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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