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Mauritanians tortured in Polisario jails claim justice 6/25/2008
A large number of Mauritanians victims of arbitrary detention and torture in Polisario jails announced Monday their intention to bring their case before public opinion and international organizations, including the United Nations, to claim justice and rehabilitation. In a press conference in Nouakchott, victims and relatives have reported the disappearance of hundreds of Mauritanians detained in the Tindouf camps. It is time to shed light and break the silence on crimes, torture, kidnapping and arbitrary detention suffered by Mauritanian citizens in the prisons of the Polisario, underline the survivors of these jails and relatives of missing persons.
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'Self-determination does not necessarily mean independence', U.S. ambassador in Algiers 6/25/2008
The ambassador of the United States in Algiers, Robert S. Ford, reiterated, Monday, his country's position in favour of Morocco's autonomy proposal for the Sahara, stressing that "self-determination does not necessarily mean independence."
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Morocco draws EU's attention on embezzlement of humanitarian aid destined to Tindouf camps 6/24/2008
Morocco's ambassador to the European Communities, Menouar Alem, on Friday, drew the attention of the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) on the use and the real destination of the Community aid destined to the Sahrawi population held against its will in Tindouf, Southwest Algeria.
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Residents of Tindouf camps forced to take military trainings (NGOs) 6/23/2008
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants USCRI stressed that the residents of Tindouf camps are forced to attend military training before being shipped to Cuba. In its 2008 annual report, USCRI, an American NGO based in Washington, said that six former Sahrawi inmates have testified before the Belgian parliament that Polisario had forced them to undergo military training in Tindouf before being shipped to Cuba. "The Polisario has banned several people returning to the region of the Moroccan Sahara," says the NGO, adding that residents have expressed their intention to return and some of them have managed to reach Morocco through Mauritania.
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Washington reaffirms its support to autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty 6/20/2008
United States President, Georges W. Bush, has confirmed that Morocco's initiative to grant substantial autonomy to its Southern Provinces -the Sahara- under the kingdom's sovereignty, is the only solution to the 32-year old dispute over the former Spanish colony, and insisted that an independent State, as claimed by the Algerian-backed separatist movement "Polisario", is not a realistic option.
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