Year after year, Morocco ensures that the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) does not assume its responsibilities regarding human rights. For yet another year, now 24 in total, the UN Security Council has wasted the opportunity to strengthen MINURSO by including a mandate for human rights....
During the recent visit of the UN Human Rights High Commission to Western Sahara and Morocco, the Moroccan government continued to intimidate human rights activists and commit flagrant human rights violations: On the afternoon of 15th April 2015, French citizen and human rights activist Marion Martin was expelled from Western...
A delegation of the UN High Commission on Human Rights is currently visiting the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara in order to investigate human rights abuses committed in the territory by Morocco. During the visit, the delegation is meeting with several Saharawi human rights organsations. (more…)
Graduates of the OCP Skills Programme have been protesting peacefully to demand their integration into the workforce of the phosphate industry in Western Sahara. This had been promised to them by the Moroccan governor in the al-jalil dkhil region in June 2011. 1,300 young people were supposed to be trained...