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  • SLAUGHTER IN THE AAIUN - 15 dead, hundreds wounded and missing
    9 November 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    After the serious incidents yesterday in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara, the provisional balance is 11 Saharawi civilians dead, 5 Moroccan policemen dead, 723 injured Sahrawi, 159 missing and 65 Sahrawi Sahrawi detainees. This morning the riots returned to the neighborhood of Colomina between Moroccan settlers & Sahrawis. The city is taken by the Moroccan army and police, which in turn have armed Moroccan settlers to assault the houses of the Saharawis. About the missing, (…)

  • URGENT - Dignity camp dismantled by force by Moroccan Army - El Aaiun is burning
    8 November 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Dignity camp of Gdeim Izik (near El Aaiun) have been dismantled by force by the Moroccan Army, who burned the jaimas (Sahrawi tents) and attacked the people with gas grenades and rubber bullets. The people had to leave the camp and go by foot through the desert to the city of El Aaiun, where the young Sahrawis are confronting the violence of Moroccan Police and Army. There are reports of several people dead in the streets or in the camp (between 5 and 12 dead killed by Moroccan troops). (…)

  • Statement by Dialogue Committee Coordinating the displaced Sahrawi Agdaim izik camp
    5 November 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    According to the first statement issued by dialogue committee and the media committee in agdim izik camp for the displaced Sahrawi, And after a series of negotiations with the governors from the central administration of the Moroccan Ministry of Interior in order to reach a just solution to the demands of the displaced Sahrawi protesters; the dialogue committee release the second statement To inform public opinion on the latest developments and to clarify its view on the outcome of what’s (…)

  • WFDY President expelled from Morocco!!!
    3 November 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    World Federation of Democratic Youth
    This weekend, October 30-31, the President of WFDY and Coordinator of the International Organizing Committee of the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students, comrade Tiago Vieira, was expelled from Morocco by the national authorities without any consistent explanation.
    Comrade Tiago entered Morocco on October 30 to visit the occupied territories of Western Sahara, Laayoune, where, during the last week, the Saharawi people’s protest against the (…)

  • Western Sahara — the next desert storm
    17 September 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Betrayed by Spain and oppressed by Morocco, the Saharawi people of Western Sahara compare themselves to the Palestinians or the black majority in apartheid South Africa. And they want the world to know their story.
    "King Mohammed VI of Morocco was visiting a hammam when a genie appeared. “I can offer you one wish," the genie said. “I’d really like to see my late father, Hassan II," Mohammed replied. “That’s a difficult request, bringing a person back from the dead," the genie said. "Have (…)

  • Why the UN won’t solve Western Sahara (until it becomes a crisis)
    13 August 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Anna Theofilopoulou, Jacob Mundy, 12/08/2010
    In what is possibly a first for the mainstream U.S. media, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently noted some of the parallels between Israel’s occupation of Palestinian lands and Morocco’s attempted annexation of Western Sahara:
    "It’s fair to acknowledge that there are double standards in the Middle East, with particular scrutiny on Israeli abuses. After all, the biggest theft of Arab land in the Middle East has nothing to do (…)

  • RASD state is the only stability factor in the region
    21 July 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Western Sahara is Africa’s last colony. The people of Western Sahara have the right to self-determination in accordance with the International Court of Justice verdict of 1975 and also in accordance with many UN Resolutions and practice in decolonisation.
    Western Sahara is a rich and large territory. The Saharawis have gained an immense tradition and experience in organisation and state building during the past three decades. They are wise, pragmatist and moderate.
    The argument that the (…)

  • Defend Peter Erlinder
    3 June 2010 par (Open-Publishing)
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    ICTR lawyer Peter Erlinder, who along with others on the defense team of the Rwanda Tribunal, helped expose the US backed regime change operation which installed President Paul Kagame as Rwandan leader, has been arrested and is now in Kagame’s clutches in Kigali.
    Erlinder has reportedly attempted suicide. Anyone who knows the true nature of Rwandan dictator Paul Kagame’s crimes and understands the hate he has towards Peter Erlinder, will understand why it is critical that Erlinder be (…)

  • Western Sahara and the Sahrawis: a Cross-Road or a New Road-Map
    26 May 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    The Western Sahara deadlock has been taking place for many years and caused a lot of misery, suffering, debates, and frustration among other things. The UN-brokered peace plan has only contributed to more grievance and false hopes.
    Yet in Western Sahara, recent civilian nonviolent resistance has greatly impacted the lives of the Sahrawis and changed political calculations. Oppression, beatings, torture, imprisonment, unfair trails have only pushed Sahrawis to go on further and challenge (…)

  • Ten African countries pursuing nukes
    4 April 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Drew Hinshaw, Correspondent / April 2, 2010
    Nuclear power holds promise for 10 African countries now in pursuit of building their own nuclear plants. Wind and solar solutions aren’t reliable enough, planners say, nor do they offer adequate electricity.
    In February, Nigerian authorities pursued talks with Iran for an exchange of nuclear know-how.
    The oil giant is joined by Uganda, which passed nuclear laws in 2008 and hopes to have a plant by 2020, and by Kenya, whose government is (…)