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If slavery has been abolished almost everywhere in the world, this evil and crime against humanity persist in the 21st century and particularly in the polisario-controlled camps, in Tindouf in Southern Algeria. This inhuman, degrading, cruel, detestable and prohibited treatment suffered by Sahrawi women in these camps under the watch of Algerian authorities has been […]
Several countries have reaffirmed, during the 45th session of UN Human Rights Council (HRC) convening in Geneva, their strong support to Morocco’s territorial integrity and commended the serious efforts made by the North African Kingdom for the resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. In their joint signed statement released Tuesday, 26 countries renewed their firm […]
The UN Human Rights Committee (HRC), a body monitoring compliance by signatory states to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, has established the full responsibility of Algerian authorities in the kidnapping of Polisario dissident, Ahmed Khalil Mahmoud Braih. The Alkarama Foundation, a Geneva-based human rights organization, shared the recent UNHRC decision on its […]
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday adopted a resolution presented by Morocco on “the 15th anniversary of the responsibility of protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, as enshrined in the 2005 World Summit Outcome”. This resolution, initiated and negotiated by a core group comprising six countries including […]
African countries called on Friday on the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold an urgent debate on racism and police brutality amid the unrest in the United States and beyond over George Floyd’s death when the council resumes its 43rd session next week. In a letter written on behalf of 54 African countries, Burkina […]
The polisario is living a nightmare these days in Geneva as members of the sahraoui population living in the Tindouf camps made the trip to the European capital to reveal the truth about the everyday life in these camps where abuse and torture are common practice. Last week, Sahrawi activist & human rights defender, El […]
A human rights activist in the Tindouf camps denounced, Friday before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, the repression and serious abuses perpetrated by the leadership of the separatist polisario front against the population of these camps, calling for holding Algeria accountable for these violations. The Human rights militant and opponent to the […]
The family of Ahmed Khalil, from the Souaada tribe, and hundreds of Sahrawis gathered Wednesday, February 6, in front of the UN representation in Rabouni, which also hosts the headquarters of the Polisario secretariat, to claim the truth about the fate of Ahmed Khalil, who went missing ten years ago in mysterious conditions in Algiers. […]
The Mauritanian government was rebuked at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva for its failure to abolish entirely slavery practices, which remain widespread in the West African country. A heated exchange took place between the Mauritanian government and independent national and international NGO’s calling for abolishing the abhorrent slavery practice in Mauritania as part […]
Morocco, which is known for its exceptional generosity and unmatched solidarity with disaster-stricken people and those crying for urgent help from around the world, decided Tuesday to open its doors to a group of Syrian families trapped at borders with neighboring Algeria. The move was made by King Mohammed VI on humanitarian grounds, said the […]