The High Commissioner of the United Nations for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, said Wednesday in Rabat that the report on the effectiveness of human basic economic, social , cultural and environmental rights in the southern provinces , prepared by the Economic , social and Environmental Council (CESE ), "lays the groundwork for a real opening".

Bored with the repressive practices of Polisario and lack of any prospects, the Sahrawi youth in the Tindouf camps in the Algerian territory, are rebelling, writes the Independent Argentine agency “Total News”.

The Canary-Saharan Forum, an association of citizens from the Moroccan Sahara and the Canary Islands, criticized the report published by Amnesty International on torture , noting that NGOs " did not take into account the changes made " in recent years by the Kingdom in the judiciary and human rights.

A trip to and from the provinces of Laayoune and Smara was held Thursday as part of the family exchange program between Tindouf camps on Algerian territory and the Kingdom’s southern provinces by the High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR).

The Colombian Senate has officially denied having passed a resolution or even a proposal on the Sahara, said official sources.