Month May 2020

PUSL.- Today the Court of Appeal of El Aaiun confirmed the 20 years sentence of Faraji Dada, saharawi activist and political prisoner. Faraji Dada was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the court of first instance in El Aaiun,…

PUSL.- Katja Kipping, a German MP from the party “Die Linke” published a post in her Facebook account on the 10th of May where she denounces the complicity and support of Germany and France of the Moroccan Regime that she…

PUSL.- The Norwegian company Equinor has transported gas to Western Sahara, while the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs discourages all activity towards the occupied area. Equinor is 2/3 controlled by the Norwegian Government but states that it was unaware and…

PUSL.- The POLISARIO Front is a national liberation movement, it is not a political party and it is not a government. It is the legitimate representative of the Saharawi people until they reach their independence. It is necessary to remember…

PUSL.- The Algerian army set up a field hospital yesterday in wilaya Al Hafed, in the Saharawi refugee camps. This hospital will reinforce the measures adopted by the Saharawi health authorities in the fight against COVID-19. The Saharawi Minister of…

PUSL.- Six months away from the End of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2011 – 2020) there seems to be no end to the plight of 17 non-autonomous territories (NTA), occupied by foreign powers[1]. Today, 17…

PUSL.- The Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) has sent a letter to Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to alert about the serious human rights violations perpetrated by the Moroccan State against civilians Sahrawis…

PUSL.- In a statement, the Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara renewed its appeal to the Moroccan occupation authorities to release all Sahrawi political prisoners detained in difficult health conditions due to ill-treatment and torture, especially during this…

PUSL.- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) received a contribution of CHF 1.8 million (US$ 1.9 million) from the Government of Switzerland intended to help cover the basic food needs of thousands of Sahrawi refugee families and support WFP’s…

PUSL.- Solidarity Rising is organizing next Saturday, 9th of May, a Webinar with former special representative of the UN Secretary General, Francesco Bastagli, who will be speaking on the UN involvement in Western Sahara, the politics of a failure, his…

PUSL.- The Scientific services of the German Bundestag confirmed in the report “International law aspects of the Western Sahara conflict” dated March 2019 that Morocco occupies Western Sahara and violates the 4thGeneva Convention, namely articles 85 and 49 and article…

PUSL / Jornal Tornado .- This week the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) received an initial contribution of € 400,000 ($ 452,000) from the government of France (EU) to support Saharawi refugee children in camps in Algeria. The French…