the independence of Western Sahara that are taking place in Western Sahara since last May the 21st 2005.
In a letter it sent last December 2005 to the king Mohamed VI, the international human rights organisation underlined that the "proceedings so far have shown that the defendants' rights to a fair trial were at risk", knowing that under Morocco's constitution, the king serves as the president of the country's judiciary, Human Rights Watch emphasised, it should be further recalled. (SPS)
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SPS Two persons arrested in the occupied city of Dakhla
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Dakhla (occupied territories), 04/01/2006 (SPS) The Moroccan forces of occupation arrested, last Monday in Dakhla, two Saharawi citizens, Mamay Ahmed Elhenoun and Chigali Mohamed M’Barek, accusing them of being responsible for some events of the Saharawi popular uprising started last May 2005 n the occupied territories of Western Sahara and south of Morocco, according to concordant sources.
The Saharawi citizen, Mamay Ahmed Elhenoun, was arrested on Monday morning by two Moroccan agents in his home, the same sources indicated without giving the names of these agents.
The detainee was submitted to interrogatory for more than three hours by the Moroccan famous torturer, Hriz Larbi, helped by 5 other agents who threatened the victim accusing him of being behind the events of the Saharawi uprising, the same sources stressed.
The second victim was subjected to torture by the Moroccan forces of occupation, before he was arrested late the same night.
On another hand, it should be recalled, three old men were killed last Monday the 19th of December 2005, while the fourth is in a critical state of health after they were run down by a Moroccan soldier in a military truck in the occupied city of Dakhla, according to eye witnesses.
This odious act caused the death of the late Mr. Laamor Sidi Brahim, Mr. Taleb Oul Ali Menna and Mr. Mohamed Lehsan Sidi Brahim, all of them are old persons, while the fourth, Mr. Cherif Moulaye Zein is now in a critical situation, the same source indicated. (SPS)
020/090/000/ 041200 Jan 06 SPS
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SPS Saharawi students in the occupied city of Smara protest against the abusive dismissal of two of their comrades
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Smara (occupied territories), 04/12/2006 (SPS) The Saharawi students in a secondary school in the occupied city of Smara organised a sit-in on Tuesday asking for the return of two of their comrades, Karoum Salam and Baha Said, who were fired by the administration of the school "for racist motives", indicated the correspondent of SPS on the ground.
"The two students had rigorously protested against racist insults they received from a Moroccan teacher who called them 'dirty Saharawis’. The administration of the establishment decided to deprive them from their right to study without any previous warning", the same source stressed.
During this sit-in, which coincided with the celebrations of the New Year 2006, the students denounced these repressive practices inflicted by the Moroccan authorities against Saharawis, the same source added.
They also chanted slogans in favour f the self-determination and independence of Western Sahara, in solidarity with the peaceful demonstrations waged since last May 2005 in the occupied territories of the non-self-governing territory and south Morocco. (SPS)
020/090/000/TRD 041345 Jan 06 SPS
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SPS The President of the Republic addressed his vivid condolences to his counterpart the President of the United Arab Emirates
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Bir lehlu (liberated territories), 04/01/2006 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, addressed on Wednesday, a letter of condolences to his Excellency, Cheikh Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nehyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, after the death this morning of the Governor of Dubai, Prime Minister and Vice-President of the Emirates, the late Maktoum Ben Rachid Al Maktoum.
"I address your Excellency, the family Al Maktoum, and all the people of the United Arab Emirates, on behalf of the Saharawi people and Government of SADR, as well as on my personal name, to express you our sincere condolences", prying God the Almighty to receive the late in His paradise, the President of the Republic wrote in a letter of condolences, of which SPS received a copy.
"A also seize this sad occasion to join my voice to all those who paid tribute" to the late, who dedicated his life for the good and prosperity of his country, the letter concluded. (SPS)
020/090/100/TRD 041610 Jan 06 SPS
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SPS A European Parliament’s member wonders about the ways to put an end to the Moroccan oppression in Western Sahara
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Madrid, 04/01/2006 (SPS) The Member of tاe European Parliament(MEP), Willy Meyer, of the Spanish Left Party (Izquierda Unida-IU), wondered about the position the European Union’s Council is expecting to adopt in the face of the "recent acts of oppression" exercised by the Moroccan authorities on the Saharawi population, especially the assassination of the young Saharawi, Lembarki Hamdi, reported Spanish Press Agency, Europa Press.
In this respect, Mr. Meyer recalled the young Saharawi, Lembarki Hamdi, was killed under torture he was subjected to by the Moroccan Groups of Urban Security (GUS), last October the 29th 2005, after he has participated to peaceful demonstrations in the occupied El Aaiun.
According to the MEP, this act is "a political crime" and a "premeditated assassination", which put the family of the victim and the whole Saharawi people in a "deep mourning".
These condemnable acts, he said, are added to "an undetermined number of aggressions, tortures, iniquitous judgements and permanent persecutions against Saharawi human rights activists", which the Moroccan Government continues to practice against the Saharawi population in the occupied territories and south Morocco, the same source added.
The deputy of the IU recalled that Morocco promised to promote human rights, according to its engagements in the accords of association Rabat signed with the European Union and within the policy of neighbourhood.
Mr. Myer estimated that in the face of the persistence of Morocco in the violation and the non-application of the mentioned accords, "the EU must condemn, with no ambiguity, the aggressive and oppressive policies adopted by the Moroccan Government against the Saharawi people in the occupied territories of Western Sahara".
He also called on the EU to "actively intervene" to "demand" the putting to an end of this policy as well as to the permanent human rights violations in Western Sahara. (SPS)
020/090/666/TRD 041530 Jan 06 SPS
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