The former founding member of the "polisario" separatist movement, Mahjoub Salek, slammed, Monday in New York, "the absolutism" and the "corruption" of the leaders of the "polisario", while calling on the international community to support the autonomy plan for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the only solution that can put an end to this dispute.

Laayoune-born associative activist Khadija Ezaoui highlighted, Monday in New York, the dynamics of reforms taking place in the southern provinces, thanks to the new development model launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI.

The support of the Spanish government to the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara is a "consistent position that respects international law," said Ángeles Moreno Bau, Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign and Global Affairs, on Monday.

The Human Rights Committee has once again nailed Algeria for acts of torture and illegal detention.

Algeria is trying to harm Morocco by exerting pressure on Spain, in an in-advance lost battle, said the Lebanese writer and journalist Khairallah Khairallah.

The support of the Spanish government for the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara is part of a "state vision to bring stability to the whole region" and meets an international dynamic in favor of the approach adopted by Morocco, said the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, on Wednesday.

The International Observatory for Peace, Democracy and Human Rights in Geneva (IOPDHR) called on the international community to intervene to put an end to various forms of exploitation of children by polisario separatist militia in the Tindouf camps, in Algerian territory.

Italy's "Democracy and Subsidiarity" political party has called on the Government to open a consulate in the Kingdom's Southern Provinces, which "abound in economic and social opportunities."

The autonomy plan presented by the Kingdom in 2007 is "the most credible and serious proposal for a lasting and final solution" to the artificial dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, French Senator Ludovic Haye said on Friday.