[SPS]El Aaiun -The Moroccan authorities prevented Spanish delegations from taking part in a Sahrawi women conference on Thursday in the occupied city of El Aaiun, representing Various social and political organizations, indicated a letter sent to the UN Security Council signed by some of these organizations....
[SPS]London -British and international associations active in the field of human rights demanded Thursday that the British government to press in the United Nations Security Council for monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara, in a letter published on the site of the famous British newspaper, The Guardian....
[SPS]Abuja (Nigeria) April 18, 2014 (SPS) - Special Envoy of the President of the Republic M'hamed Khadad, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and the Coordinator with the MINURSO, received Thursday by Mr. Jonathan Goodluck, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, according to a statement of SADR Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria....
[SPS]Washington -Non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to incorporate human rights monitoring in Western Sahara, welcoming the suggestions the UN chief made in his latest report on the matter....
[SPS]Brussels -Some 115 organizations, including Sahrawi associations and international non-governmental organizations from 21 countries around the world have called for the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission Fore Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring in the occupied Sahrawi territories....
[SPS]Washignton -The president of the American nongovernmental organization "Robert F. Kennedy for Justice and Human Rights" (RFKennedy Centre), Kerry Kennedy, condemned Friday the violent repression perpetrated Tuesday by the Moroccan forces in El Aaiun against the Saharawis' peaceful protest for independence, leaving tens of protestors injured....
[SPS]El Aaiun -The National Union of Sahrawi Women organized the Second International Conference in Support of Sahrawi Women Resistance, April 17-20, in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, with the participation of many women representing political social and cultural organizations, from different world continents....
[SPS]Shaheed Hafed -The African Economic Forum has granted membership in its executive bureau to Sahrawi human rights activist Aminatou Haidar, in recognition of her tireless efforts and peaceful struggle in order to enable the Saharawi people to exercise their right to self-determination....
[SPS]Shaheed Hafed -The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has expressed condemnation at the visit of Ivorian Foreign Minister to the occupied city of Dakhla and its exploitation by Morocco as propaganda in the official media to cover up the truth and legitimize its illegal occupation of Western Sahara, in a letter Sunday to Ivorian President...
[SPS]New York (United Nations) April 19, 2014 (SPS) - The UN Security Council held on Thursday consultations on the question of Western Sahara and its developments in the light of the report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations submitted April 10....
[SPS]Madrid -19 Spanish cultural and political non-governmental organizations have asked the UN Security Council to take its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security in accordance with the UN principles and purposes, by voting "favourably" to expand the powers of MINURSO to include sustained human rights monitoring in Western Sahara....
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[UN News]The United Nations refugee agency announced today that following many months of suspension, family visit flights between Sahrawi refugees living in camps near Tindouf, Algeria, and their families in the territory of Western Sahara has resumed....
[SPS]Addis Ababa -The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, calls for renewing efforts to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara, welcoming the report issued by the UN Secretary General on the situation concerning Western Sahara, on 10 April 2014....
[SPS]Addis Ababa -The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, has called for renewing efforts to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara, welcoming the report of the UN Secretary General on the situation concerning Western Sahara, issued on 10 April 2014....
[SPS]London -On the eve of the UN Security Council´s meeting on April 17th, Western Sahara UK Campaign has appealed to the Security Council to fulfill its duty to the Saharawi people, by giving the MINURSO the powers to monitor human rights in Western Sahara....
[SPS]El Aaiun -Moroccan occupying authorities expelled Tuesday a Spanish women delegation from the airport of the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara....
[SPS]Chahid Al Hafed -Sahara Press Service (SPS) has received a letter of congratulation and appreciation from the High School of Journalism and Mass Communication of Saint Petersburg State University....
[SPS]Brussels -A group of members of the European Parliament has sent a letter to the UN Secretary General and Security Council Member States, in which they called for expand the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include the monitor of human rights situation on the ground....
[SPS]Madrid -The iconic anti-apartheid fighter Andrew Mlangeni, imprisoned with Nelson Mandela for 26 years, announced Wednesday that he will attend the 11th edition of the Western Sahara International Film Festival (FiSahara), to be held in the Wilaya of Dakhla from April 29th to May 04, informed the organizers....