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The adviser to the presidency of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Lahritani Hocine called Wednesday, from Boumerdes, on the Security Council to “exert pressure on Morocco for more seriousness in the settlement of the Sahrawi cause.” In a statement to APS on the sidelines of the 7th edition of the summer university of officials of the Polisario and the SADR, Lahritani said that “the Security Council is called to exert pressure on Morocco for more seriousness in the negotiations between the parties to the conflict and the settlement of the Sahrawi cause in conformity with its legitimate process aimed at decolonizing the last colony in Africa.” The Security Council must take on all its responsibility in order to force Morocco to implement the United Nations’ resolutions and recommendations, he added. The leadership of the Polisario Front its “ready” to receive the Special Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations, Christopher Ross, during his upcoming visit to the r...

Sahrawi delegation arrived yesterday to the Canadian city of Montreal to participate in the work of the World Social Forum in its 12th edition, which will be kicked off today under the title of "another world is needed, together, it is possible." Sahrawi participation, which includes a variety of different civil society actors from refugee camps, Occupied Territories, the Diaspora" will work to gain more international support to our cause and to reach Sahrawi people voice to the participants through participation in all activities and workshops of the forum. The World Social Forum (WSF) is the largest gathering of civil society to find solutions to the problems of our time. Started in 2001 in Brazil, the WSF brings together in each of its edition tens of thousands of participants to more than a thousand activities (workshops, conferences, artistic performances …) on various themes (social, solidarity economy, environment, human rights, democratization …). A charter of pr...

Secretary General of the Polisario Front and President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Brahim Ghali on Tuesday called, in Boumerdes, upon the United Nations Security Council to take “firm and urgent” measures to put an end to the Moroccan escalation in the last African colony. Speaking at the opening of the 7th edition of the Summer University of the executives of the Polisario Front and SADR, the Sahrawi President underlined that the “Security Council must urgently take concrete and firm measures to put an end to the Moroccan attitude which constitutes a serious violation of the charter of the United Nations, a shameless interference in its prerogatives and a threat for the international peace and stability.” “In the face of the intransigence and escalation of the Moroccan occupier which is ignominiously supported by France and the international sides known for their colonial past, the United Nations is called to fully assume its responsibilities in the completion of t...

Brahim Saika, the young Saharawi trade unionist and leader of the Coordination of unemployed Saharawis, who was arbitrarily detained by the Moroccan forces on 1st April and died in detention on 15th April as reported by Adala UK, was buried on 4th August at 7.30pm. His family were only informed 15 minutes before the burial was due to be held and had not given their consent. To date, the Moroccan forces had refused to conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of Brahim Saika’s death and they had offered his family 700,000 Moroccan dirham (US$ 70,000) to sign the agreement to have him buried without an autopsy, according to reports from his family to Adala UK A video of Khadija’s interview can be found here: video Khadija Saika, Brahim’s sister, reported: ‘On 4th August, two men came to our house saying that they were representatives of the Moroccan government. They only found my younger brother at home and they told him that they were going to bury Brahim at 7.30pm. Our family had not a...

Secretary General of the Polisario Front and President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Ibrahim Ghali called on Tuesday, in Boumerdes, the United Nations Security Council to take “firm and urgent” measures to put an end to the Moroccan escalation in the last African colony. Speaking at the opening of the 7th edition of the Summer University of the executives of the Polisario Front and SADR, the Sahrawi President underlined that the “Security Council must urgently take concrete and firm measures to put an end to the Moroccan attitude which constitutes a serious violation of the charter of the United Nations, a shameless interference in its prerogatives and a threat for the international peace and stability.” “In the face of the intransigence and escalation of the Moroccan occupier which is ignominiously supported by France and the international sides known for their colonial past, the United Nations is called to fully assume its responsibilities in the completion of the de...

The human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) launched a camping for a fair civil trial for the 23 Sahrawi human rights activists, including 21 detained by the Moroccan occupying forces in the prison of Salé in Rabat, accused in the case known as Gdeim Izik. The organization launched Tuesday an “urgent action” on its site and through correspondences to call on the international public opinion to join it to “exhort the Moroccan authorities to ensure that the new civil trial of the 23 Sahrawi human rights activists is fair and complies with the international standards.” Amnesty also calls to exert pressure on Morocco so that all the statements “obtained by torture” are excluded from the legal proceeding. The campaign also includes the immediate liberation of the Sahrawi political prisoners, pending the civil trial “unless there are valid reasons to detain them.”

The 7th edition of the Summer University of the executives of the Polisario Front and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) kicked off Tuesday in Boumerdes under the chairmanship of Saharawi Minister of Building and Construction of the Saharawi liberated territories, Mohamed Lamine Bouhali. Some 400 executives, members of the Algerian civil society and international figures working in the field of human rights partake in this meeting. Sahrawi President Ibrahim Ghali, ambassador of SADR to Algiers Bechraya Hamoudi Bayoun, president of the Summer University and Sahrawi executives participate in this event held at Boumerdes University until 22 August. Representatives of Algerian political parties and members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Algiers also take part in this event. Besides, this Summer University will be marked by cultural events and conferences on political, legal and socio-economic issues. Speaking on this occasion, the Sahrawi president stressed that "the m...

Former Israeli minister Rabbi Michael Melchior has said that Israelis will be able to visit the Wahhabist kingdom “much sooner than you dream about.” He continued by saying that its “in the cards and it will, as we say Inshallah, ‘with god’s help,’ happen very soon.” The Rabbi said that his meeting with the Saudi regime focused on “religious issues related to diplomacy between the two sided,” Al Masdar Reports. Melchior who is a former Knesset member for the " One Israel party " and the current chief rabbi of Norway continued: “Religious peace is a way of using another language other than the secular language of the Arab peace plan… religious peace is a way of including those Mullahs who are not yet part of this thinking.” "Asked about Saudi Arabia’s record of promoting Takfiri extremism internationally, he said: “We’re trying to go ahead with the positive side of this. Today there is a big part of the Sunni world — and also the Shia world — who want to be part of the w...

Saharawi runner Salah Amaidan said he refused to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro within a team of refugee athletes living in Europe, adding he prefers to represent the Saharawi Republic (SADR). “I prefer to represent the Saharawi Republic in sport demonstrations, instead of being part of a team fusing the identities of athletes, as is the case with the team that participates in Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games in the name of world refugees,” Salaha Amaidan told Al-Masir News Arabic. “Identity is the essence of competition in sport contests. That is why it is unnatural for one to take part in any sport event without his/her identity or country of origin being loudly applauded,” underlined the Saharawi runner. Currently lives in France, Salah Amaidan is a Saharawi runner who grew up in the Moroccan-controlled area of Western Sahara and was forced to join Morocco’s junior athletics team at age 12. By 1999, he was the triple cross-country champion for Morocco, 2...

Swiss MP Manuel Tornare has submitted written questions to foreign minister, asking for clarification with respect to Switzerland’s stance on the latest developments in Western Sahara, especially Moroccan obstacles to MINURSO mission.  Tornare called upon the government of his country to intervene in order to put an end to Morocco’s continued aggression against the Saharawi people, urging it to push forward for a speedy solution to Saharawis’ plight.