May 2020

Bir Lehlou (Saharawi Republic) 31 May 2020 (SPS)– The Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CONASADH), called on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), to urgently intervene for the release of Saharawi political prisoners in Morocco, to protect them from possible Covid-19 infection.

Shaheed El-Hafed, 30 May 2020 (SPS) - The Sahrawi National Committee for Human Rights on Friday expressed concern over the situation of Sahrawi civilian prisoners in the Moroccan jails, calling on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to intervene immediately to release them, especially amid the alarming outbreak of Coronavirus, including in Morocco.

New York (USA), May 28, 2020 (SPS) - The South African permanent representative to the United Nations, Jerry Matjila, has warned the members of the Security Council about the serious situation of the Sahrawi civilian population in the occupied areas by the Moroccan regime, and insisting that it is not receiving the necessary and adequate attention.

Algiers (Algeria) 27 May 2020 (SPS)- The Algerian Foreign Minister, Sabri Boukadoum, confirmed on Tuesday that all manoeuvres against the international efforts for peace in Western Sahara "will fail in the face of the justice of the Sahrawi people’s cause."

Mr. Boukadoum said that his country regrets "the failure to achieve the desired dynamic in the issue of Western Sahara, which has not yet reached settlement."

By: Vitalio Angula

By: Omeima Abdeslam

Thirty Nine political prisoners, amongst them Mahafouda El Fakir (who was released on the 15 May 2020) have found themselves as victims of gross human rights violations by the Moroccan regime.

Their only crime was and remains a demand for the freedom and independence of their homeland, Western Sahara, from Moroccan tyranny.

Harare (Zimbabwe) 25 May 2020 (SPS)- The President of Zimbabwe, H.E. Emmerson Mnangagwa, reaffirmed on Sunday his country’s position in favour of the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-Determination.

Speaking on the occasion of Africa Day, H.E. President Mnangagwa stated that “Zimbabwe continues to reaffirm its position on the right of Western Sahara to self-determination.”

Ait Melloul (Morocco), 25May 2020 (SPS) - The family of Sahrawi civilian prisoner Mohamed Saleh Dada, in a telephone conversation with the Association for the Protection of Sahrawi Prisoners in Moroccan Prisons, announced the loss of contact with its son for the past three weeks, who has been unfairly sentenced to 10 years in prison in the Ait Melloul prison 1, in southern Moroccan city of Agadir.

Nouakchott, 24 May  2020 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received a congratulatory message from President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, H. E. Mohamed Ould Sheikh El-Ghazouani, on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr.

Bir-Lehlou (Liberated Territories) 23 May 2020 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, has congratulated President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, H.E. Mohamed Ould Sheikh Al-Ghazwani, on the occasion of the blessed Eid Al-Fitr, offering him and the brotherly Mauritanian people his best congratulations and sincere wishes.

Shaheed El-Hafed, 23 May 2020 (SPS) - The Sahrawi National Committee for Human Rights has praised the resistance and the struggle of the Sahrawis in the occupied territories against the Moroccan occupation forces, while calling on the international community to put pressure on Rabat to release all Sahrawi political prisoners and send independent international missions to investigate and find out about the human rights situation in the occupied Sahrawi territories.

Dublin (Ireland) 21 May 2020 (SPS)- Front Line Defenders expressed deep concerns in a Press Release issued Today, regarding the “arbitrary detention of Ibrahim Mrikli and the charges brought against him” by the Moroccan authorities of occupation, “in direct reprisal for his peaceful and legitimate human rights work, documenting violations in Western Sahara.”