Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 6/27/2005
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of June 27, 2005
- Four Polisario military officials in Tindouf rebel against Defense Minister
Four Polisario military officials announced Friday their rebellion against Ould Al Bouhali, "defense Minister" of the Polisario Front self-proclaimed republic "SADR," reliable sources told MAP. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 7/2/2005 - Algerian intelligence decides to supervise security in Tindouf camps
Algerian intelligence services have decided to manage directly the security situation in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps (southern Algeria) following the uprisings that have recently sparked off in the camps, reliable sources told MAP. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 7/2/2005 - Top Polisario official returns to Morocco
Hammatti Rabbani, a top Polisario official, returned Thursday to Morocco, fleeing Tindouf camps that have been witnessing for a week now unprecedented protests despite the violent repression. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 7/1/2005 - Morocco 'pioneer' in transitional justice and human rights, Algerian NGO
An Algerian human rights NGO delegation said in Rabat Thursday the Moroccan experience in transitional justice and human rights is "pioneer." Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 7/1/2005 - Uprising in Tindouf camp to protest poor living conditions
Inhabitants of Smara camp, located in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf (south-western Algeria), sparked off Wednesday an uprising to protest their poor living conditions, worsened by poverty and mistreatment, witnesses said. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 7/1/2005 - Algerian NGO delegation to visit IER Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 6/30/2005
- USCRI deplores Algeria's denial of freedom to Tindouf camps detainees
The Washington-based US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) has deplored that the Moroccans sequestered by the "Polisario" in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, are denied the freedom of movement. Algeria-USA, Politics, 6/30/2005 - NGO calls for probe into death of young Sahrawi
An NGO defending the populations sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps (southwestern Algeria) has called for conducting a probe into the murder of a young Sahrawi who died under torture. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/30/2005 - Intifadah in 'Polisario' Aousserd camp unveils inhabitants 'enough is enough' sentiment
An "enough is enough" Intifadah shook this past Saturday the separatist "Polisario" Aousserd camp in Tindouf, South-West Algeria, staged by the camps' inhabitants who challenged the diktat of their so-called leaders and denounced the dreary conditions they are forced to live in, witnesses of the upheaval told the Moroccan News Agency MAP on Tuesday. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 6/29/2005 - Algeria removes 'Islamic study' subject from secondary school books
The Algerian President Abdul Aziz Butaflika on Monday signed a decision for the removing the "Islamic study" subject from being taught in secondary schools and the Baccalaureate certificate, thereby defying a strong opposition from the Islamic trend. Algeria, Education, 6/28/2005 - Assahra Al Maghribia: Algerian stances thwart rapprochement with Morocco
Observers of the latest developments of the Sahara issue "are astounded" by the recent Algerian stances "which are clearly opposite to the objectives of normalisation and rapprochement between the peoples" of Morocco and Algeria and to the energizing of the Arab Maghreb Union, said Ahmed Osman, President of the National Rally of Independents (RNI). Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/28/2005 - Mauritania arrests 'Polisario' cigarette-smugglers Mauritania-Algeria, Local, 6/28/2005
- Algeria expels four Moroccan journalists
The Moroccan Press Union (French acronym SNPM) denounced the "sequestration," on Saturday, of four Moroccan journalists in Algiers' Houari Boumediene airport, describing it as a "dangerous aggravation." Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 6/27/2005 - UNHRC report questions Algerian number of Tindouf camps populations Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 6/27/2005