Embarek Daoudi, 58 years old, a Saharawi political prisoner in Sale prison in Morocco, went on hunger strike on Saturday 1st November to protest against abuse and negligence by prison officials. He is also protesting against the continued delay in setting a date for...
Recent political events and anniversaries in Western Sahara, Morocco and Europe are a good starting point for explaining important aspects of the Western Sahara cause for those new to understanding it. Three weeks ago, on 31...
The human rights of the Saharawi people are continuously disregarded across the occupied territories of Western Sahara. The Bedouin Saharawi people have to live in constant fear that their family homes will be taken away from them and/or destroyed. Entire families are denied access to their ancestral land which has...
The activist Said Fanish was kidnapped on Wednesday 5 November in the occupied city of Boujdour, Western Sahara. He was released the same day and has reported that the men who took him were Moroccan police in an unmarked car, registration W183802. Members of...
Mohamed Dihani, a Saharawi political prisoner who is serving a five year sentence in the Moroccan prison Salé-2, has been moved without explanation to the central prison of Kenitra (Northern Morocco). Mohamed’s family has raised concerns with international organisations, the Moroccan Ministry of Justice,...
Members of AdalaUK in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara confirm that on 5November the following political prisoners appeared in court in El Aiuun: The journalist El Haisan Mahmoud and the activist Biuchalga Abdelkrim. Their trials were postponed, at the request of the defence, until 19 November. Both prisoners were...
Embarek Daudi, Saharawi political prisoner in Sale prison in Morocco, went on hunger strike on Saturday 1st November to protest against abuse and negligence by prison officials. He is also protesting against the continued delay in setting a date for his trial which has...
39 years ago, on 31 October 1975, the Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara took place with tanks and armored vehicles entering the territory from Hauza and Djederia, east of Smara. The Moroccan regime diverted attention away from the...
A few days ago, Adala UK published information about the kidnapping of Saharawi activists and journalists. Yesterday, the victims of the kidnapping reported that they had been taken out of the city and subjected to beatings. Adala UK members who were able to visit the victims in their homes...
The Moroccan government must immediately release the recently kidnapped political activists and journalists and investigate all accusations of torture and maltreatment. Against a general background of restrictions on freedom of expression and political organisation, the Moroccan authorities have recently launched an attack on key journalists and activists for their criticism...