Moroccan Occupation of Western Sahara
In 1975, as the Spanish colonial forces left Western Sahara Moroccan forces invaded it and divided Western Sahara between Morocco and Mauritania, despite an ICJ ruling recognizing that the Sahrawi people are entitled to self-determination. In 1979 the Mauritanian forces withdrew from the territory and Moroccan forces took control over most of the territory. The internationally-recognized leadership of the Sahrawi people, the POLISARIO front, has effective control over about 20% of the territory, which is walled off by a Moroccan-constructed 2,700 km-long separation barrier. Despite agreeing in 1991 to hold a referendum in which the Sahrawi people can vote for either independence of integration into Morocco, the Moroccan regime and postponed holding the referendum for almost two decades. The Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara involves serious abuses of human rights, including napalm and white phosphorus bombardments of Sahrawi refugee camps and mass forced disappearances. More
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MarocPress.com » » Morocco Protests Against Severance Of Sahara From Its Map At Forum In Doha
22 May 12:56In a statement to MAP, El Khalfi said he was “astonished to see that the southern provinces were cut off from the Moroccan map during the presentation of the participants in the Forum.
Occupied Western Sahara: calls on Saharawis to pour to the streets for demanding their rights | Sahara Press Service
28 Oct 09:26Saharawi Associations has called on the Saharawis to pour into the streets in order to demand their political, economic and civil rights, in a ceremony organized Monday in the occupied city of El Aaiun on occasion of the release of the Saharawi...
Saharawi, Western Sahara: Repression increases, freedom and rights squashed - English pravda.ru
28 Oct 09:25Repression increases, the freedoms and rights of the Moroccan population continues to be overlooked and ignored and Western Sahara is far from seeing an improvement in the living conditions in their land thanks to the new amendment of the...
British NGO calls for protecting human rights in occupied Dakhla | Sahara Press Service
28 Oct 09:25Western Sahara Campaign in Britain, is calling to sign a petition urging the UN to protect human rights in Dakhla and investigate the events in this city, said Saturday in London Mr. Ken Ritchie, Executive Member of the organization.
allAfrica.com: North Africa: Morocco Continues Attacks On Western Sahara
28 Oct 09:24Despite a media blackout and a ban on visits to the occupied Western Sahara, there is evidence of Moroccan authorities torturing many of the Saharawis they have detained.
Uganda urges UN to complete decolonization process in Western Sahara | Sahara Press Service
08 Oct 07:53Uganda has urged the United Nations to assume its full responsibility to complete the decolonization process in Western Sahara, during the session of the UN Fourth Committee, in charge of special political issues and decolonization in New York.
allAfrica.com: Western Sahara: A Young Girl's Life in a Refugee Camp (Page 1 of 3)
08 Oct 07:52I spent my whole childhood, or at least until I was six, thinking that living in refugee camps was all that existed for any person,' writes Senia Bachir Abderahman, in an account that describes how her family came to live in the south-west Algerian...
BBC News - 'Seven killed' in Western Sahara football riot
08 Oct 07:52One report said the violence flared after Sahrawi activists, who are seeking independence for Western Sahara, became involved.
Mashallah News → Western Sahara in Beirut
09 Jul 04:25Western Sahara, a desert territory bordering Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco – occupied and cut in half by a wall erected by the latter – is troub..
Moroccan propaganda tries to muddle clear case for Western Saharan independence | Newstime Africa
26 May 15:47“The Moroccan propaganda apparatus uses such myths as trying to link [Western Sahara’s liberation movement] Polisario to Al-Qaida in an attempt to ...
UNHCR | Refworld | Amnesty International Annual Report 2011 - Morocco/Western Sahara
26 May 15:25Restrictions on freedom of expression, association and assembly continued, particularly on issues considered politically sensitive such as the status of Western Sahara.
Western Sahara human rights activist exposes Moroccan abuses of Saharawis rights to Australian public opinion ~ Maghreb Press Agency - independent
24 May 11:15
Australia Western Sahara Association
18 May 11:12Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) is an incorporated non-profit Association which was set up to raise awareness and promote the Saharawi ...
anciant history of westren sahara and the spanish colonisiton | SAHARAWI VOICE | SAHARAWI VOICE
18 May 11:12BLOG anciant history of westren sahara and the spanish colonisiton by SAHARAWI on May 17, 2011 • 11:08 No Comments the conflict over westren sahara...
Killed in Western Sahara by a bomb shaped like a ball - PrePosterous
17 May 19:15Killed in Western Sahara by a bomb shaped like a ball Edit Delete Tags Autopost It used to be landmines that killed children (actully, they still d...
BBC cover Western Sahara story - Ecademy
17 May 03:13Urgent humanitarian support for the Sahrawi People
Is the UN serving its purpose? « Stiff Kitten's Blog – development & socio-political issues
16 May 11:10← New hope for stigmatised single mothers in Swaziland Is the UN serving its purpose? May 16, 2011 by Peter Kenworthy Leave a Comment The United Na...
Western Sahara: Appeal for Human Rights Monitoring in Minurso Mandate | settle loans debt
16 May 03:11← Commerzbank, Intesa Seek thirteen.25 Billion Euros as Basel Rules Loom Lockhart Not ‘Leaning’ to Fed Policy Tightening By Year-End → Western Saha...
