CTB for Saharawi people’s inalienable right to self-determination and independence

The Workers Center of Brazil (Brazilian acronym; CTB) has expressed its support to the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in a motion approved at the end of its 3rd congress, informed POLISARIO representation. The motion asked the Brazilian government to diplomatically recognize the Saharawi Republic (SADR) as well as to express its condemnation and rejection to the use of violence and persecution by Moroccan authorities against the Saharawi people and the labor movement in Western Sahara. It, in this respect, demanded the halt of violence, respect of human rights and putting an end to the...

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Saharawis determined to recover victory whatever the cost might be, says Minister

 “The Saharawi people are determined to recover their freedom and independence, no matter how long or whatever the cost might be,” said Sunday Ms. Mariam Salek Hmada, Saharawi Minister of Education, in a speech delivered during the closing session of the fourth summer university of SADR Cadres, held in Boumrdes, Algeria. “The strength of the Saharawis’ resolution to regain victory and to challenge all Moroccan occupation authorities’ brutal methods of repression has befuddled Mahkzen regime,” she underlined. “Moroccan brutal methods only empowered the Saharawis’ determination and resolve to continue the struggle up to snatch freedom,...

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Occupied El Aaiun: Moroccan forces tighten the noose on Foum el-Oued beach

Moroccan repression forces have tightened the noose on Foum el-Oued beach in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, after the uprising that erupted last week, according to the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Diaspora. According to the source, Moroccan army and gendarmerie vehicles are controlling the way in and out of the beach, while Moroccan gendarmerie cars continue to harass the defenseless Saharawis. Foum el-Oued beach witnessed peaceful demonstrations calling for the right of Saharawi people to self-determination and independence last week. A group of young Saharawis were arrested, several women, elderly...

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Creation of Tunisian-Saharawi Solidarity Committee

Tunisian Committee of Solidarity with Saharawi People formed today, Saturday, in Tunes in the presence of a number of Tunisia’s representatives of civil society and students, as well as sympathizers from Algeria, Mauritania and Europe, in addition to the Saharawi delegation taking part at the World Social Forum. Speaking during the event, the President of the European Coordination of Committees in Support of Western Sahara and President of the International Committee of the Support to Palestinian People Mr. Pierre Galand said that the participants at 2013 World Social Forum have sent this time a strong message of support to the Saharawi people...

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World social movements for Saharawi people’s right to self-determination

The World social movements, present at the 2013 World Social Forum in Tunisia, has expressed support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, in a statement concluded their workshops. The statement announced that the leftist forces and International Socialist Movement “strongly” support the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, a thing drove Moroccan delegation to withdraw from the workshop in a provocative way, as usually did in such occasions. To recall, Secretary General of Tunisian Workers’ Party received Friday at the Party’s HQ the presidency of the Saharawi delegation, where he announced his party’s...

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Walls of colonialism in the world: case of Western Sahara (workshop)

The Saharawi Khaima (tent), erected on the sidelines of the World Social Forum taking place in the Tunisian capital, hosted a workshop under the title “the Walls of Colonialism in the World: case of Western Sahara”, in the presence of Saharawi and foreign specialists and researchers. The workshop opened by the screening of two documentaries; one by the Canadian writer Marcio de Santos, author of the book “journeys through the blockade”, featuring a comprehensive comparison of the walls built across the world, including the Moroccan wall of shame in Western Sahara, the other documentary by the well-known Uruguayan writer Galliano, in which...

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Seeking solutions in line with Security Council resolutions

United Nations Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher said Tuesday that his visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps as part of his news tour to the region "aims at seeking solutions to the Western Sahara issue in line with the Security Council’s resolutions." "The serious situation in the Sahel region requires, now more than ever, an urgent solution," Ross said, adding that he had discussions with the leaders of the Polisario Front and Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, as well as with representatives of the civil society in order examine ways and means to boost the negotiation process." "The outcomes of my trip,...

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on the eve of the visit of Ross to occupied territories, Polisario Front urges international community to protect the Saharawis

President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Tuesday, has urged Secretary General of the United Nations ,Ban Ki-moon, for “urgent intervention to avoid Moroccan brutal intervention against defenseless Saharawis in the occupied territories of western Sahara” at the eve of the visit of the personal envoy ,Kristopher Ross to the region. “We call upon you for immediate intervention to not allow a new brutal intervention against civilian defenseless Saharawi on a territory still under the direct responsibility of the United Nations” reads the message of President to Secretary General of the UN. President...

