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November 2021

Solidarity Webinar with Sultana denounces Crimes against humanity and war crimes in Western Sahara and calls for protection of civilian victims of abuses

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Chahid El Hamed (Saharawi Republic) 19 November 2021 (SPS)- The participants in the Webinar of Solidarity with Sultana Brahim Jaya, organized this Friday morning by the Sahrawi National Commission for Human Rights, denounced crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by the Moroccan regime against Jaya family, holding the UN bodies and the International Red Cross fully responsible for the fate of the victim.

Morocco refuses to recognize its military failure, targets civilians

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Bir Lahlou, Nov 18, 2021 (SPS) - Morocco refuses to recognize its military failure in the face of the bombing of the Saharawi army, and attacks civilians, said the Advisor to the President of the Republic for business politicians, El Bachir Moustafa Sayed.
In a statement to the APS, El Bachir said that the Moroccan occupation now targets Sahrawi civilians or Algerian traders who cross the liberated territories into Mauritania, in addition to Mauritanian gold miners, and this by using various weapons, including Israeli drones.

Spanish journalist breaks Moroccan media blackout on Western Sahara war

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Madrid, Nov 18, 2021 (SPS) - The independent Spanish journalist, Axel Alvarez, confirmed during his visit to the liberated Sahrawi territories, the state of war which prevails in the region and praises the Sahrawi fighters and their determination to defeat the Moroccan occupier, calling on UN to intervene to end the conflict in Western Sahara.

SPLA attacks occupation forces in Mahbes sector

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Bir Lehlu, Nov 18, 2021 (SPS) - The units of the Saharawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out Wednesday intense attacks against the positions of the Moroccan occupation forces in the regions of Acheidmiya and Rus Asabti, in the Mahbes sector.
According to the War Report No. 370 of the Ministry of National Defense, units of our army conducted heavy bombardments, causing fear and panic in the ranks of enemy soldiers in the regions of Acheidmiya and Rus Asabti, in Mahbes .

Abba El Haissan: “Targeting Saharawi civilians is a new war crime for which the King of Morocco bears responsibility”

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Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi Republic) 16 November 2021 (SPS)- The President of the Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH), Mr. Abba El Haissan, considered in a statement to SPS that Moroccan forces of occupation attacks against several civilian martyrs, mainly Algerian and Saharawi merchants and travelers crossing the liberated areas of Western Sahara, is a new war crime committed by Mohammed VI’s regime, in a clear violation of the international humanitarian law, especially the four Geneva Conventions that prohibit targeting civilians in war zones.

Algiers, Pretoria call on Mistura to “coordinate closely” with AU in the decolonization of Western Sahara

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Algiers, 14 November 2021 (SPS) - Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra, and South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Naledi Pandor, called Saturday in Algiers on the new UN Personal Envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan Mistura, to “coordinate closely” with the African Union (AU) in the decolonization of Africa’s last colony.

President of Republic receives Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa

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Shahed AL-Hafed,14 November 2021 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, received today, Sunday, the South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr. Naledi Pandor, who is paying an official visit to the Sahrawi Republic.
The meeting, which took place at the Presidency of the Republic, was attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, the Sahrawi Ambassador to South Africa, Mohamed Yeslam Bessat, and the delegation accompanying the South African Minister.

Sahrawi army ready to liberate all occupied territories (Chief of Staff)

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Algiers, 13 Nov 2021 (SPS) -  The Chief of Staff of the Sahrawi Army, Mohamed Al-Wali Akeik, affirmed that the Saharawi army is fully prepared to liberate all occupied Sahrawi territories and regain independence, calling on all commercial companies not to invest in the occupied territories "being a war and insecurity zone".

CONASADH: ICRC bares full responsibility in the protection of Sahrawi civilians in the territories of Western Sahara

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Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republic) 10 November 2021 (SPS)- The President of the Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH- in Spanish Abbreviation) sent a letter to the President of the International Commission for the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, calling on the ICRC and the UN to assume their full responsibility in the protection of Saharawi civilians, including Saharawi human rights defender Ms. Sultana Sidi Brahim Jaya, under Moroccan police asaults and illegal house arrest for one year so far.

Frente Polisario calls on the UN Security Council to opperationalise legal and moral responsibilities in the protection of Sahrawi civilians in occupied territories

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New York (United Nations) 10 November 2021 (SPS)- The Permanent Representative of Frente Polisario at the UN, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, called yesterday on the UN Security Council to opperationalise legal and moral responsibilities in the protection of Sahrawi civilians suffering Moroccan retaliation and abuses in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Sahrawi government reacts to fabrications and illusions of Moroccan King aimed at continuing his adventure in Western Sahara

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Bir Lahlou, 7 November 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Ministry of Information has reiterated that the Sahrawi people will continue their liberation struggle against the Moroccan occupation until the completion of national sovereignty over the entire territory of the Sahrawi Republic, considering what was stated in the Moroccan King’s speech yesterday, Saturday, as nothing but “fabrications and illusions to justify intransigence, recklessness and continuation of adventure.”

President of Republic vows to inflict "bitter defeats" on Moroccan occupation army

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Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 7 November 2021 (SPS) - The President of Republic, supreme leader of the armed forces, Brahim Ghali vowed Saturday to inflict "bitter defeats" on the Moroccan occupation army, affirming that the Sahrawi army "is well trained and fully operational".
In his speech at the handover ceremony to the Chief of Staff of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA), Mohamed Al-Wali Akik, the Sahrawi president promised to inflict "bitter defeats" on the Moroccan occupation army.

“#Candle4Sultana” a Saharawi Campaign on Social Media in support of the human right defender under siege

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Chahid El Hafed (Saharawi Republic) 07 November 2021 (SPS)- A group of Sahrawi youth, under the supervision of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and in cooperation with the National Radio, Women's Union, Scout Organization and the Active Saharawi Youth Group, launched a national campaign of solidarity with the family of the Saharawi human rights defender, Sultana Brahim Jaya, today at the Seat of the Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH) in Chahid El Hafed, Saharawi refugees camps.

Polisario Front representative to UN meets with Staffan de Mistura

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New York (UN), 6 November 2021 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the United Nations (UN), and responsible for coordination with the Minurso, Sidi Mohamed Omar, met on Friday with the personal envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, on a visit to New York, on the prospects of the peace process in Western Sahara.