Soldiers, police officers, demonstrations and attacks are recurrent themes in Saharawi children’s drawings. A child’s drawing, as a spontaneous expression, represents a child’s thought processes and its perceptions of the world around it. Fear and sadness which children transmit through their creativity are a reflection on the systematic exposure to...
The Moroccan authorities violently intervened in peaceful demonstrations, organised by young unemployed Saharawis on 11th and 16th June 2016 in El Aaiun and Smara. The demonstrators demanded access to their right to work and to freedom of expression. According to witnesses, the Moroccan police threw stones at demonstrators as well...
The family of the late Saharawi President erected a tent to honour his death. This tent has been pulled down by the Moroccan authorities and those present paying their respects to their President have been violently attacked by the Moroccan authorities. Members of Adala UK in the Occupied Territories, explained...
Español Today, the Moroccan police have prevented a delegation of the regional Galician Parliament from entering the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara. The delegation consisted of five MPs: GONZALO TENOR, MONTSE PRADO, XABIER RON, CONSUELO MARTÍNEZ and NOELA, from the Popular Party (PP), the Galician Nationalist Block (BNG), the Socialist Party (PSOE),...
On Friday 6 May, Brahim Saika's sister presented a petition to the Bouizakarne prison administration, asking for her brother's medical records as well as his belongings. Some of Brahim's belongings had already been returned to the family, excluding the shirt which he wore on the day of his detention and on which...
Español The death of a renowned Saharawi student leader shows a lack of will on the part of the Moroccan government to protect those who defend the rights of Saharawi students in Moroccan universities. Four months and 15 days after the disappearance of Adnan Rahali, Moroccan authorities contacted his...
Following the death of Ibrahim Saika, a Saharawi prisoner of conscience, on 15 April 2016, his lawyer, has called for a thorough investigation into the cause of his death. An initial hearing began on 18 April. All roads leading to the court where the hearing was to take place were...
Brahim Saika, a Sahrawi prisoner of conscience died on 15 April 2016, between 15.30 and 16.00 local time, in a hospital in Agadir, Morocco. He fell into a coma a few days after being arbitrarily detained and tortured in Gulemin police station, and had been transferred to the hospital from...
In support of a group of prisoners of conscience on hunger strike, Zainab Abidi took part in a peceful demonstration on Sunday 2 April. During the protest, a group of plain clothes police officers surrounded her. She raised her hands though knew she had only acted peacefully throughout. She was...
Adala UK is extremely concerned about the harsh sentences which Moroccan courts continue to pass on Saharawi citizens, restricting their fundamental right to freedom of expression and effectively silencing those who openly defend the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination. The most recent example is the trial of political activist Embarek...