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 of the Republic stopped Ki-moon on the “Moroccan heavy security enforcements” in the occupied territories of Western Sahara that aim to prevent and deter the Saharawi citizens from demonstrate peacefully and express their “legitimate demands of independence and freedom” while the personal envoy visits the occupied territories.

President, Mohamed Abdelaziz, described Moroccan security enforcements as “worried” indicated that these enforcements are attempts to “hide the reality “and give a false picture on the situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.”

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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.
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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"
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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 in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

It appealed to Spain, as the former colonizing power of Western Sahara, to assume its historic responsibilities towards the ongoing situation in the Territory, urging the new Spanish government to respond to the legitimate rights of the Saharawis.

It should be recalled that CSTS organized, in coordination with Gdeim Izik Coordination, the rally outside what is called Moroccan National Council for Human Rights in the occupied city of El Aaiun

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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 prisoners, which is one of the Moroccan regime’s practices in his dealing with the Saharawi human rights activists within its policy of procrastination.

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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 before what is called the Moroccan National Council of Human Rights in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, before they surprisingly dispersed by force by the Moroccan intelligence services and prevented from continuing the demonstration.

The intervention had been supervised by the Moroccan executioner Basha aiming to discourage the militants to continue the sit-in and dispersed them by force, whereas the second police order was to brutally intervene against Saharawi women, elderly, children and youth.

In relevant context, the group of the Moroccan executioner Abd El-Ali, known as Azwa, arrested many minors and young Saharawi, where they quickly taken.

Following is a list of names of wounded:

- Elderly Salhi Lahbib
- Fatma Hallab
- Maluha Hallab
- Hamadi Filalai
- Hadad Said
- Salma Limam
- Aglana Fadi
- Babit Kabara
- Dada Husein
- Family of Taleb Lamiat
- Ngia Mahjub Ali
- Husein Ansari
- Elderly Babit Lefgir
- Bachir Idrasi
- Salami Habuha
- Salam Numria
- Hasiba Balal
- Man Darja
- Ngia Lafrik
- Fala Shatuki
- Batul Labaihi
- Batal Dahan
- Jamila Algan
- Suad Bala
- Mariam Salami
- Mohamed Shatuki
- Mohamed Hadad
- Sleima Limam
- Nazha Al Khaldi
- Takalbut Agleijilha
- Ngia Busufa
- Bachir Sweih
- Abd Almotaleb Basiri
- Lala Andur
- Hamza Sahrawi
- Al Salma Nadur
- Izana Ambarak
- Manina Haddi
- Aziza Biza
- Mohamed Sabek
- Khalifa Fadel
- Agleila Barka
- Saadi Kaneita
- Zagman Lamat
- Salam Ahmaidaha
- Hafed Didi
- Zahra Al-Haj
- Salha Boutengiza

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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 visit to Morocco will be visit of loyalty. This habit, which does not comply with the atmospheres of advanced democracy, should be abandoned,” the statement asserted.

UPyD stressed, indicating the communiqué, on the importance to change the position of the successive Spanish governments towards the relations with Morocco, especially with regard to the Western Sahara conflict.

UPyD hoped in this regard that the Spanish Popular Party (PP) would live up to its promise of working for the organization of self-determination referendum, which had declared last year by Mr. Jorge Moragas, secretary of international relations of the PP, before a Saharawi delegation.

In relevant context, UPyD recalled the Spanish Minister of Agriculture and Nutrition, Mr. Miguel Arias Cañete, which is currently visiting Brussels that the waters of Western Sahara “must remain out of any agreement between the EU and Morocco.”

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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 Arab Democratic Republic on September 6, 1979, and currently maintains diplomatic relations at the highest level

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Delegation of IWMF visits the Saharawi refugee camps

Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 8, 2012 (SPS) - The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is making a visit to the Saharawi refugee camps in order to see the situation of the Saharawi refugees.

SPS learned that the delegation consist of four people including the IWMF’s President, Ms. Maria Cruz.

It will held meetings with members of the National Secretariat of the Frente Polisario and government, in order to be informed on the status quo of the Saharawi cause and situation of the Saharawi refugees.

It will also make field visits to various national institutions and Wilayas including the Ministry of Information, the headquarters of the National Television and Media Archive and others.

A conference on the national experience in the media field will be organized Wednesday at headquarters of the Ministry of Information, in the presence of the American delegation

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IAJUWS calls on international observers to attend the trail of Saharawi prisoners of Gdeim Izik

Madrid, Jan 7, 2011 (SPS) - The International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara (IAJUWS) called Thursday on the international observers and lawyers to travel to Rabat to attend the trial against the Saharawi activists of Gdeim Izik camp, who are currently incarcerated in the Moroccan prison of Salé and to be taken next January 13 to a Moroccan military trail.

The Moroccan Military Tribunal proceeded to consider in the charges against 24 young Sahrawi who were arrested following the violent dismantling of Gdeim Izik camp on November 2010 by the Moroccan police and military forces

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