Protest as Hallab starts his Hunger Strike - Western Sahara | Demotix.com
06 May 19:11Protest as Hallab starts his Hunger Strike - Western Sahara Media Summary A saharaui activist starts a hunger strike Morocco denied the entry to th...
Western Sahara: Hypocrisy - English pravda.ru
29 Apr 19:15The UNSC has decided to renew the mandate of its mission in Western Sahara for another year. History has repeated itself for years. The member countries meet and decide to extend the operation of this institution, created in 1991 after the...
Remembering The Forgotten War | Best of the Moment | The Browser
29 Apr 11:13Did the Arab uprisings start not in Tunisia but in Western Sahara? Yes, say Chomsky and others, although the conflict there barely registers on world's radar. Lucky for France, which has awkward questions it can't answer
UN Mission in Western Sahara Extended for Another Year
28 Apr 19:14The UN has been involved in efforts to find a settlement in Western Sahara since 1976, when fighting broke out between Morocco and the Frente Polisario after the Spanish colonial administration of the territory ended.
Western Sahara: Security Council extends UN mission in Western Sahara for another year | Mike Hitchen Online: i On Global Trends - news, opinion, analysis
28 Apr 03:13Published by Mike Hitchen Online. World news, analysis, opinion. The award winning, flagship blog of Mike Hitchen Online. Read by government departments, NGOs, schools, universities, child welfare organisations and numerous agencies. Over 13,000...
Wesetern Sahara | Morocco | United Nations | Saharawi
28 Apr 03:13The United Nations should monitor the human rights situation in the Western Sahara territory.
TurtleLeaks: Preventing the Arab Spring from reaching Western Sahara | SAHARAWI VOICE | SAHARAWI VOICE
25 Apr 19:14OTHER VOICES TurtleLeaks: Preventing the Arab Spring from reaching Western Sahara by WIEBKE on Apr 25, 2011 • 22:46 No Comments The United Nations ...
Ban voices concern at deadlock in UN-backed negotiations on Western Sahara
19 Apr 19:16Neither party to the dispute over Western Sahara has taken steps to date that would suggest a readiness to move to an acceptable compromise, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report in which he recommends measures to help advance progress...
Algerian president upbeat over Moroccan ties despite years of tension over Western Sahara - The Washington Post
18 Apr 19:15ALGIERS, Algeria — Algeria’s president says there are no problems between his country and neighboring Morocco, burying with words at least years of tensions over the disputed Western Sahara territory.
Med Elmoutawakil in celebration of Ali Salem Tamek's release in Al-aaiun Western Sahara
18 Apr 11:14Moroccan soldiers in Western Sahara defend their rights
15 Apr 11:11News - Moroccan soldiers in Western Sahara defend their rights The conflict of western Sahara had lasted about 37 years (from 1975 until now) ,this old conflict opposed morocco to
Western Sahara: Appeal for Human Rights Monitoring in MINURSO Mandate
14 Apr 19:11Global Policy Forum is a policy watchdog that follows the work of the United Nations. We promote accountability and citizen participation in decisions on peace and security, social justice and international law.
allAfrica.com: Western Sahara: Appeal for Human Rights Monitoring in Minurso Mandate
13 Apr 22:28The letter is in response to the violence being committed against the Sahrawi people by the Moroccan authorities in Moroccan-Occupied Western Sahara.
Arab newspapers address the Western Sahara dispute and Palestinians - The National
13 Apr 22:27"The upcoming UN security council resolution on the Western Sahara issue will most likely extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso) and renew its support of direct negotiations," commented...
Moroccan forces dismantled a camp housing refugees near Laayoune in Western Sahara last November [AFP/Getty]
13 Apr 22:26Moroccan forces dismantled a camp housing refugees near Laayoune in Western Sahara last November [AFP/Getty]
Reading Morocco: Stolen: A Film about Modern-Day Slavery in the Western Sahara
13 Apr 22:22Here is a piece from popmatters.com about the newly released documentary film "Stolen," that talks about the uncomfortable reality of modern day slavery in the Western Sahara and other places in North Africa.
Western Sahara: Appeal for Human Rights Monitoring in MINURSO Mandate | AidNews
13 Apr 19:13Picture Credit: humanrightshouse.orgThe US-Western Sahara Foundation sent a letter to Security Council President Nestor Osorio of Colombia askin...
Western Sahara: French NGOs and political parties denounce Paris support to Moroccan colonial project - Poten & Partners
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Western Sahara: – We only want our country’ | World247.net Worldnews
10 Apr 11:13Western Sahara is the last country in Africa awaiting decolonisation. Invaded by Spain in the late 19th century, mass mobilisations in the early 1970s heralded
Mohamed Amine @ RCNUWC: Western Sahara : A new Moroccan approach ?
09 Apr 19:15As the world's events grow in number and significance, it is now impossible to neglect the extreme situation we are facing and which threaten to ex...
Morocco: Sahrawi Activists, Detained 18 Months, Await Verdict | Human Rights Watch
09 Apr 13:42(New York) - Three Western Sahara activists have been in pretrial detention for 18 months, with numerous delays in their trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Their trial on charges of "harming [Morocco's] internal security" has