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Saharawi political prisoner starts open-ended hunger strike

The Saharawi political prisoner Yahia Mohamed el Hafed Izza has begun on Monday an open-ended hunger strike to drew attention to the arbitrary arrest that targeted him and call for fair trail, said statement of Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA)। The Sahrawi political prisoner has been jailed at solitary confinement in the Moroccan prison of Ait Melloul since 2008। Yahia Mohamed is protesting harassment and mistreatment carried out against him, demanding his internationally guaranteed rights। Izza , member of Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA), was arrested on March 01, 2008 following his participation in peaceful protest calling for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination . he has been sentenced to 15 in prison.Font: SPSR...

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EP reaffirms right of Sahrawi people to self determination

The European Parliament "EP" on Wednesday ratified the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination "through a democratic referendum in accordance with United Nations resolutions." In its annual report on "Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union", the EP reaffirmed "the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination through a democratic referendum in accordance with the UN resolutions to determine the status of Western Sahara ". the EP urged the Polisario Front and Morocco to resume negotiations "to achieve a peaceful and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara"font: SPSR...

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Union Confederation of Saharawi Workers denounces the repression of its peaceful rallies

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Jan 16, 2012 (SPS) - The Union Confederation of Saharawi Workers (CSTS) denounced Sunday in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, the brutal repression committed against its members during a peaceful rally in solidarity with Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik, in a statement a copy of it reached SPS.The Confederation called for need to release all the Saharawi political prisoners, including those who arrested on the ground of Gdeim Izik camp, calling on the international community to dispatch an international commission of inquiry into the squalid economic, social and political conditions...

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Postponement the trail of Gdeim Izik detainees for indefinite date “unjustified”, says Saharawi organization

Rabat, Jan 14, 2012 (SPS) - The Collective of the Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) said that the postponement of the trail of Gdeim Izik detainees for indefinite date by Rabat military court “is not justified.”“This military trail is an exceptional judgment, because it prejudices the terms of a fair trial, given that all detainees are civilians, including members of the dialogue committee delegate for Sahrawis exodus in Gdeim Izik camp as well as Saharawi defenders of human rights,” said a communiqué of the Collective of the Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA).The Moroccan authorities have been postponed trails of the Saharawi political...

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Dozens Saharawis injured after violent intervention by Moroccan forces in occupied El Aaiun

El Aaiun (occupied territories), Jan 14, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi masses, who were observing Friday a peaceful sit-in in the occupied city of El Aaiun to drop the charges fabricated against Gdeim Izik political detainees, has subjected to violent interventions by the Moroccan forces of occupation, leaving dozens injured, informed a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.These brutal interventions left at least Saharawis 40 injured, including 10 serious cases which was speedily transferred to hospital.The Saharawi masses framed by the Gdeim Izik Coordination of Saharawi Marginalized Groups were peacefully protested...

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UPyD: Mariano Rajoy called to take firm position on Western Sahara conflict

Madrid, Jan 14, 2012 (SPS) - Union, Progress and Democracy (Spanish acronym: UPyD) has called on the President of the Spanish new government, Mr. Mariano Rajoy, to take “a firm position on the settlement of Western Sahara conflict.”In a communiqué issued Thursday, the Chief of the UPyD’s Foreign Policy, Mr. Fernando Maura, urged the president of the new Spanish government to take a firm position concerning the conflict of Western Sahara, during his forthcoming visit the Kingdom of Morocco.“President of Spanish government must put on table the need for Moroccan Kingdom to comply with the UN resolutions on Western Sahara. On the contrary, Rajoy’s...

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State Minister to represent President of Republic in inauguration of Mr. Daniel Ortega

Managua (Nicaragua), Jan 8, 2012 (SPS) - The Member of National Secretariat of the Frente Polisario and State Minister, Mr. Bashir Mustapha Sayed, will represent the President of the Saharawi Republic, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, in the inauguration ceremony of the re-elected Nicaraguan President, Mr. Daniel Ortega, according to the SADR Embassy in Nicaragua.Mr. Ortega, 66 years old, will assume a new five-year term after being reelected in the elections of 6 November. Ortega's inauguration will take place in the Revolution Square on Tuesday, in the old center of Managua, where the National Assembly will be installed.Nicaragua recognized the Saharawi...

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