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NGO Draws UNSG Attention on Human Rights Abuses in Tindouf Camps 12/30/2008
A Sahara NGO drew the attention of the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, on the deportation of Saharawi children to Cuba and the sequestration of people and slavery practices in Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria.In a letter sent to the UN Secretary-General, the NGO "Association la Tribune Sahraouie" (ATS) reaffirms that the reports of the NGOs and the testimonies collected from the survivors from "Tindouf ordeal" shed light on the practices of slavery
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Continuation and conclusion of the 2nd Ordinary Session of Corcas for 2008 12/26/2008
The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) closed late in the night from Thursday to Friday the works of its second regular session of 2008, by issuing a press release that highlights the significant progress made by Morocco in the consecration of the culture of human rights and their protection.
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Kickoff of CORCAS 2nd Ordinary Session 2008 12/25/2008
Works of the 2nd ordinary session of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) for the year 2008, were opened Thursday in Rabat.
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Disclaimer: The alleged abduction of a minor by police in Smara, fabricated 12/25/2008
The investigation conducted under the supervision of prosecutors about an alleged abduction of a minor by police in Smara revealed that the story is fabricated and is the result of hidden parties working for separatists, according to an authorized source. The minor in question claimed at first, in his deposition in the presence of his father that he had been kidnapped by a police car, December 18, before retracting and citing unknown people, adds the same source.
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Sahrawi association calls for opening Tindouf camps to NGOs, UN bodies 12/23/2008
A Sahrawi association, on Monday, called for opening the Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, to NGOs and to all UN bodies, noting that it is "high time that Algeria took its responsibilities as a host country" of these camps. "It is high time to unveil the truth,” the Association of Moroccan Sahrawi tribes in Europe (ATSME) said in a communiqué, calling for “freeing the Moroccans sequestrated in the Lahmada camps by the polisario junta and its Algerian backers."
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