WESTERN SAHARA
WEEKLY NEWS
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WEEK 33
09.-15.08.1998
05.08.98
US House of Representative
In a declaration Congressman Joseph R. Pitts, evoking the
obstructions to the peace plan mentionned in the July 10 report by
Secretary General Kofi Annan, underlined that "a free, fair and
transparent referendum is vital to lasting peace and increased
stability in North Africa."
06.08.98
Ymgyrch Gorllewin Sahara Cymru
Western Sahara Campaign Wales has been founded with the
participation of MPS and Welsh NGOs.
10.08.98
Ecuador
The Saharawi ambassador Hash Ahmed participated as special envoy
of President Abdelaziz to the ceremonies of power transfer to the
elected president of Ecuador. Mr Ahmed transmitted to Mr Jamil Mahuad
a personal letter of the Saharawi president and met with the ministry
of State Mr Jose Ayala Lasso and several delegations present in
Quito.
10.08.98
Morocco-USA
King Hassan II received an US Congress delegation on visit in
Morocco led by Mr Harold Rogers accompanied by Mr Herbert Bateman, Ed
Bryant, Mac Collins and Tom Latham, all Republicans. The congressmen
had also talks with the Interior minister Driss Basri (MAP).
Prime minister Youssoufi will visit the USA in occasion of the
next UN General Assembly, which begins on Sept. 8, and discuss with
White House responsibles on questions of common interest (Al-Hayat,
London).
07.08.98
Balance of identification
Convokedapplicants since Dec. 1997: 113.677
Identified applicants since Dec. 1997: 84.646
Identified applicants since Aug. 1994: 144.758.
12.08.98
Aircrash
Brigadier Abid Tria died in a helicopter incident between Smara
and Tan-Tan together with a group of officers. He was sector chief of
the important Haouza military sector and participated in the eighties
to the construction of the berms in the Saguiat el-Hamra.
About Mustapha Malaïnine Suelem, prisoner of
conscience
We recently announced his transfer from Agadir to Safi, where he
is jailed with the common law prisoners. He has been condemned to 2
years of jail for his participation to the pacific manifestations of
Lemseyed last February.
We received a testimony from a member of his family:
"The mother of Mustapha is an exemplary victim of the tragic
history of Western Sahara in the last 50 years. In 1957 his father
was captured during the attack of the Saharawi Liberation Army
against the French army holding Atar. He spent years in jail before
he could escape. In the sixties her first husband, one of the main
actors of the Liberation Army, was arrested and tortured by Moroccans
before dying in non elucidate circumstances at the beginning of the
seventies. Now it's her son Mustapha which pays a hard tribute, as an
exemple of the fate of many Saharawi families which life has been
marked by so many wars, separations, exiles and dramas."
NEW PUBLICATIONS
- Rapport du CETIM devant la Sous-Commission des Droits humains, Geneve, août 1998.
- El Karama, Nr 15, deutsche Ausgabe, Juni-August 1998
- EL KARAMA Nr 15, engl. edition, June-August 98.
- Sahara-Info, Bulletin der Gesellschaft der Freunde des Sahrauischen Volkes, D-Muenchen, 19/2-3, August 1998, 20 S.
- Abraham Serfaty: "Je ne ferai rien qui generait le Maroc sur le Sahara", propos recueillis par Ali Lmrabet, Portrait d'un absent, Ali Lmrabet, Pourquoi je veux rentrer chez moi ! Message d'Abraham Serfaty a l'opinion publique marocaine, Le Journal on line, No 38, 3.8.-6.9.98.
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