After his appearance on June 1 before the National High Court in Spain and his return to Algeria, Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, has asked judge Santiago Pedraz to drop the charges against him.
Podemos has been publicly thanked by the Polisario Front and Sahrawi media for its support for the Sahrawi cause in the Ghali case. This was on the occasion of the party’s assembly held in Alcorcón (Madrid).
Shinozuka Takashi, Japan’s ambassador to Morocco , is trying to defuse tensions between Rabat and Tokyo. The presence of the Polisario at the last two editions of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) summit was not to the liking of the Moroccan authorities.
If the Polisario dares to attack Morocco, "it will suffer a great defeat," warns Mohamed El Yazghi , former First Secretary of the Union of Socialist Forces (USFP) and former minister.
The first vice-president of the Spanish government, Carmen Calvo, indicated in a response to an oral question to the government in the lower house, initiated by the Popular Party (PP), that she has been mandated by Pedro Sánchez to resolve the crisis with Morocco.
The Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Bourita, denounced on Wednesday the attitude of the Spanish government aimed at "Europeanizing an exclusively bilateral crisis" that persists between Morocco and Spain. For the minister, this is a flight of responsibility on the part of Madrid.
The "affairs" are piling up for the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali . The Logroño court has just initiated a procedure for "terrorism" against him and his number 2, Salem Lebsir.
Beyond the reception in April of Brahim Ghali, the leader of the Polisario Front, by Spain, the Sahara is the main cause of the current diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain.
Saïd Ayachi, president of the Algerian Committee for Support to the Sahrawi People (CNASPS), reacted to the evacuation of the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali, to his return to Algeria and the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain. The Algerian official describes Morocco as a "rogue state".
Brahim Ghali, the Polisario leader admitted urgently to Spain on April 18 after contracting Covid-19, left the San Pedro de Logroño hospital on Tuesday, June 1 around 9:30 pm. Accused of torture, rape and human rights violations, he had been heard during the day by the investigating judge of Madrid, Santiago Pedraz Gomez .
The hearing of Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario accused of torture, rape and human rights violations did indeed take place on June 1st by videoconference. He was heard by the investigating judge in Madrid, Santiago Pedraz Gomez.
Josep Piqué, former Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that the reception of the Polisario leader, Brahim Ghali under a false identity is "a mistake" that Spain "must rectify as soon as possible".