Month October 2020

sadrembw.- New York (United Nations)– South Africa criticized United Nations Security Council methods of work when it comes to adopting resolutions on Western Sahara, considering the process undemocratic and accusing the so-called “group of friends of Western Sahara” that impose…

sadrembw.- New York (United Nations)– South Africa called on the UN Security Council, in its explanation of vote during the discussion last Thursday of a new resolution on Western Sahara, to conduct a visit to the occupied territories of Western…

sadrembw.- New York (United Nations)– South Africa considered that the “Security Council should never permit international legality to be overturned by political reality” in the treatment of the question of decolonization in Western Sahara. In its explanation of vote during…

sadrembw.- The Russian Federation stressed in its explanation of vote Thursday in participation to the discussion of a new resolution by the Security Council on Western Sahara, that Russia abstained from voting Friday labeling the text as biased and partial.…

      PUSL.- Today, October 31, marks the 45th anniversary of the Moroccan military invasion of Western Sahara. On October 31, 1975 tank and armored regiments of the Moroccan army invaded Western Sahara, starting with Hauza and Djederia (east…

PRESS RELEASE [Bir Lehlou, Liberated Territories of Western Sahara– 30 October 2020]: The Security Council has just adopted its resolution 2548 (2020) on the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).…

Resolution 2548 (2020) Adopted by the Security Council on 30 October 2020 The Security Council, Recalling and reaffirming all its previous resolutions on Western Sahara, Reaffirming its strong support for the efforts of the Secretary-General and his incoming Personal Envoy…

PUSL.- In a public explanation, the United States of America, highlight their support of the Moroccan autonomy plan instead of the referendum and self determination. The United States even has the impudence to assume that they know what is best…

PUSL.- This afternoon the Security Council approved the draft resolution on Western Sahara with 13 votes in favour and two abstentions, Russian Federation and South Africa. The mandate of MINURSO was extended for one year. The US is the penholder…

PUSL.- CODESA sent a letter to the United Nations Security Council on 27 October, detailing the multiple violations of international law and human rights to which the Saharawi population is subject due to the Moroccan occupation. In the letter, they call…

PUSL.- Today a group of Saharawi civilians, men, women and children, demonstrated in front of Moroccan soldiers stationed on the wall near Mijek in southern Western Sahara. Protesters demand an immediate closure of the illegal breach in Guergarat , the…

PUSL.- One day before the United Nations Security Council meeting on the mandate of MINURSO (United Nations Peace Mission) we interviewed Hmad Hammad, Vice President of CODAPSO and member of ISACOM, two Saharawi organizations in the occupied territories of Western…

PUSL.- Invited to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, a UN Security Council meeting on Western Sahara was postponed to Thursday. 29 October and will be by written vote. The results will be published on Friday, October 30th.

PUSL.- Protesters today picketed the FarmRight head office in Ōtautahi Christchurch to call on FarmRight to cease using phosphate fertiliser illegally sourced from Western Sahara on the farms it manages. The protest was in solidarity with the Polisario Front, the…

Declaration of El Gargarat Appeal to the UN and the international community. We, those gathered here, and on behalf of broad sectors of Saharawi civil society, want to express our energetic indignation at the deliberate and unjustified delay in the…

Isable Lourenço / PUSL .- On the 28th of October 2020, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)will vote once again on the renewal of the mandate of MINURSO (UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), a peacekeeping mission established…

(This reflects the opinion of Amnesty not that of pusl) Independent, impartial, comprehensive and sustained human rights monitoring must be a central element of the UN’s future presence in Western Sahara and Sahrawi refugee camps, Amnesty International said today, calling…

The Democratic Women’s Movement (Portugal) today sent a letter to all members of the UN Security Council on the issue of Western Sahara just days before the meeting of this body on the non-autonomous territory. The letter, which has more…

Bir Lehlou, 22 October 2020 Your Excellency, The Frente POLISARIO has taken note of the content of the daily press briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on 21 October 2020 in which reference was made to…

PUSL.- On Tuesday, October 20th young Saharawi political prisoners, Mansour Othman Bouzid Al-Moussaui and Salek Bega received a two year suspended sentence. The two political prisoners were arrested after the celebrations of the Algerian victory in the African Football Cup…

PUSL.- This morning, at 11 am, Saharawi protesters let Mauritanian civilians pass the ilegal Guergarat breach, who had been detained by Moroccan occupation authorities for over a month in the occupied territories of Western Sahara. Moroccan occupiers tried to incite…

PUSL.- On Wednesday 21 October, Saharawi political prisoner Lahoucine Amaadour (Husein Brahim) was sentenced to 12 years. Amaadour was taken to the Court of Appeal in Marrakesh, Morocco. The young Saharawi appeared before the court dressed in a daraa (traditional…