Adala UK expresses its grave concern over credible reports that the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in Laayoune, Occupied Western Sahara, has continued to hear criminal cases and impose custodial sentences during the nationwide strike of Moroccan lawyers, resulting in defendants being tried without the effective assistance of legal...
Adala UK, a British human rights organisation, is concerned by reports regarding the assault of Sahrawi YouTuber and social media activist Salama El Dah, following testimony provided directly to the organisation concerning events that he states took place shortly after midnight on 17 July 2026 in occupied Laayoune, Western Sahara. According to information...
Adala UK has formally addressed a letter to Ms Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), urging the organisation to undertake an urgent humanitarian intervention in response to the rapidly deteriorating health of Sahrawi human rights defender Naâma Asfari and the wider humanitarian situation of the Gdeim Izik prisoners....
Adala UK has written to the Foreign Secretary urging His Majesty's Government to take urgent diplomatic action in response to the rapidly deteriorating health of Sahrawi human rights defender Naâma Asfari and the continued arbitrary detention of the Gdeim Izik prisoners. In its letter, the organisation raises serious concerns about Mr Asfari's...
As Muslims across the globe mark Eid al Fitr, this significant occasion offers not merely a celebration at the close of Ramadan, but a moment for sober reflection on the values that underpin the season: compassion, justice, and respect for human dignity. In this spirit, we extend our warmest greetings...
8 March is celebrated worldwide as International Women’s Day, recognising the vital role women play in the development of our societies. For Saharawi women, however, this day is observed under the constant threat of attacks on their physical integrity, insults, sexual assault, kidnapping, ridicule, beatings, and other forms of humiliation...
The European Commission’s reply of 19 February 2026 to Adala UK’s letter of 7 December 2025 is courteous in form yet notably restrained in substance. While reaffirming the European Union’s support for the United Nations-led political process concerning Western Sahara, it does not address the central legal question raised: whether...
Adala UK has formally addressed a letter to the World Humanitarian Drive (WHD) concerning public statements made by its founding president, Dr Abdelbasset Sayed, regarding the status of Western Sahara. These statements, published in Morocco’s Assahra Al Maghribia, endorsed Moroccan sovereignty over the territory and presented the Moroccan autonomy initiative as...
Adala UK expresses its profound concern regarding the fifteenth meeting of the EU–Morocco Association Council and the political direction reflected in the joint communiqué issued on 29 January 2026. While the communiqué repeatedly affirms a shared commitment to a “rules-based international order,” multilateralism, and respect for international law, the substance...
Adala UK strongly condemns the expulsion and denial of entry of an international political and human rights delegation from the Canary Islands by Moroccan authorities at El Aaiún Airport, the capital of the occupied territory of Western Sahara, on or around 13 January 2026. This arbitrary and unlawful act constitutes...