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

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...

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Saharawi heroic fight continues

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...

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Australians demand human rights for Western Sahara

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...

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The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring

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...

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W. Sahara: EP condemns repression of Saharawi people

(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...

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UN must include human rights component to MINURSO

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...

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Denmark is demanding action for Western Sahara

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...

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

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...

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Human rights in the occupied Western Sahara

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Norwegian pension fund KLP divests from Total over Western Sahara concerns

GLOBAL – Norway's KLP pension fund company is removing French oil stock Total from its portfolio on ethical grounds due to the company's involvement in Western Sahara, the fund said. Jeanett Bergan,...

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AFRICAN NATIONS MAY CUT TIES WITH MOROCCO OVER W’SAHARA

AFRICAN countries may severe economic and diplomatic ties with Morocco over its continued occupation of Western Sahara territory. Rising from a three-day conference in Abuja Wednesday, which drew...

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SULE, FALANA, OTHERS URGE UN, AU TO ENFORCE W’SAHARA’S INDEPENDENCE

FROM various quarters Monday came the call that the time has come for both the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) to enforce the independence of the Western Sahara.link: Guardian Nigeriaread more

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Colonisation: Nigerian, European lawyers to drag Spain, France, Morocco to court

LAWYERS across the globe, especially in Nigeria and Europe, have concluded plans to drag Spain, France and Morroco to the European Human Rights Court, over illegal occupation of Western Sahara and...

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UN envoy for Western Sahara dispute launches ‘new phase’ in negotiations

30 October 2013 – The United Nations envoy dealing with Western Sahara today told the Security Council that he plans to return to the region in the coming weeks to pursue a new approach to ending the...

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Letter From Western Sahara, a Land Under Occupation

For nearly four decades, Sahrawis have struggled for independence from Morocco. There are growing fears of a return to arms. by Sharif Abdel Kouddous, November 4, 2013link: The Nationread more

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Liberation Delayed: the Independence of Western Sahara from Morocco

With the Saharawi People Decades since Spanish withdrawal Western Sahara remains under Moroccan control A long-delayed referendum on the independence of Saharawi from Morocco was the subject of an...

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Freedom for Western Sahara

From October 28 to October 30, 2013, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), in collaboration with its allies in the civil society and Movements of Solidarity with the Saharawi people in Africa and across...

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RUDDY: A long-needed resolution to Western Sahara’s limbo

Will Obama remind Morocco of its referendum duty? By Frank Ruddy Wednesday, November 20, 2013link: Washington Timesread more

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Morocco's suppression of Western Sahara could fuel regional instability

King Mohammed VI is seeking US backing for Morocco’s claim to the disputed territory of Western Sahara where the Sahrawi people await a vote on independence. Suppressing this option for the Sahrawis...

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African leaders urge the EP to reject EU-Morocco fisheries protocol

EUROPEAN UNION Friday, December 06, 2013, 02:30 (GMT + 9)  Several voices have been raised to urge the European Parliament (EP) members to reject the EU-Morocco Fisheries Protocol.  In a letter...

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