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Responsibility for rights breaches in Tindouf lies primarily on Algeria, former 'Polisario' official 9/17/2008
The responsibility for human rights breaches by the "Polisario" lies primarily on Algeria, which shelters the Tindouf camps on its territory, former ambassador of the "Polisario" to Italy, Sidati El Ghallaoui, affirmed here on Tuesday. "Algeria is the main responsible for breaches of the Sahrawi population’s rights in the camps of Tindouf, where it is deprived of its most basic rights," he told MAP-Geneva.
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NGO calls on HCR to shed light on whereabouts of people reported missing in Tindouf camps 9/16/2008
The "Association la Tribune Sahraouie de Défense des Droits de l'Homme" (ATSDDH) urged, here Monday, the Human Rights Council (HRC) to shed light on the fate and the whereabouts of the people reported missing in the Tindouf-based "Polisario" camps, Southwestern Algeria. The NGO, which made the call on the occasion of the convening of the ninth session of the HRC, called on "the Human Rights High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to open an urgent probe to unveil and clarify the case of the people reported missing."
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US position on Sahara remains unchanged, State Department 9/15/2008
The United States of America affirmed its stance on the Sahara remains unchanged, making it clear that some form of mutually-accepted autonomy is the only realistic solution for this issue.
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Multiplying states in the Maghreb region, not the solution 9/12/2008
Analyst Khadija Mohsen-Finan and head of the research department at the French Institute for International Relations warned that "multiplying states in the (Maghreb) region is not the solution" to the Sahara issue. In a statement to Switzerland's "Radio Suisse Romande", Mrs Mohsen-Finan made it clear that the so-called SADR resulted from an act of self-proclamation, adding that it is only "recognized by local bodies," while there is no recognition of this entity at the international level.
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Van Walsum asked to quit his post, UNSG says 9/12/2008
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, made it clear on Thursday, that his former personal envoy to the Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, asked to quit his post.
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