Madrid (Spain), November 10, 2025 (SPS) – The Spanish Solidarity Movement with the Sahrawi People has announced the organization on Saturday of a national march in the Spanish capital, Madrid, to support the Sahrawi people’s inalienable right to self-determination, freedom, and independence.
This march takes place 50 years after the signing of the infamous Madrid Accords on November 14, 1975, which allowed Morocco to occupy Western Sahara.
The anniversary is considered an important occasion to remind the Spanish government of its responsibility to support all necessary political initiatives aimed at reaching a just and final solution through a referendum that would enable the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable right to independence and sovereignty over all their land and resources.
A statement by the organizers recalled that Spain, which administered the territory until 1975, failed to implement United Nations resolutions that required it to organize a self-determination referendum for the Sahrawi people.
It further noted that on November 14, 1975, Spain took part in signing the illegal Tripartite Madrid Agreement, through which it handed Western Sahara over to Morocco and Mauritania — before Morocco eventually took full control of the territory.
The statement also emphasized that, according to the United Nations, Spain remains the legal administering power of Western Sahara, while Morocco is considered an occupying force.
The Spanish Solidarity Movement also called for the establishment of international accountability mechanisms, including an independent body to monitor human rights and issue regular reports to the European Parliament on the implementation of European Court of Justice rulings.
The movement stressed the need for full enforcement of those rulings and for the cessation of all economic activities that exploit the natural resources of Western Sahara.
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