Month November 2019

On Wednesday, November 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) of the acting Government of Pedro Sánchez issued a statement advising Spanish citizens not to travel to Saharawi refugee camps due to hypothetical security threats that could be caused by…

PUSL was informed by the family that Labbat Ozman, the 12 year old boy that was detained and brought to the police headquarters this afternoon has been released. Labbat was beaten brutally by the Moroccan police in the police station…

PUSL.- This afternoon Labbat Ozman, 12 years old, was arrested by Moroccan police in El Aaiun, Western Sahara, in front of Mahfouda Lefkir’s family home. The boy was in a group of Saharawis heading to Mahfouda’s house to protest the…

PUSL.-On the same day that the meeting between Pedro Sánchez and the Moroccan foreign minister was held, the Spanish Foreign Ministry warns of the danger of traveling to Tindouf , according to the ministry, the information is based on “reliable…

FREEDOM FOR MAHFOUDA LEFKIR! On behalf of the Western Saharan People’s Friendship and Solidarity Association – ASAHARA, we express our repudiation of the arrest and condemnation of Saharawi activist Mahfouda Lefkir. At the same time, we want to register our…

PUSL.- According to Mr. Bomba father of Mahfouda Lefkir, the activist was sentenced to 6 months in prison. The sentence is based on the fact that Mahfouda challenged the judge on 15 November at the end of her 15-year-old cousin…

PUSL.- Morocco signs 377 million wind power deal between The Moroccan kingdom’s National Office of electricity and drinking water (ONEE) and the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (MASEN Moroccan Nareva Holding and Italy’s Enel Green Power consortium in Rabat last…

Shipping company Rodman sells military ships to Rabat without classifying them as defense material, although they may carry heavy weapons. The Moroccan Army uses these Spanish armored ships and armored vehicles to perpetuate their occupation in Western Sahara. Spain continued…

PUSL.- The second chamber of the Court of Appeal in the city of E Aaiun, occupied Western Sahara, sentenced on Tuesday 26 November 2019, Salik Abdi Mubarak to five years in prison. The Court of Appeal and all the alleys…

PUSL.- Today the court of appeal in Marrakesh sentenced the young Saharawi Lahoucine Amaadour to 12 years in prison. Several international observers attended the trial. The trial of Mr. Amaadour was adjourned several times. The young activist was in detention…

PUSL.- This Monday, 25th November the Parliamentary Group “Alternative Nobel Prize” in the German Bundestag organized a discussion event. Aminatou Haidar from Western Sahara, honorary winner in 2019, and Guo Jianmei from China, honorary winner in 2019 were the key…

The European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Saharawi People demands that Spain denounce the Madrid agreements with which Morocco justifies the occupation of Western Sahara More than 400 people, members of associations, solidarity committees, political, social, trade union,…

stuff.co.nz – PUSL.- Protesters are planning a waterborne flotilla in Lyttelton harbour to protest a ship carrying phosphate from Western Sahara for Ravensdown Fertiliser. A union representing port workers has concerns about safety, and is disappointed its alternative protest, a letter…

Mahfouda Lefkir was visited today by her Father and children. The young Saharawi mother and activist has been detained since 15 November (see news here). According to Mr. Bomba, Mahfouda’s father, the conditions of detention to which she is subject…

PUSL.- Mahfouda Lefkir was again presented in court today. Defense attorney Erguibi’s request for parole was rejected by the king’s prosecutor. The trial has been postponed to November 27. Mahfouda is in alarming health situation with neurological complications that got…

To Mrs. Federica Mogherini High Representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy We, the Collective of Saharawi Associations in France and Belgium, have learned that activist Mahfouda Lefkir was arrested on Friday, November 15, 2019 by…

PUSL.- The Written Question by Sandra Pereira, MEP of the PCP (Portuguese Communist Party), addressed today to Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security, questions the circumstances of the arrest of Saharawi activist Mahfouda Elfakir who was…

PUSL.- Saharawi activist Mahfouda Elfakir was arrested on Friday morning the 15th of November in the court of El Aaiun, occupied Western Sahara, where she was attending the trial of her 15-year-old cousin Mansour Elmoussaoui, who was sentenced to 1…

diariobahiadecadiz.com.- The contribution of Cadiz municipalism to the Saharawi cause “as a shout against indifference”, in debate in a conference in Cádiz Cádiz is home to the second conference on municipalism regarding the process of decolonization of Western Sahara. An…

PUSL.- Last Saturday, the Saharawi community and solidarity movements took part in an action against the WALLS in Saint Michel square in Paris. This action was launched by the Palestinian NGO “Stop the Wall”, which was joined by over 400…

During the meeting of the Bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) this weekend, a resolution on Gdeim Izik Group’s Saharawi political prisoners was unanimously approved and acclaimed. The resolution was proposed by the Portuguese Association of Democratic…

PUSL.- 9 years after the dismantling of Gdeim Izik’s camp, a nonviolent protest that gathered tens of thousands of Saharawis for a month outside El Aaiún, occupied territories of Western Sahara, Morocco continues to torture political prisoners and exploit and…