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Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida-linked group following prisoner swap, allegations of ransom
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Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate arrived Tuesday in Barcelona after a multi-million-dollar ransom was reportedly paid for their freedom — a sign of the terrorist group's growing sophistication in bankrolling operations through kidnappings, experts said Aid workers Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were abducted last November when their convoy of 4-by-4s was attacked by gunmen on a stretch of road in Mauritania, They were whisked away to Mali, whose northern half is now one of the many stretches of remote desert where al-Qaida of Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has stretched its tentacles ,Late on Monday afternoon, the pair stepped out of a helicopter that landed on the grounds of the presidential palace in Burkina Faso and were handed a cell phone.
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CCDH urges rights NGOs to intervene to ensure safe return of Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud to Tindouf
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The Moroccan Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH) urged, on Tuesday, all the national and international human rights organizations to do their best so that the senior polisario official, Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud, can return to Tindouf (south-western Algeria) safe and sound and defend his opinions freely,"CCDH urges all sister national institutions, including the National Consultative Human Rights Commission of Algeria, all international agencies and all national and international human rights associations to do their best so that Mr Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud can return to Tindouf safely and defend his opinions freely," The CCDH said in a statement The CCDH, which received a letter from Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud in which he expressed fear of "possible retaliation by the leadership of the Polisario Front," underlined that "given the deplorable state of human rights in the Tindouf camps, or even the illegal character of these camps under the international humanitarian law, the fear of retaliation expressed by Mr.
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Perfect timing means to stop waiting for it
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It bothers me when I hear people describe a personal set of conditions that need to be met before they can make the next move in their life Most often, they’re just making excuses — creating obstacles that aren’t actually there, placing the blame on some outside force they can’t control, and choosing to let day after day of inaction turn into many years of waiting for their cosmos to align.
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Advanced status rewards Morocco's efforts in rights field, Istiqlal Party SG
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January 13, 2010 12:00 AM
The advanced status granted to Morocco by the European Union rewards the Kingdom's efforts in the field of human rights and the promotion of democracy, Secretary General of the ruling Istiqlal Party Abbas El Fassi said on Sunday Speaking at a meeting held by the Party on the 66th anniversary of the presentation of the Independence Manifesto, El Fassi said that Algeria, which opposes Morocco's territorial integrity to achieve hegemony over the region, continues violating human rights not only in Tindouf, but also throughout the Algerian territory.
"Our brothers held captive in the Tindouf camps live in dehumanizing conditions and are deprived of their rights due to the blockade imposed on them by the Algerian army," El fassi added.
Morocco has a just cause and does not want to impose any hegemony over the region, but rather desires to build a greater Arab Maghreb and pool efforts to achieve economic development and complementarity, he said.
During the meeting held under theme "advanced regionalization for integrated development", El Fassi reaffirmed the importance of the Moroccan proposal to grant broader autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara, noting that many superpowers described this initiative as consensual, realistic and acceptable political solution, apart from Algeria which always rejects UN resolutions.
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