Report of the judicial mission of observation to the trial of the 24 from Salé
RABAT 23 – 26 October 2012
Translated by Australia Western Sahara Association
Report of the judicial mission of observation to the trial of the 24 from Salé
RABAT 23 – 26 October 2012
Translated by Australia Western Sahara Association
UN News Centre, 12 November 2012
Amid the rising threat of extremist elements in Africa’s Sahel region, the dispute over Western Sahara must be resolved before lingering hostilities consume the North African territory, the United Nations top official on the issue warned today.
In a press statement released following his visit with the Foreign Minister of Spain in Madrid, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, cautioned that the crisis had lasted “far too long” and called any acceptance of the status quo a “serious miscalculation.”
By Guillaume Klein
Times Online, Saturday, 03 November 2012
RABAT, Nov 03, 2012 (AFP) – Morocco and the UN envoy for Western Sahara, who was spurned by Rabat in May, are back on speaking terms, but analysts say the situation over the disputed territory has noticeably altered to the kingdom’s detriment.
The rising importance of the security issue in the Sahel region, where a military intervention could take place against Islamists in northern Mali, is lending weight to the regional influence of Algeria, a supporter of Western Sahara’s independence-seeking Polisario Front.
Christopher Ross’s return to Morocco six months after the kingdom said it had no confidence in the UN envoy came without fanfare. (cont.)
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By Romoke W. Ahmad, 4 November 2012
Saharawi Republic Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Oubi Bachir, talks on the move for self-determination of Western Sahara people and the Moroccan obstacle among other things…..(cont.)
About the project: documentary makers, journalist Emanuela Zuccalà and award winning Italian photographer Simona Ghizzoni write “JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I’M ALIVE’ is a multimedia 25 minutes documentary that for the first time collects Saharawi women’s stories and voices with a feminine sensibility, combining video footage clips, photographs, music and valuable stock material.”
Aim: To raise $12,200 – campaign ends in 18 days on 22 November
Total so far =$5,662 You can donate here >>
Latest news: $1,000 has just been donated by the film director and scriptwriter Maite Bulgari, passionate about documentary and committed to promote women’s rights around the world with her NGO called Agenda Sant’Egidio.
RFK Centre for Justice and Human Rights, Press Release
Washington 2 November: Retaliatory violence by the Moroccan government continues to rise during United Nations Envoy’s visit to militarily-controlled Western Sahara.
RFK Human Rights Laureate Aminatou Haidar is the latest victim of systemic violence and police brutality by the Moroccan government against the Sahrawi people. The Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center) has received multiple reports in the last week…(cont.)
Christopher Ross, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General, met a delegation of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders, CODESA, this morning at the Minurso Headquarters in El Ayun, Western Sahara.
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