Geneva, 30 November 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatu Haidar called on the office of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders to take into consideration the seriousness of the situation in the occupied areas of Western Sahara and to take measures to prevent Morocco from repressing and imprisoning peaceful activists.
Bir Lehlou, 30 November 2019 (SPS) - The Sahrawi government in a communiqué issued by the Ministry of Information on Thursday, expressed deep surprise at the suspicious statements made by the Spanish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, warning Spanish citizens not to visit the Sahrawi refugee camps.
Berlin, 30 November 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatu Haidar called Wednesday, in Berlin, on the German government to address the current situation in occupied Western Sahara, arguing that European countries should not maintain relations with Morocco, an expansionist country known for its constant violations of international law.
Sahrawi activist, Aminatou Haidar, met with the German Federal Government's Commissioner for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aids, Barbel Kofler, to discuss the current situation in occupied Western Sahara.
Berlin, 30 November 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi activist Aminatu Haidar on Monday denounced before the German Parliament (Bundestag) the grave human rights situation in the occupied areas of Western Sahara, expressing her deepest concern at the escalation of attacks and the Moroccan occupation regime's repression against the Sahrawi civilian population.
Pretoria (South Africa) 29 November 2019 (SPS)- The South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr. Naledi Pandor, expressed on behalf of President Cyril Ramaphosa, her condolences to the family of the late Ambassador of the Saharawi Republic to South Africa, Bachir Radhi, and to the government and people of the Saharawi Republic.
The Saharawi Ambassador to South Africa passed away last Wednesday afternoon following a short period of illness, and was burried in the cemetry of the Wilaya of Smara in the Saharawi refugee camps.
Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Refugee camps) 28 November 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Veteran diplomat, Bachir Radhi, Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to South Africa, passed away on Wednesday at 14:25 after a short period of illness, according to a source from his family.
Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republic) 28 November 2019 (SPS)- The Ministry of Information of the Saharawi Republic, issued an official communiqué on Thursday, criticising the irrelevant Spanish government’s warning to its citizens not to visit the Saharawi refugee camps because of a so-called raise in terrorism in the Republic of Mali, knowing that the camps are situated in Algeria.
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), 24 November 2019 (SPS) -The 44th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) denounced Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz, the European Union (EU) for its blatant complicity with the Moroccan occupier in the looting of Sahrawi natural resources.
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), 24 November 2019 (SPS) - The 44th European Coordinating Conference of Support to the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO) welcomed the “unfailing” support of the Algerian people and their institutions to the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.
The 44th EUCOCO “welcomes the unfailing support of the Algerian people and their institutions that showed solidarity with the Sahrawi people,” said the Conference in its final declaration at the wrap up of its works on Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz.
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), 24 November 2019 (SPS) - Luis Esquivel, a member of the Panamanian Assembly, on Saturday reaffirmed his country’s strong support to the Sahrawi people in their struggle for independence.
“From Victoria, I urge the international community and the United Nations (UN) to recall all international resolutions ensuring the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination,” Esquivel told APS on the sidelines of the 44th European Coordinating Conference of Support to the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO).
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), 24 November 2019 (SPS) – Sahrawi Minister Delegate for Europe Mohamed Sidati said Saturday in Victoria-Gasteiz that the EUCOCO "constitutes a clear message addressed to Spain and the European Union (EU) to recall their responsibility in Western Sahara conflict and the obstacles to finding definitive and just solution."
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), 24 November 2019 (SPS) - Head of the Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (CNASPS) Said Ayachi underlined Friday, in Vitoria-Gasteiz, that Morocco must be treated as an occupier and not as a partner concerning the Sahrawi issue.
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), 23 November 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Prime Minister, Mohamed Louali Akeik, said on Friday in Vitoria-Gasteiz that "all options relating to the Sahrawi people's ongoing fight for independence, including the armed struggle will be examined at the Polisario Front Congress, scheduled for next December."
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), 23 November 2019 (SPS) - More than 500 people are taking part on Friday and Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz (the Basque Country) in the works of the 44th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Saharawi People (EUCOCO).
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), 23 November 2019 (SPS) - The 44th European Coordinating Conference of Support to the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), held Friday and Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), will be an opportunity to call for the end of injustice, illegality and the Moroccan occupation in Western Sahara, and to open a new chapter of history.
Pretoria (South Africa) 23 November 2019 (SPS)- The African National Congress (ANC), the rulling party in South Africa, issued an urgent release on Tuesday 19 November, reiterating its “principled position” regarding the Moroccan illegal occupation of Western Sahara, calling on the UN “to assume its legal and moral responsibility” in the resolution of this last conflict of decolonization in Africa.
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Basque Country), Nov 20, 2019 (SPS) - With the participation of international delegations and a high-level delegation from the Government of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, headed by Prime Minister Mohamed Luali Akeik, Vitoria-Gasteiz will host the 44th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Saharawi People (Eucoco) the next days 22 and 23.
Pamplona (Navarra), Nov 18, 2019 (SPS) - The Saharwa Delegation in Navarra represented by Lehbib Breika and Mohamed Gailani, respectively, delegate and sub-delegate, held a working meeting with members of the Peace and Freedom Intergroup in the Sahara, headed by its president, Carlos Mena Blasco and accompanied by Patricia Perales, Isabel Aranburu, Marisa de Simón and Javier García Giménez.
Pretoria (South Africa) 19 November 2019 (SPS)- The South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr Naledi Pandor, indicated in a statement to the Press yesterday, that her country abstained from voting in favour of the recent UN Security Council’s resolution on Western Sahara last October 30, because it undermines fundamental principles of the UN Charter.
Madrid, 17 November 2019 (SPS) -Thousands of Sahrawis, living in Spain, and members of solidarity associations with the Sahrawi people gathered Saturday in Madrid to urge the Spanish Government to cancel the shameful Declaration signed by Madrid in 1975, allowing Moroccan invasion of Sahrawi territories.