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Spain-Polisario: A first witness heard by a Spanish judge in the Brahim Ghali case; claims Ghali was present in torture sessions

The investigating judge of the Audiencia Nacional in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz, heard on Tuesday, the first of the three witnesses, in the Brahim Ghali case, lodged at the end of last June by the defense of the Sahrawi Association of human rights (ASADEH).   The witness, Sahrawi activist Ahmed Tarouzi who resides in Laayoune, told […]

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Spain has undermined neighborliness, mutual respect- Morocco says

Morocco’s ambassador to Spain Karima Benyaich said Morocco deplores the inappropriate and fallacious statements uttered by Spain’s foreign minister, adding that Rabat blames Spain for undermining neighborliness and mutual trust. Speaking to the media in Rabat, Benyaich said Spain’s foreign minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya has given over the past few days deplorable statements that are […]

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Polisario leader Brahim Ghali forced to appear before a judge on June 1

Cornered, the leader of the Polisario separatists, Brahim Ghali, will finally appear before the Audiencia Nacional, the Spanish High Court, regarding the numerous charges against him, including genocide, torture, and rape. Several Spanish media and international news agencies reported the news Wednesday May 26, and said he has been placed under police surveillance at San […]

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Algerian military aircraft makes suspicious trip to Spain amid diplomatic crisis with Morocco

An Algerian military aircraft made on Monday a suspicious trip to Spain amid heightened tensions with neighboring Morocco for hosting polisario chief with an Algerian passport bearing a false name to avoid criminal prosecution. According to flight radar database, a Hawker Beechcraft B350 (7T-WRP) of the Algerian army landed at Torrejón de Ardoz air base […]

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Rabat warns Madrid against allowing Polisario chief to leave Spain with impunity

Morocco has warned that the diplomatic crisis with neighboring Spain will get worse if polisario chief Brahim Ghali, who is currently in Spain under a false Algerian identity, leaves the country without accountability for the serious crimes committed in Tindouf Camps. Several Spanish nationals of Sahrawi origin are suing Ghali for torture, kidnapping, rape, arbitrary […]

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Spain has committed “unforgivabl errors” towards Morocco – ABC editorialist

The coalition government led by socialist Pedro Sanchez has committed “unforgivable errors” with regard to Morocco, a “strategic ally”, underlines, Wednesday, the editorialist of Spanish daily ABC.   “Spain made a very serious mistake in compromising its relations with Morocco” when the presidency of the government allowed the former vice-president of the executive Pablo Iglesias […]

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Spanish State involved at highest level in admitting Polisario leader, El Pais says

El Pais, one of Spain’s most popular newspapers, confirmed that the admission of Polisario leader in Spain was a decision taken at the highest state level. El Pais confirmed the conclusion of Morocco’s foreign ministry that letting Ghali into Spain under a made-up identity and an Algerian passport was a “premeditated act.” Ghali flew to […]

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And what if Morocco offers asylum to Catalonian leader Puigdemont?

It is high time Morocco gave Spain a taste of its own medicine. As Spain continues to turn a blind eye to Morocco’s protests for hosting Polisario separatist leader Ibrahim Ghali under a made-up identity, Rabat should respond by taking actions such as offering political asylum to democratically elected Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont. The […]

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Moroccan political parties decry Spain’s hosting of militias leader as unacceptable, condemnable

Moroccan political parties represented at the Parliament have decried Spain’s hosting of the leader of the polisario as an unacceptable and condemnable act, an act in flagrant contradiction with the quality of relations between Morocco and Spain. The hosting by Spain of the leader of the ”polisario” separatists, the so-called Brahim Ghali, is an ”unacceptable” […]