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President Mohamed Abdelaziz undertakes a visit to the USA



11.05.05




Washington, 11/05/2005 (SPS) The President of the Saharawi Republic (SADR), Mohamed Abdelaziz, started on Tuesday a visit to the USA, during which he will have meetings with American political personalities and officials of the different American institutions indicated a source close to the presidential delegation.

In the first day of the visit, the Head of the Saharawi State had had many meetings in the Senate and in the Chamber of Representatives, in particular with Senator James Inhofe, Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and member to the Senate Armed Services Committee and Indian Affairs Committee.

The Saharawi President also had had meetings with Congressman, Edward Royce, President of the under committee on terrorism and vice-President to the Committee in charge of Africa, and with Congressman, Jim McDermott, among others.
"All personalities encountered expressed a high concern to have their country more implicated for a quick and just solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, conforming to international legality and based on UN's resolutions, especially Security Council's resolution 1495 that support the Peace Plan for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara elaborated by former Secretary of American State Mr. James Baker", underlined Mr. Mhamed Khaddad, member to the presidential delegation.

At the end of the day, President Abdelaziz was invited to a dinner personalities of the Republican Party offered on his honour, it was indicated. (SPS)

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Saharawi human rights activists denounce campaign of defamation against Ali Salem Tamek





El Aaiun, 11/05/2005 (SPS) Saharawi human rights activists in occupied territories of Western Sahara denounced on Tuesday the policy of segregation Moroccan authorities are leading against Saharawi human right activist and former political prisoner, Ali Salem Tamek, in a petition of solidarity publicised the same day.

"This campaign reached its extremity in Moroccan official means of communication (Moroccan Press agency MAP among others) under the orders of Moroccan secret services. The latter forced five members of the activist's family to sign a false press release, last May the 3rd 2005", indicated the petition of which SPS receive a copy.

The text is signed by more than 550 persons so far, 50 of whom are Saharawi human rights activists living in occupied territories of Western Sahara.

"This petition will be opened to signatures in web sites soon. It will thus be an opportunity for all supporters of democracy and justice not only to express their condemnation to this Moroccan campaign against Saharawi activists but also to condemn the colonisation of Western Sahara and protest against the intransigence of Rabat and its refusal to submit to the international legality by allowing Saharawi people to freely determine their future", indicated Saharawi activist to SPS correspondent on the ground.

Moroccan authorities launched a new campaign of defamation against Saharawi human rights activist and ex-political prisoner, Ali Salem Tamek, on Tuesday. They used a pretended press release some members of his family signed.

Moroccan press agency, MAP, the main mean of the Moroccan colonial propaganda, did manage no qualifiers of segregation against the activist. Thus he is "a traitor", "a renegade", to pretend then that his family rejected him and "from the family, tribal and national unity."

Reacting to this act of defamation 70 members of TAMEK family "categorically" denied the authenticity of a press release used last May the 3rd by Moroccan press in its recent campaign against Saharawi human rights activist and former political prisoner, Ali Salem Tamek.

They signed a press release, publicised Friday, to condemn the use of the name of the family to “sow ill-feeling and discord within the family, and seek to implicate it in a conspiracy against one of its best sons, in this case, Ali Salem Tamek" it should be recalled. (SPS)

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Constitution of Saharawi association of human rights violations victims in occupied territories of Western Sahara







El Aaiun (occupied territories), 11/05/2005 (SPS) Last May the 7th was marked by the constitutions of the Saharawi Association of Human Rights Violations Victims (ASVVDH), in El Aaiun, with the participation of more than a hundred Saharawi activists.

Holding its meeting, "after many obstacles erected by Moroccan colonial authorities, to constitute an association that would gather all Saharawi human rights activists’ tendencies so as to help Saharawi people defend themselves against the continued violations perpetrated by Moroccan State", declared a Saharawi activist to SPS.

Moroccan authorities had, in fact, tried "to abort this initiative by refusing to give the preparing committee the authorisation to hold the constitutional congress. But we surmounted this obstacle by sending the legal documents via mail. We did not receive a positive or a negative response for the legal 48 hours what means that our meeting is legal, according to Moroccan pertinent law anyhow", the activist added.

The general Assembly elected a Coordinating Committee composed of 51 members, who elected on their turn an Executive Bureau composed of 15 members chaired by former political prisoner, Mr. Brahim Dahan.

The Executive Bureau is composed by former political prisoners: Mrs. Dgemi El Ghalia, vice President, Mr. Brahim Sabbar, Secretary General, Mr. Brahim El Garhi, Vice Secretary General, Mr. Med Fadel Msaiid, treasurer, and his, assistant Mr. Mohamed Mayara, besides Counsellors: Mrs. Aghla Manhum, Mrs. Dagja Lachgar, Mr. Sadik Bulahi, Mr. Mohamed Fadel ElHayrach, Mr. Salek Bazeid, Mr. Daha Rahmouni, Mr. Med Salem Mujtar Malainin, Mr. Bachir Lekhfaouni and Mr. Mousamih El Aarbi.

The meeting also adopted a constitution, a programme of action, recommendations and a final press release, indicated SPS correspondent on the ground. (SPS)

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A Saharawi NGO calls to the breaking of the military and Medias siege imposed on the occupied territories of Western Sahara





El Aaiun (occupied territories), 11/05/2005 (SPS)  the Saharawi Association of Human Rights Violations Victims (ASVVDH), recently constituted, called to the breaking of the Moroccan military and Medias siege imposed on the occupied territories of Western Sahara since the Moroccan military invasion of the non-self-governing territory in 1975.

IN its final press release adopted by the constituting General Assembly of the Association, held last Saturday in occupied El Aaiun, the ASWDH also called Moroccan colonial authorities to respect “political, social, economical and cultural rights of the Saharawi people ", who suffer for three long decades from perpetuated violations of their rights, in particular their right to self-determination.

On another hand, the association put the head lines of its future activities, that is to say the defence of human rights in occupied territories of Western Sahara, the struggle for the revelation of the truth over the fate of Saharawi disappeareds still maintained under secret by Moroccan colonial authorities, the struggle so as Saharawi people enjoy their full rights conforming to international conventions among other goals.

The General Assembly was attended by all Saharawi civil society components in occupied territories of Western Sahara as well as groups and committees of Saharawi activists, it was indicated.
 
"The event was an opportunity to discuss national questions, visions and perspectives of the struggle against Moroccan violations of Saharawi people’s rights and it was also a real space for political debates", declared a member of the Coordinating Committee of the Association to the correspondent of the SPS on the ground. (SPS)

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