{"id":720,"date":"2012-12-11T15:28:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/?p=720"},"modified":"2012-12-11T15:28:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:28:55","slug":"on-monday-10-december-2012-the-rt-hon-lord-steel-of-aikwood-kt-kbe-jeremy-corbyn-mp-and-sir-peter-bottomley-mp-hosted-a-reception-at-the-house-of-lords-to-bid-farewell-to-lamine-baali-as-he-takes-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"House of Lords Reception for Lamine Baali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-722\" alt=\"the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic\u2019s Representative to the Organisation of African Unity\" src=\"http:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1.jpg?w=150\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1.jpg 4272w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/adalauk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/img_2745-1-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday 10 December 2012, the Rt Hon Lord Steel of Aikwood KT KBE, Jeremy Corbyn MP and Sir Peter Bottomley MP hosted a Reception at the House of Lords\u00a0to bid farewell to Lamine Baali as he takes up a new appointment as the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic\u2019s Representative to the Organisation of African Unity.<\/p>\n<p>The event, organised by Ken Ritchie of the Western Sahara Campaign, celebrated Lamine\u2019s achievements as the UK Representative of the Polisario government. The evening also provided a platform from which Ken could distribute his most recent report,<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><!--more--> <i>The Saharawi Struggle for Self-Determination: a history of the campaign in Britain<\/i>, which Ken has dedicated to Lamine. The Report details many of Lamine\u2019s achievements as well as providing a brief record of the work of the Western Sahara Campaign (WSC) in Britain for the rights of the Saharawi.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Those gathered were from various groups who support the Saharawi struggle for freedom from occupation and human rights abuses, including Sandblast Arts, Adala UK, War on Want and many representatives of the WSC.<\/p>\n<p>The event was a fitting send-off to a humble and generous man who has dedicated himself so tirelessly to the Saharawi struggle. Lamine will be greatly missed by his colleagues who hold him in such high regard. All of us at Adala UK wish him the very best for his new venture and look forward to hearing of his achievements and successes in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday 10 December 2012, the Rt Hon Lord Steel of Aikwood KT KBE, Jeremy Corbyn MP and Sir Peter Bottomley MP hosted a Reception at the House of Lords\u00a0to bid farewell to Lamine Baali as he takes up a new appointment as the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic\u2019s Representative to the Organisation of African Unity. The event, organised by Ken Ritchie of the Western Sahara Campaign, celebrated Lamine\u2019s achievements as the UK Representative of the Polisario government. The evening also provided a platform from which Ken could distribute his most recent report,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adalauk.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}