Adala UK would like to express profound regret at the closure of the Saharawi ‘Kaisariat Salam’ mosque by the Moroccan authorities. The mosque is located in central El Aaiun and was attended by around 2,000 Saharawis for prayer. The...
Members of Adala UK participated in a charitable event, organised by the Saharawi NGO ‘Absar Alkhair’ which works with people with disabilities. The event marked the beginning of Ramadan...
On 26th June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Morocco again violated the Saharawi citizens’ rights to peaceful demonstrations. Uniformed and plain clothes Moroccan police and auxiliary forces again brutally attacked...
To coincide with the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture on 26th June, Adala UK asks that the Moroccan State implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture, which...
On 22nd June 2014, members of Adala UK, based in Western Sahara, witnessed acts of violence committed by Moroccan police officers and plain clothes members of security agencies against Saharawi protestors in different...
At least 30 people have been injured in peaceable demonstrations in El Aiun on 15thJune 2014, as a result of violent interventions by the Moroccan forces. The protesters attempted to reach Smara Street but were stopped by Moroccan forces blocking the street. Several shops were forced to close and bus...
On 6th June 2014, Moroccan police brutally suppressed a demonstration in the Hay Sakna district in the Western Saharan city of Smara. A group of Saharawi citizens had taken to the streets...
Saharawi citizen Sidi Mohamed had been on strike outside his house for five days - demanding his right to return to work as he had been forced to leave his job due to his political conviction on the Western...
Four Moroccan police officers detained 16 year old Ayub Garmat (DOB: 16.01.1998) and took him by car (a Toyota Prado) from the city centre to the edge of the Wad Sagia lake, approximately 4km from El Aiún. They brutally beat...
AdalaUK today condemns the harsh repression unleashed against peaceable demonstrations in El Aiún, the occupied capital of Western Sahara. Members of AdalaUK were eye witnesses on 6 June to the Moroccan police using excessive force to break up a demonstration, including throwing stones, using metal truncheons, sticks, abusive language and...