Abuja (Nigeria) 24 July 2019- The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS) condemns “the bestial attacks on Saharawi civilians on 19th July 2019, in El Aiun –Western Sahara by Moroccan occupying forces,” in a press release signed by Dr. Dipo Fashina, and issued by the organization on Tuesday, of which SPS received a copy.
Windhoek (Namibia) 24 July 2019 (SPS)- The World Federation of Democratic Youth-African Regional Commission (WFDY-ARC) issued an urgent Medias Release on Wednesday, condemning Moroccan oppression against the people of Western Sahara these last few days and calling on all progressive organizations to adopt firm position against the Moroccan violations.
Kampala (Uganda) 24 July 2019 (SPS)- The Chairman of the Pan African Club of Ghana, Mr. Oscar Kasya, expressed his organisation’s solidarity with the Saharawi people on Monday, condemning Moroccan continues “primitive” and “greedy” colonialism in Western Sahara.
Algeria, July 23, 2019 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, said in a press conference held at the Embassy of the Sahrawi Arab Republic in Algiers today that the violations and repression suffered by the Saharawi people in the occupied areas are a direct result of the Moroccan siege backed by French support within the Security Council.
Brussels (Belgium), July 23, 2019 (SPS) – Sahrawi Minister Delegate to Europe, Mohamed Sidati has urged today the EU high representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, to "intervene quickly to stop the repressive escalation that takes place in the occupied territories of Western Sahara."
Athens (Greece) 23 July 2019 (SPS)- The President of the World Peace Council, Mrs. Socorro Gomez, expressed on Monday her vivid condemnation of the assassination by Moroccan forces of occupation of young Saharawi woman, Sabah Othman, last Friday night to Saturday morning, in the occupied city of El Aaiun.
Salvador de Bahia (Brazil) 23 July 2019 (SPS)– The Brazilian Center for Solidarity with the Peoples and Struggle for Peace (CEBRAPAZ) expressed its solidarity with the Saharawi people against the latest Moroccan para-military and police oppression ongoing since last Friday.
Bir Lahlou, 22 July 2019 (SPS) – President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, has addressed a letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, calling on him to conduct an independent international investigation in order to reveal the circumstances of the heinous crime that claimed the life of young Sahrawi Sabah Othman Hameida and dozens of unarmed Sahrawi victims, only for celebrating peacefully the victory of the Algerian team in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations.
New York (UN), 22 July 2019 (SPS)- Representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations (UN) Mohamed Sidi Omar called on UN Security Council to assume its responsibilities in protecting the Sahrawi population, victim of atrocities perpetrated by the forces of the Moroccan occupation, denouncing the horrible assassination of a young Sahrawi woman on the sidelines of the peaceful celebration of the victory of the Algerian team in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2019).
Shahed Al-Hafed, 22 July 2019 (SPS) – Sahrawi organizations and the Sahrawi National Human Rights Commission (CONASADH) have condemned Morocco's despicable acts and repression against Sahrawis in the occupied cities, while they were peacefully celebrating the victory of the Algerian football team in the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Shahed Al-Hafed, 22 July 2019 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Diaspora has condemned Moroccan forces' brutal intervention against Sahrawi civilians in the occupied territories, leaving a young woman dead and several others injured among Sahrawis who were peacefully celebrating Algeria's victory in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
In a statement published, the ministry expressed its "strongest condemnation" of Morocco's brutal repression against Sahrawi civilians in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
Occupied Al-Aaiun, 22 July 2019 (SPS) - A young Sahrawi woman, Sabah Osman Hameida, was killed and several others were injured by Moroccan forces in the occupied city of Al-Aaiun during the peaceful celebration of the victory of the Algerian football team in the final of 2019 Africa Cup of Nations against Senegal.
Sabah, 23 years old, was hit by a Moroccan police car, according to Sahrawi media sources at the scene, while many other young Sahrawis were injured. (SPS)
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New York (United Nations), 21 July 2019 (SPS) - Subsequent to the visit by the head of the Moroccan government to the occupied city of Dakhla, the Representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Ammar, addressed a letter to H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The following is the full text of the letter:
New York (United Nations), 21 July 2019 (SPS) - In light of the escalating wave of repression currently taking place in the occupied Sahrawi territories as a result of the violent intervention of the Moroccan occupation forces against Sahrawi civilians, the representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, has addressed a letter to H.E. Mr.
El-Aaiun (Occupied Territories), 20 July 2019 (SPS) - The Moroccan occupation forces intervened violently against hundreds of Sahrawi citizens who took to the streets on Friday evening, in El-Aaiun, occupied capital of Western Sahara, in celebration of the Algerian football team's victory in the African Cup of Nations.
Bir-Lahlou (Liberated land), 19 July 2019 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Government has responded to statements made by the Ministers of Moroccan state of occupation related to the Sahrawi-Moroccan conflict and the issue of human rights, in a statement made public on Friday by the Ministry of Information.
The statement pointed out that for reasons known to the Moroccans and international public opinion, the Moroccan Minister of Justice and the Speaker Minister of the government made statements on the Sahrawi-Moroccan conflict and the issue of human rights.
Cape Town (South Africa), July 18, 2019 (SPS)- The President of South Africa, Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, reiterated the support of his country to the legitimate struggle of Saharawi people for freedom and self-determination, in his address yesterday before the South African Parliament to present the Presidency budget vote for 2019-2020.
Melbourne (Australia), July 18, 2019 (SPS) – the POLISARIO Frente’s Representative to Australia and New Zealand, Mr. kamal Fadel, accused Morocco of committing serious human rights abuses against Saharawi activists, including bloggers and journalists like Mrs. Nezha Khalidi, and deplores the fact that France is still supporting Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara against all odds.
Kigali, July 17, 2019 (SPS) -The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, was received by the Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, who handed him a letter from the President of the Republic, Brahim Gali.
New York (United Nations), July 16, 2019 (SPS) - The Polisario Front has asserted that the involvement of the Moroccan army in drug and human trafficking poses a direct threat to regional and international peace and security, in a letter addressed by Representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations, Dr. Sidi-Mohamed Omar, to H.E. Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra, Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations, President of the Security Council.