UESARIO strongly condemns Moroccan authorities’ abuse on the Saharawi students at Casablanca University

Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 26, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi Union of Students (UESARIO) has strongly condemned the blatant abuse committed by the Moroccan occupation authorities against the Saharawi students and expelling them from study on the ground of their attachment to Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.In a statement issued Thursday, the Union underlined “when we strongly follow-up the developments on the student scene in the occupied part of our country and inside Moroccan universities, we renew our strong indignation and condemnation to such blatant abuse.”The Union called on all its components everywhere to show solidarity...

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Polisario Front hopes a positive role from Spain with the new government

Algiers, Nov 26, 2011 (SPS) - The Polisario Front’s Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Ahmed Boukhari, expressed Thursday his hope that electing a new government in Spain “would open a new page of relations with the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.”In an interview with Algeria’s International Radio, Mr. Boukhari wished that the election of a new government in Spain under the leadership of the Popular Party (right) “will open the door towards a new positive role played by this country.”He said “there is a new opportunity for such change on the Spanish political arena,” adding “I suppose this role will be positive and effective, unlike...

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British NGO calls for protecting human rights in occupied Dakhla

London, October 10, 2011 (SPS) Western Sahara Campaign in Britain, is calling to sign a petition urging the UN to protect human rights in Dakhla and investigate the events in this city, said Saturday in London Mr. Ken Ritchie, Executive Member of the organization."We urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to conduct an urgent investigation in Dakhla to shed light on the events in the city under siege since September 25, and put a mechanism for monitoring human rights in order to stop the abuses perpetrated against the Saharawi people ", he said.Mr. Ritchie also asked for the expansion of the mandate of the UN mission for the referendum...

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Peace.written by Mahfoud mohamed lamin bacheri

Peace“peace is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it”Dorothy Thompson.The term peace has got abroad meaning, but it can be simply defined asthe situation when people live together sharing their commoninterests, collaborating with each other in various domains such aseconomic, social and culture keeping away all kinds of wars, conflictsand disagreements, but the real question is: how can we dealsuccessfully with difficult situations especially in wars andconflicts?Well, for me this subject is truly personal, because of what my peopleare living nowadays , and what made it worse is that they are beingabused by who are supposed...

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Saharawi President consoles his Chilean counterpart following plane crash accident

Santiago (Chile) Sept 5, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, expressed Saturday heartfelt condolences to his Chilean counterpart, Mr. Sebastian Piñera, following the tragic crash accident of a plane belonging to the Chilean Armed Forces occurred Friday near the San Fernando Island which left 21 dead.In a letter addressed to the Mr. Piñera through the Saharawi Embassy in Chile, the President of the Republic expressed his most profound feelings of solidarity with the people and government of Chile following this tragic accident"He therefore confirmed his confident in the...

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Council of Ministers strongly condemns repression of Saharawi citizens in occupied Western Sahara

Shahid Al Hafed (refugee camps) Sept 4, 2011 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers strongly condemned Saturday the serious violations of human rights perpetuated against the Saharawis in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, especially El Aaiun and Boujdour, hailing struggles of the Saharawi masses in the occupied territories and south of Morocco, in a statement concluded a meeting chaired by the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.The statement asserted that the Saharawi masses in the occupied territories “have consistently made continued heroics in the face of campaigns of brutal repression...

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Saharawi government welcomes statements of Libyan TNC’s president

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories) Sept 2, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi government and Polisario Front has welcomed the statements issued on Aug 29, 2011 by Mustafa Abdeljalil, president of the Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC), which categorically denied the allegations published by the Moroccan Press Service (MAP) claiming the presence of Saharawi fighters in Libya along with Gaddafi, said the Ministry of Information.The statement said that Mustafa Abdeljalil’s speech reflects a “high degree of responsibility and wisdom which would consolidate the bonds of brotherhood and friendship existing between the two brotherly peoples. It also...

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South Sudan to move capital to Ramciel

Juba (South Sudan) Sept 4, 2011 - The government of newly-independent South Sudan has decided to relocate its capital from Juba to a more central location in Lakes state, a senior official said on Sunday."The council of ministers has decided that the capital city will be relocated from Juba," the government's secretary general Abdon Agaw told AFP, adding the new capital would be located in Ramciel, in Lakes state.The decision, taken on Friday, has to be approved by the parliament of South Sudan, which gained its independence July 9, and is unlikely to result in any imminent change as the new capital would have to be built from scratch.But the...

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President of Republic appreciates the documentary “Gdeim Izik: an example of unity and resistance”

Shahid Al Hafed (refugee camps) Sept 4, 2011 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has appreciated the documentary “Gdeim Izik: an example of unity and resistance”, considering it “work which must be commanded because it documents a historic phase in the history of the Saharawi resistance against the Moroccan occupation, during its screening on the sidelines of a meeting of the Ministers Council held Saturday.The President of the Republic granted the Saharawi nationality for the two journalists as a recognition and appreciation for their sacrifices to portray the truth from...

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Algeria recalls need to improve human rights situation in Western Sahara

Algeria recalls need to improve human rights situation in Western SaharaAlgiers, June 2, 2011 (SPS) - The Algerian Delegate Minister in charge of Maghreb and African affairs, Abdelkader Messahel, asserted Wednesday in Algiers that Algeria reminds of the need to improve the human rights situation in Western Sahara, as has been confirmed by the UN Security Council in Resolution 1979.Referring to the situation in Western Sahara during a press conference, Mr. Messahel reiterated the position of the United Nations on the "critical importance of the issue of human rights in the search for a solution to the conflict" in the Western Sahara.He also pointed to the Security Council Resolution 1979 on "the need to improve the human rights situation in Western Sahara" and requiring the parties, Morocco...

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Statement of saharaui political prisioners in Sale prisionSale Prison April 2011 STATEMENT OF SAHARAUI POLITICAL PRISONERS IN SALE PRISON (MOROCCO) After more than five months of imprisonment in Sale Prison during which the Military courts in Rabat have been well informed (instructed) of our cases and after the violent attack on Saharaui civilians perpetrated by the Moroccan authorities on 8 November 2010 to eject (oust) the camp Gdeim Izik located outside the occupied city of El Aaiun, the subsequent kidnappings, disappearances and arbitrary detentions, barbarism which remind us of the Saharaui population have been suffering since the last century after the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. While waiting for our appearance before the military court in Rabat, the Moroccan authorities...

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Morocco "somehow responsible" for blocking negotiations with Polisario Font (Medelci) Algiers, March 10, 2011 (SPS) - The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mourad Medelci, said in a daily national newspaper published Thursday that Morocco is "somehow responsible" for blocking the process of negotiations with the Polisario Front. The responsibility for blocking the process of negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco falls on this last one, said Medelci in an interview with the Arabic-newspaper...

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5th Polisario- Morocco informal meeting opens in Manhasset New York January22,2011(SPS) – The fifth informal meeting between Polisario Front and Morocco on Western Sahara dispute opened Saturday in Manhasset (New York) for two days under the auspices of United Nations. The meeting is being held in strict camera in the Greentree Estate (Manhasset), owned by the rich US family Whitney and put at the UN disposal for such meetin...

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