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Friday, 11-18-11, 13:13Saharawi Political Prisoners On Hunger StrikeThe prisoners were taken from a group of more than 200 activists arrested by Moroccan authorities a year ago. And as Malainin Lakhal reports, Morocco has over 60 Saharawi prisoners of conscience, including eminent human rights defender Naama Asfari. , read more...

Wednesday, 09-28-11, 4:37Govt Ready to Resolve Western Sahara Dispute on Autonomy BasisMorocco has reiterated to the United Nations that it is ready to intensify talks to resolve the dispute over the Western Sahara on the basis of autonomy. , read more...

Wednesday, 09-28-11, 4:37Govt Proposes Solution to Western Sahara DisputeMorocco has reiterated to the United Nations that it is ready to intensify talks to resolve the dispute over the Western Sahara on the basis of autonomy. , read more...

Friday, 09-16-11, 14:25Former Polisario Official Exposes Before UNHRC Human Rights Abuses in Tindouf CampsZighem Bayat, a former polisario official, laid bare, Thursday before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), the human rights violations spreading in the polisario-run camps of Tindouf (Algeria's south-west). , read more...

Friday, 09-16-11, 14:25International Democratic Centre Draws HRC Attention to Non-Respect for Freedom of Expression in Polisario CampsThe International Democratic Centre (IDC) drew, on Thursday, the attention of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) to the non-respect for freedom of expression in the polisario-run camps of Tindouf (Algeria's south-west). , read more...

Friday, 08-26-11, 5:01Over 550 Polisario Mercenaries Caught by Libya's NTC - WebsiteNo less than 556 polisario mercenaries fighting for Gaddafi were arrested by the rebels of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC), the online magazine, the geotribune.com, quoted an NTC source as saying. , read more...

Thursday, 07-28-11, 13:36Autonomy, 'Interesting Way to Achieve Definitive Solution to Sahara Issue,' Pre. of Chilean Senate SaysMorocco's autonomy proposal is "an interesting way to achieve a definitive solution to the Sahara issue," President of the Chilean Senate Guido Gilardi said, on Wednesday in Rabat. , read more...

Thursday, 07-28-11, 13:31Sahrawi Associations Stage Sit-in in Solidarity With ActivistSeveral Sahrawi associations staged, on Tuesday in Nouakchott, a sit-in in solidarity with Sahrawi activist Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud who is also holding an open sit-in before the UNHCR local bureau. , read more...

Wednesday, 07-27-11, 20:02Bangladeshi General to Head UN ForceSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Major General Abdul Hafiz of Bangladesh as the Force Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Western Sahara (MINURSO). , read more...

Friday, 05-13-11, 12:39Western Sahara: Winning the 'war on words' and Avoiding Actual WarProfiling the words of Senia Bachir Abderahman, a Saharawi activist from occupied Western Sahara, Peter Kenworthy writes of the need for genuine international support for Saharawi self-determination. , read more...

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