Andorra (Principality of Andorra), August 25, 2026 (SPS) – Human rights and political organizations from Europe and Australia have renewed their calls for urgent United Nations intervention to enforce international law in Western Sahara and enable the Sahrawi people to exercise its inalienable right to self-determination and independence, warning of the danger posed by Moroccan occupation attempts to forcibly impose a false colonial reality.
In this context, the European association “We Cross Borders for the Freedom of Western Sahara” stressed in a statement the imperative of enforcing international law in the occupied parts of the Sahrawi Republic, warning of the serious consequences of turning a blind eye to the ongoing violations in the territory.
In its statement addressed to the Government of Andorra, the organization affirmed that the Sahrawi question remains fundamentally an unfinished decolonization issue, as demonstrated and reaffirmed by all relevant United Nations resolutions and references.
For its part, the Italian association “Marx 21” called for the prompt organization of the self-determination referendum agreed upon by the two parties to the conflict, the Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco, under United Nations auspices in 1991.
In an article entitled “Western Sahara, Africa’s Last Colony,” the association stressed that the territory has remained on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963, making it the last colonial case on the decolonization agenda in the African continent.
The Italian association added that unilateral positions supporting the occupation’s alleged “sovereignty” would in no way alter the territory’s international legal status, noting that the situation in Western Sahara represents one of the most striking paradoxes in post-colonial African history: a transition from European domination to regional colonialism exercised by a neighboring African state.
It also warned that the practices of the Moroccan occupation are not limited to military control, but extend to settlement and political maneuvering, as well as the systematic plundering of natural resources and the continued repression of activists and advocates of independence.
Meanwhile, the Australian Solidarity Association for Western Sahara renewed its full solidarity with the struggle of the Sahrawi people and its support for their right to freedom, calling on the international community to honor its commitments and fulfill its responsibilities.
This came during a seminar organized by the Australian coalition to shed light on Moroccan violations and attempts to circumvent legitimate rights. The event featured photojournalist Elise Le-Taylor, who shared her testimony about her visit to the Sahrawi refugee camps and presented an account of the humanitarian realities and the daily resilience of the Sahrawi people.
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