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01 - 07.12.2002
SADR
05.12.02
The President of the Saharawi Republic received a message of good
wishes from the President of Chad, Idriss Deby, on the occasion of
Eid El Fitr. (SPS)(note of the red. Chad canceled ist recognition
of SADR in 1997)
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
03.12.02
Death in El Ayoun prison (continued)
Following the death in prison of Boucetta Mohamed (see week
48),
the general procurer of the court of appeal in El Ayoun ordered an
autopsy to determine the exact causes of death and the opening of a
judicial inquiry on the circumstances surrounding it. According to
information from inside the prison, on the night of the tragedy
fellow-detainees of Boucetta asked the warders to call for help
without success. It was in the morning that the death was noted. The
penitentiary administration then called an ambulance to transport the
body to hospital so they could announce the death "in hospital", but
the ambulance driver refused to carry the dead body, being forbidden
by law. According to reliable sources the report of the autopsy,
which has not been made public, is believed to conclude that death
was not from natural causes and points to the marks of torture.
Two sisters of the victim were summoned by the judicial police in El
Ayoun in relation to the complaint they had lodged with the general
procurer of the King. (corr.)
REFERENDUM
04.12.02
The Spanish government believes that there is no connection between
the US position on Western Sahara and the concession for an oil
exploration licence by Morocco. That is what the secretary of state
for foreign affairs, Ramón Gil-Casares, declared to the Senate
committee on foreign affairs in response to a question. He added that
there is an international legal agreement accepted by all the
parties, the peace plan and that we must continue to act towards
making the referendum take place."
MOROCCO
02.12.02
The King of Morocco and the French President had private talks in
Casablanca, on the subject of bilateral relations, cooperation
between Morocco and the European Union and on questions of the moment
regionally and internationally. Mohammed VI and Jacques Chirac
examined the means of deepening relations between Morocco and France
"in the context of an exceptional strategic partnership in the
service of companies and the economies of two friendly countries, the
spokesman of the Moroccan ministries of foreign affairs and
co-operation indicated.
04.12.02
The daily, Le Monde announces that the Moroccan sovereign will travel
to Paris to inaugurate the «Place Mohammed V», in front of
the Institute of the Arab World. On this occasion he will be given a
dinner at the Elysée Palace.
HUMANITARIAN AID
05.12.02
The Saharawi Red Crescent (CRS) expressed its satisfaction with the
humanitarian assistance granted by the Humanitarian Office of the
European Commission (ECHO) to the Saharawi refugees on the occasion
of Ramadan. "Dates, fresh meat, vegetables and oranges have been
distributed to the Saharawi refugees through the different Saharawi
wilayas and dairas", the CRS statement said, making clear that "this
aid falls within ECHO's global plan for the year 2002". On this
occasion the CRS expressed thanks to ECHO as well as to the NGOs
(Caritas and Oxfam Belgique) for carrying out the programme.
(SPS)
SOLIDARITY
SIGN the Appeal "Freedom and Justice for the 526 Saharawi Disappeared" of the of the BIRDHSO !
Oesterreich
Im Rahmen der Vorbereitung für den SAHARA MARATHON 2003 hat die
Marathon Gruppe Österreich am 29.11 02 um 19 Uhr einen
Video-Vortrag im Autohaus OPEL AUER in Krems organisiert. Nadjat
Handi, Vertreterin der F.Polisario in Österreich hat
über die politische Situation in der Westsahara gesprochen, Eva
Niklas, Marathon Sahara Österreich, über Humanitäre
Aspekte, Land und Leute und Max Wenisch, über die Vorbereitung
auf einen Marathon.
COMING UP...
Mostra: Memorie di Libertŕ di un Popolo in esilio, Associazione YODA e CESTAS, sala de Cestas, Bologna, fino al 11.12.02
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