Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 3/24/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of March 24, 2003
- Sahraoui NGOs in Geneva to denounce dreadful conditions in Tindouf camps
The group members, most of whom have risked their life to flee the sequestration camps controlled by the Polisario (Algeria-backed secessionist group), will make testimonies about the violations they witnessed themselves when they lived in the camps. These people still carry scars resulting from the torture and suffering they incurred. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/29/2003 - Armed groups assassinate 12 persons in Algeria
A security source said yesterday that armed Islamic groups on Thursday evening assassinated 12 persons in two separate attacks in Gleizan province ( 300 Km to the West of the capital Algiers ) and in al-Bleida ( 50 Km to the south of the capital). Algeria, Local, 3/29/2003 - Algeria: Nine persons were killed in al-Bleida
Nine persons were killed on Wednesday in an attack said to be carried out by Rasheed Abu Turab group to the south of the capital Algiers. Algeria, Local, 3/28/2003 - UN security council extends mandate of sahara mission till may 31st
The United Nations Security Council adopted on Tuesday resolution No1469 (2003) providing for the extension till May, 31st 2003, of the mandate of MINURSO. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 3/26/2003 - Moroccans in Tindouf are kidnapped persons, not refugees, Moroccan Red Crescent
Vice-chairman of the Moroccan Red Crescent, Mehdi Bennouna, said on Monday "Moroccans sequestered in Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) are persons that were kidnapped and not mere refugees." Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 3/26/2003