Human rights in the occupied Western Sahara

mohamed mahmoud embarek — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:10:03 +0000

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“No other choice” than self-determination for Western Sahara

salama mohamed — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:34:44 +0000

By Peter Kenworthy, Africa Contact

“There is no other choice but self-determination,” says a lady interviewed in a new documentary about Western Sahara made by 31-year-old English independent film-maker and journalist, Dominic Brown. She is the wife of one of the many activists belonging to Western Sahara’s indigenous population, the Saharawis, who have been imprisoned and tortured for campaigning for independence for Africa’s last colony.

Denmark is demanding action for Western Sahara

dadah mohamed mulud — Sat, 26 May 2012 09:24:38 +0000

Posted May 25, 2012

By Peter Kenworthy , Africa Contact

Denmark demanded action against the Kingdom of Morocco in occupied Western Sahara under Moroccan Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva. UPR is a mechanism under the UN Human Rights Council, which examines whether the observance of human rights in UN member countries in a dialogue with the other member states, NGOs and other stakeholders.

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Afrika Kontakt

UN must include human rights component to MINURSO

dadah mohamed mulud — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 15:16:40 +0000

By Malainin Lakhal

2012-04-19, Issue 581

Torture and other inhuman and degrading treatments, arbitrary arrest and detention, forced disappearance, the use of rape as a mean of intimidation, are current practices committed by the Moroccan authorities against Saharawi adults and children.

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Pambazuka News

W. Sahara: EP condemns repression of Saharawi people

dadah mohamed mulud — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:25:52 +0000

(ANSAmed) - STRASBOURG, APRIL 19 - The European Parliament "condemns the ongoing repression of the Saharawi people in occupied territories". This is the message from the Strasbourg Assembly, where the report on human rights around the world has been approved by a large majority.
"After the UN resolutions, the document approved in Strasbourg is the most significant victory recorded yet for the Saharawi cause," said the Euro MP Pino Arlacchi (Democratic Party), who said that the text expresses a "clear position in favour of independence".

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ANSAMED

The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring

salama mohamed — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:05:19 +0000

It's time the US and the UN stopped looking the other way while the west's ally Morocco occupies and abuses the Sarahawis

Carne Ross
Tuesday April 17 2012

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/apr/17/western-sahara-forgotten-first-source

Australians demand human rights for Western Sahara

dadah mohamed mulud — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 10:31:14 +0000

Australians demand human rights for Western Sahara
Sunday, 15 April 2012, 2:03 pm
Press Release: AWSA
The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) organised on Friday 13 April 2012 in front of the French Consulate in Melbourne a protest under the slogan: human rights for Western Sahara – the time is now! (Pictures attached).

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Scoop

Saharawi heroic fight continues

dadah mohamed mulud — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:51:29 +0000

The world community by and large either turns a blind eye to the annexation by Morocco of the Western Sahara, home to the Saharawi people, invaded, tortured, abused and forgotten or else cavorts openly with Morocco, signing contracts with the invading power to usurp the resources of the Saharawi without their consent, against international law.

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Pravda

Western Sahara: Notes From Western Sahara - An Interview With Fatma El-Mehdi

dadah mohamed mulud — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:48:23 +0000

Interview By Bhakti Shringarpure, 29 March 2012:
When we think about our past, we can only find violence, but I think it is precisely this condition that makes one realize that what is important is peace.'

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All Africa

Africa’s Last Colony

dadah mohamed mulud — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:57:08 +0000

Twenty years ago, in 1992, a referendum of independence was to have taken place in order to allow the Sahrawian people to determine their own future. This strip of land in Africa’s north-westernmost corner has been partly occupied by Morocco since 1975. The UN and other international bodies have irrefutably acknowledged Western Sahara’s right to self-determination, and the Sahrawian demand for an independence referendum has strong support in international law. Despite this fact, the international community is doing little to further the Sahrawian right to self-determination.

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Norwegian Refugee Council