Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 11/3/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of November 3, 2003
- Morocco ready to contribute to consensual, realistic and final settlement of Sahara issue
Morocco stands ready to "contribute effectively to efforts being made to find a consensual, realistic and final political solution (to the Sahara issue) which accommodates its legitimate right to protect its sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity," said, in Meknes Thursday, King Mohammed VI. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/8/2003 - France hails upcoming release of Moroccan POWs in Tindouf
France hailed Friday the upcoming release of Moroccan prisoners in Tindouf (southwestern Algeria) following a Libyan mediation with Algerian authorities. Algeria-France, Politics, 11/8/2003 - Release of Moroccan POWs in tindouf is top humanist objective, Euro-deputy
The release of all Moroccan prisoners of war (POW) who are still detained in Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) is a top priority humanist objective, European deputy, Anne Andre Leonard, told Thursday a press conference held at the European parliament here. Algeria-European Union, Politics, 11/8/2003 - Asharq Al Awsat: Former detainee in Tindouf tells of various types of torture in camps
Abdellah Lamani, who spent 23 years imprisoned by the Polisario in the Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria), told a daily how the population sequestered in the camps are subjected to various types of torture, inhumane practices and forced labor. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 11/6/2003 - Imprisonment of Liberty editor; Algeria: conference for Benflis opposition members
The ruling "correction movement of the national liberation front party," led by Algeria's Minister of State For Foreign Affairs Abdul Aziz Balkhadem, which is in support of the Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika in confrontation of the chairman of the party Ali Benflis announced it will convene a conference in December in preparation for the presidential elections. Algeria, Politics, 11/5/2003 - Protraction of Sahara conflict will squander Moroccan and Algerian resources, moroccan party leader
Leader of the Unified Socialist Left (GSU) party, Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder, warned at a rally held in Laayoune Saturday that Moroccan and Algerian resources will be squandered should the Sahara conflict endure. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/4/2003 - King congratulates Algeria for independence day Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 11/3/2003