Adala UK has today sent a formal letter to Airbnb welcoming the platform’s recent correction of geographical references to cities in Western Sahara, which are no longer labelled as part of Morocco. The change, reported by Africa Intelligenceon 31 July 2025, brings Airbnb's mapping more in line with the position of...
Adala UK condemns systematic violations of Saharawi students’ rights under occupation Adala UK strongly condemns the ongoing and systematic violations of the rights of Saharawi civilian prisoners, particularly students, by the Moroccan authorities. We draw urgent attention to the case of Ayman Al-Thurbi, a young Saharawi law student and political prisoner,...
“It is time their rights are recognised and respected.” Adala UK has formally addressed GreenGo Energy, a Danish renewable energy company, regarding its reported activities in occupied Western Sahara, demanding accountability, legal compliance, and respect for the rights of the Saharawi people. In a strongly worded letter dated 13 July...
Adala UK warmly welcomes the arrival today of a group of Saharawi children known as the Messengers of Peace to London Heathrow Airport, where they were received at 13:30 by members of the Saharawi community and supporters of the Western Sahara cause. These children come from the Saharawi refugee camps in...
Join Adala UK in urging the British Government to reverse its recent endorsement of Morocco’s autonomy plan and to reaffirm support for the Saharawi people's right to self-determination. Background Adala UK is a British human rights organisation committed to documenting and raising awareness of violations against the Saharawi people under...
London, 3 June 2025 – Adala UK strongly condemns the Moroccan authorities' expulsion of an international delegation comprising 14 French and Spanish activists. The group, part of the “March for the Freedom of Sahrawi Political Prisoners,” was denied entry into Moroccan territory on 31 May 2025 at the port of...
Adala UKc/o 9 Rye Hill Park LondonSE15 3JN Oxford English Academy 154 Cumnor RoadBoars HillOxfordOX1 5JR Dear Ben Mowlah and Karen Pethick,I am writing on behalf of Adala UK. We are a UK-based NGO. We gather testimonies and evidence of human rights violations in Western Sahara in order to raise...
Activists, demonstrators and journalists have been detained without arrest warrants following peaceful demonstrations which have been taking place since Thursday 12th November 2020. Many more are at risk of arbitrary detention. The day after the demonstrations, the Moroccan authorities launched a campaign of arbitrary detentions towards Saharawis who had participated,...
Adala UK is urging the UN to put pressure on the Moroccan government to release Saharawi prisoners based on the concerns of the spread of Covid-19 in Morocco. A statement published by the British NGO on Saturday 28 March outlined how the virus will spread easily through Moroccan prisons. "Currently there...
Ali Saadouni is a former political prisoner and a prominent Saharawi human rights defender known for his membership in the “Coordination of those rejecting the Moroccan nationality”. Ali Saadouni was arrested on 11 April 2019. The arrest of Saadouni came in response to a demonstration held on Tuesday 10 April...