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...
The President of Adala UK, Mr Sidi ahmed Fadel, held a series of meetings in September 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland to coincide with the commencement of the 30th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Mr Sidi Fadel...
On 7th August 2015, Braica El Amari, yet another Saharawi prisoner, died as a result of extreme medical negligence in a Ait Maloul prison in Morocco. His death was caused by sub-standard prison conditions and medical negligence. This brings the total deaths of...
On 7th July 2015 at 9.30pm, the Moroccan security forces arrested 15-year old Abujahid Abid. His mother described what happened to members of AdalaUK: “My son went out about 8pm to do a couple of things I had asked him to do, but...
Takbar Haddi has been on hunger strike for 20 days in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Her son, Haidala, died as a result of the barbaric aggression of five Moroccan settlers in El Aaiun, the capital of occupied Western Sahara. Takbar is asking for her son's body to be returned so...