Historical and legal background In 1963, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) included Western Sahara in the list of Non Self-Governing Territories, to which UNGA Resolution 1514 (XXV) entitled “Declaration on the granting of Independence to colonial countries and peoples” applied. On 16 October 1975, the International Court of Justice released...
Mohamed Al-Ayoubi, a human rights activist, died today 21-02-2018 in a clinic in the capital city of Western Sahara Laayoune due to torture he suffered. He was one of the prisoners who has suffered most torture whilst in the custody of the Moroccan authorities. He suffered torture during his detention...
Saharawi Refugee Camps Norwegian Support Committee, Western Sahara Resource Watch and Western Sahara Campaign UK hold workshop in Boujdour Camp to discuss natural resources. Western Sahara Campaign UK is expecting the outcome of their court case in the European Court of Justice on 27 February. This court case calls into...
Portuguese President Mr. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stressed that a letter sent by Adala UK about the situation in Western Sahara deserves attention from the Government of the Portuguese Republic. His statement came in a response to a letter from Adala UK in Portugal, which demanded the release of Sahrawi...
During 2017, Adala UK recorded that the number of cases of people who had been denied entry to or been arbitrarily expelled from Western Sahara by Morocco had reached 76. These people included international observers, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, those from the solidarity movement and those accused of 'disturbing...
“Friday 16th March, 11am, Place de les Nacions, Geneva” The Saharawi people would like to invite you to give greater visibility to their cause and break the information blockade imposed on the Western Sahara conflict by the Kingdom of Morocco and its allies. In 1963, Western Sahara, was included in...
In April, the annual negotiations on Western Sahara will take place in the UN Security Council. Western Sahara has become one of the most contentious issues at the UN – let’s keep it that way! “human rights monitoring by MINURSO should include monitoring of the Saharawi right to access their...
This article was written for Adala UK by Hmad Hmad, Human rights activist from Western Sahara. To the International Community Once again, the Saharawi people are betrayed, this time with the collaboration of the European Union! The Moroccan state, with the complicity of the French government, is attempting to...
This article was written for Adala UK by Marisa Glave Remy, Member of Congress of Peru, regarding the deportation of the Saharawi Ambassador, Jadiyetu, from Lima. Peru recognised the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic in 1984, but in 1996, during the Alberto Fujimori regime and under pressure from his advisor,...
Location Western Sahara is on the Atlantic coast of north-west Africa, between Morocco to the north and Mauritania to the south and east and Algeria to the north-east. Resources Western Sahara is rich in mineral resources, including phosphates. Western Sahara has some of the richest fishing waters in the world. Currently...