Following reports about police threats to members of groups such as ‘OCP Skills Sahara’, ‘The Coordination of Unemployed Saharawis’ and others, Adala UK urges the Moroccan authorities not to suppress demonstrations that have been planned in Western Sahara in the coming days. Members of the Moroccan security forces, who have...
8th December 2015, El Aaiún: a peaceful demonstration about the high cost of living and unemployment; issues that more acutely affect the Saharawi population, above all recent university graduates. The majority of those demonstrating are graduates with degrees and Masters in many different subjects. All demonstrators ensure they remain peaceful...
Following widespread reports on social media regarding large scale demonstrations against MINURSO in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara, Adala UK can report on the actual situation on the ground following updates from members. Thousands demonstrated in the Western Saharan capital, coinciding with the speech given by the King on...
Sidi Ahmed Lyadasi from Adala UK, recently participated in the 40th annual European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Saharawi People (EUCOCO), held in Madrid on 13-14 November. The conference, which is held in a different location every year, was attended by representatives of NGOs, trade unions, political parties...
31 October marks the 40th anniversary the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara. Known as Africa’s last colony, Western Sahara is the only Territory in Africa to never complete the process of decolonisation. Despite a ruling by the International...
The Moroccan authorities must take make measures to end the campaign of intimidation, harassment and kidnapping against activists and human rights defenders in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara. On the night of 19 October, activists, members of the public and representatives of a human rights organisation began a graffiti...
In what can only be described as a shambolic trial, a Moroccan court has found seven young Saharawis guilty in a trial that took place less than 48 hours after they were arrested following a protest in Dakhla. On Tuesday 29th September, each of the seven young Saharawis was sentenced...
On Tuesday 29th September 2015, the occupied city of Dakhla witnessed clashes between young Saharawi protesters and Moroccan occupation forces in the districts of Labaichat and Aksaikisat. The demonstrators had been chanting slogans, demanding self-determination for the Saharawi people, which was promised to them by the UN in 1966 and...
On Sunday 27th septembre , another Saharawi prisoner died in the Tiznit jail in Morocco. Bobakar Argun (detainee number 12276, who was 40 years old) was sentenced to 20 years for a common crime. According to a group...
Students at the world famous University of Cambridge have formed a society dedicated to supporting the Saharawi people in their continuing calls for self-determination. The media blackout imposed by the Moroccan government means that the dissemination of information is of great importance and ‘Adala UK Cambridge’ aims to raise awareness...