May 2016

Tokyo, May 21,2016 (SPS) - Senator Satsuki Eda and Algerian Ambassador to Japan H.E. Mohamed El Amine Bencherif and SJJA members held Friday  a meeting to celebrate the Saharawi 43 anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle, at the Member’s office building of House of Councilors of Japan.
Senator Satsuki Eda is the founder of SJPFA (Saharawi Japan Parliamentarians’ Friendship Association). He was the 27th　President of House of Councilors, the 87th Minister of Justice, and the 16th Minister for the Environment.

Brussels (Belgium), May 20, 2016 (SPS) - The European Union (EU) expressed Thursday, its support to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), underlining the importance of its mandate to reach a solution in accordance with international law.

Madrid, May 20, 2016 (SPS) - The exploitation of the sand of Western Sahara by a Spanish company is a "violation of international law and the rights of Sahrawi people," said Carmelo Ramirez, President of the Federation of Spanish Institutions in Solidarity with Sahrawi People (FEDISSAH).

Wilaya of Ausard, May 19, 2016 (SPS) - The celebrations of 43 anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle kicks off today in the wilaya of Ausard in the presence of a number of members of the National Secretariat and foreign delegations.
 
The opening ceremony of the anniversary has witnessed several speeches by Sahrawi High officials and foreign delegation attending this historical event in the history of the Sahrawi people.SPS
 
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Chahid El Hafid,  May 19, 2016 (SPS) - the President of the Republic , Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz issued on Thursday a presidential decree stipulates  the appointment of Mr. Mohamed Buzaid, president of the Constitutional Council.SPS
 
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Canary Islqnd, May 18, 2016 (SPS) - The Polisario Front delegation to the Canary Islands on Tuesday denounced the import of beaches sand of El Aaiun, the occupied capital of Western Sahara by Spanish society Anfi Tauro SA for the establishment of an artificial beach in the municipality of Mogan.
 

Chahid El Hafed, May 18, 2016 (SPS) - Delegation from Canary Island began on Wednesday an official visit to the Saharawi refugee camps in the framework of solidarity with the Saharawi people and their just cause.
 
The delegation consists of 60 members from various Canarian institutions, they will participate in the celebrations commemorating 43th anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle scheduled to be on May 20 in the wilaya of Auserd.

El Aaiun (occupied capital of Western Sahara), May 18, 2016 (SPS) - Moroccan repression forces have brutally dispersed a peaceful sit-in organized Monday by unemployed Saharawi in Occupied Aaiun.
The brutal intervention leaving injured among the protesters, including Mohamed Salem Alouat and Mohamed Molud Mansur were evacuated to hospital, according to a source from the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.

June 9 School, 17 May 2016 (SPS) - the Minister of Education, Mr. Mohamed Mouloud Mohamed Fadel oversaw Monday  the graduation of batch from National Institute of Pedagogical formation in the specialization  of Arabic and Spanish language and professors in various areas in the presence of some members of the Saharawi National Council and cadres of  education Ministry.
 

Galicia (Spain), May 17, 2016 (SPS) - Joint Group of Peace and freedom for the Sahrawi people in the Parliament of Galicia, which prevented from entering the Occupied Territories by the Moroccan occupation authorities, expressed its deep concern on the siege imposed on the occupied territories of Western Sahara, in a letter of condemnation to the Security Council, the Spanish government and the European parliament.

Shaheed El Hafed, May 16, 2016 (SPS) the National Secretariat (NS) of the Polisario Front has welcomed the consistent position of the African Union in favour of the decolonization of the last colony in Africa, Western Sahara.

Shaheed El Hafed, May 16, 2016 (SPS) - The National Secretariat (SN) of the Polisario Front reiterated its willingness to cooperate with the United Nations Secretary General and his personal envoy to find a peaceful solution ensuring the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination.

Copenhagen (Denmark) 16 May, 2016 (SPS) - Upon official invitation, the POLISARIO Front representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin has participated in the annual Congress of the Red-Green Alliance Party convened in the capital, Copenhagen from 14 to 16 May 2016.
The Danish party has traditional stand supporting the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination, independence, the respect of human rights in Western Sahara and defends the right of the Saharawi people for sovereignty over their natural resources. (SPS)

Anvers (Belgium), May 15, 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi community in Belgium celebrated, Saturday, the 43rd anniversary of the creation of the Front Polisario (10 May 1973), and the triggering of the armed fight for the liberation of Western Sahara, ten days later.
Enumerating the many achievements made in various fields since the creation of the Polisario Front, its representative in Belgium, Jamal Zakari, reaffirmed the Sahrawi people’s determination to continue their fight until independence.

Shaheed El Hafed, May 15, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of National Defense, Lehbib Abdellahi met, on Saturday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, with Deputy Executive Secretary of the North African Regional Capacity (NARC), Ali Mohamed Niab.
The meeting was attended by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Sahrawi National Liberation Army and NARC.
The two sides discussed ways to strengthen the African force and the potential role of the Sahrawi Republic in its capacity as a founding member of the African Union.

Berlin (Germany), May 14, 2016 (SPS) - Members of the Bundestag (German Parliament) and representatives of the association “Freedom for Western Sahara” called for the organization of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, according to a communiqué made public.

Managua (Nicaragua) May 14, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi ambassador to Nicaragua, Sulaiman Al-Tayeb, said in a statement to Cuban News Agency, Prensa Latina, that Morocco continues to impede negotiations with the Polisario Front in order to find a just solution that ensures the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination. 
The Sahrawi diplomat indicated that following its crisis with the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Morocco expelled the civil contingence of the United Nations Mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO). 

Berlin, May 13, 2016 (SPS) - Members of Parliament Bundestag, Frank Heinrich (CDU), Kerstin Tack (SPD), Sevim Dagdelen (Die Linke) and Katja Keul (Alliance '90 / The Greens) and members of the board of the Association "Freedom for Western Sahara have demanded the organization of a referendum of self-determination in Western Sahara.
 

Brussels (Belgium), May 13, 2016 (SPS) - Human rights violations in Morocco and occupied Western Sahara remain frequent said Thursday, in Brussels (Belgium), human rights activists who deplored the persistence of arbitrary arrests, ill-treatment, torture and condemnation of activists, particularly Sahrawis, to lengthy sentences at the end of inequitable trials.

Copenhagen (Denmark) 12 May 2016  (SPS) – The new President of the Danish Social Democratic Youth (DSU), Mr. Lasse Quvang Rasmussen said: “The Danish Social Democratic Youth supports the right of the people of Western Sahara to Self-determination and will continue our work for a free Western Sahara”
 
DSU International Committee convened a meeting with POLISARIO Representative to Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, who exposed the different aspects of Morocco’s illegal occupation to Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.