Sahrawi human rights defenders sentenced to year in prison

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL  Public Statement  AI Index:      MDE 29/004/2007    (Public)
News Service No:   046   8 March 2007Morocco/Western Sahara: 
Amnesty International is seriously concerned about the sentencing on 6 March of two Sahrawi human rights defenders, Brahim Sabbar and Ahmed Sbai, to one year in prison by a court in Laayoune.
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Bundoora exhibition opening

bund003.jpgAustralia Western Sahara Association (Victoria)  PRESS RELEASE
Friday 16 February, Images of Western Sahara -­ A picture tells a thousand words.   An exhibition to celebrate the national day of Western Sahara, the 31st anniversary of the proclamation of the SADR, (27 February) was opened on Thursday by Maria Vamvakinou Member of the Federal Parliament, at Bundoora Homestead Gallery
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Amnesty International Public Statement 5 Feb

AI Index: MDE 29/003/2007  (Public) News Service No:024
Morocco/Western Sahara: Stop the judicial harassment of Sahrawi human rights defenders
On the eve of the trial in Laayoune of Sahrawi human rights defenders Brahim Sabbar and Ahmed Sbai,  Amnesty International fears that the two men are being subjected to judicial harassment on account of their work as human rights defenders
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Events in Western Sahara – 2007

The year 2007 will be the International Year of Solidarity with the Saharawi People.
Within this framework, a conference of international solidarity will be held in Tifariti (the liberated areas of Western Sahara) from the 24th to the 28th of February. This event will coincide with the commemoration of the 31st anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Republic and the annual Sahara Marathon. Those wishing to participate in the events mentioned could contact AWSA to facilitate their trip.

The Society for Threatened Peoples International (GfBV)

REPORT: Morocco’s Repression in the Western Sahara is Increasing: Almost 700 Arrested in 2006.   GfBV reported on Monday, Jan. 22, 2007 on a considerable increase in the violations of human rights in the areas of the West Sahara controlled by Morocco.
The human rights organization showed in a report the arrest of 685 Saharauis in 2006 — 
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