The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) refused unanimously on Tuesday, 24th of July, to accredit a non-governmental organization supporting the Polisario, responding to a request submitted by the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, says MAP press agency.
A group of Moroccan and African NGOs called, Thursday in Montreal, on Algeria to "shoulder responsibility" and "to engage in a constructive dialogue" to find a solution to the Sahara issue.
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve criticized Human Rights Watch (HRW) for conducting human rights research and advocacy subjectively through the lens of politics rather than though an objective,...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Polisario to allow the young Sahrawi women Mahjouba Mohamed Hamdidaf, held in captivity in the Tindouf camps, to exercise her rights of freedom and movement.
Sahrawis living in the Algeria-based Tindouf camps “should be free to advocate options other than independence for the Western Sahara without any imposed restrictions by the Polisario leaders,” said Saturday Human Right Watch (HRW).
Since last August, the family of Mahjouba Mohamed Hamdidaf, a young Saharawi woman with Spanish citizenship, has held her hostage in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps in Algeria.
The last report of Human Rights Watch, entitled “Off the Radar” and published yesterday said that “forms of slavery persist in the camps in a few isolated cases, Human Rights Watch found, despite the Polisario’s long-standing call for its eradication and enactment of a law criminalizing the...
While the Polisario governs the refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria ultimately has the responsibility to ensure the protection of the rights of all persons on its soil, Human Rights Watch said Saturday in Algiers.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Polisario to allow the young Sahrawi women Mahjouba Mohamed Hamdidaf, held in captivity in the Tindouf camps, to exercise her rights of freedom and movement.
Several human right militants and international NGOs taking part in the UN 4th Committee in New York stressed the relevance of Morocco’s autonomy plan and warned against growing terrorist threats in the Tindouf camps in Algeria.
The support of Autonomy for the Sahrawi people under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco is an important issue to me personally and for all Americans in general. The camps of Tindouf in Algeria continue to be a breeding ground for terrorism and extremists beliefs.
The Tindouf camps, where thousands of Sahrawis are being forcibly detained in the total blackout imposed on them for 40 years by Algiers and its protégé the Polisario, reveal once and again distressing truths that are almost beyond the capability of the human mind to understand.
American NGO "Teach the Children International" urged Wednesday the Sahrawi population sequestered in the Tindouf camps in Algeria "to abandon the role of the victim imposed on them" by the leaders of the Polisario and "seize the opportunity offered by the Moroccan autonomy initiative, the only...
In response to the allegations spread by Amnesty International and some international news agency, which claimed that seven inmates from the prison in Laayoune, in the Moroccan territory in what is commonly known as Western Sahara, observed a hunger strike and were tortured by Moroccan...
International NGOs are once again pillorying the Algerian justice and security services for the violation of the rights of activists who have been unjustly sentenced to prison terms for crimes they did not commit.
Casablanca - The choice of Morocco to host the 2nd world human rights forum is an acknowledgement of achievements accomplished by Morocco in the field of human rights respect, said chairman of the Moroccan national human rights council (CNDH), Driss El Yazami.
Our reply to @Amnesty #International - #Spain in response to their "explanation" for blocking Moroccan IP addresses (RE: ongoing email campaign against the misleading charge of #torture by #Morocco) Reply from @Amnesty #International - #Spain in response to our ongoing email campaign...
In a speech before the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly on Saturday, the king said that fulfilling dreams of a strong Arab Maghreb requires strengthening bilateral ties among the five Maghreb countries, as well as "engagement projects that enhance the status and path of the federation."
The Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) stressed, Thursday following its meeting in Algiers, support for the process of negotiations on the regional dispute over the “Western Sahara” under the aegis of the United Nations in order to achieve a “mutually acceptable political...
Many members of the European Parliament are worried about the final recipients of the annual humanitarian assistance granted by the European Union to the Tindouf camps populations.
