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...
By Sidi Ahmed Lyadasi, President of Adala UK | June 2025 Britain’s New Position on Western Sahara Signals a Troubling Double Standard In April 2025, with little fanfare and scant public debate, the United Kingdom shifted its official position on one of Africa’s longest-running conflicts. In a notable diplomatic realignment,...
Across continents, from the besieged streets of Gaza to the occupied territories of Western Sahara, a profound moral crisis confronts the international community. These are not isolated conflicts, but parallel manifestations of prolonged occupation, systemic injustice, and international indifference. At Adala UK, we reaffirm our unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian...
Adala UK stands in unwavering solidarity with the people of Palestine and Western Sahara, both of whom continue to endure brutal occupations, systematic human rights abuses, and the failure of the international community to uphold justice and international law. Adala UK, a UK-based NGO, documents human rights abuses against the...
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 UK is deeply alarmed by the continued mistreatment of Saharawi student and political prisoner Hussein Bachir Amadour, currently held in Bouzkarn Prison, Morocco, under degrading and unlawful conditions. This comes despite a recent legal opinion by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) affirming the illegality of...
Adala UK has addressed a letter to the Rt Hon David Lammy MP, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, in response to the UK government’s recent joint communiqué with Morocco. In this statement, the UK expressed support for Morocco’s 2007 autonomy plan as the...
Adala UK strongly condemns the ongoing campaign of intimidation and racial discrimination waged by Moroccan intelligence services against the families of Saharawi prisoners from the Gdeim Izik group. These repressive measures appear to be a direct reprisal against the families’ peaceful demands for the release of their arbitrarily detained loved...
London, 17 May 2025 — Adala UK strongly condemns the deadly drone strike carried out by Moroccan occupation forces on 16 May 2025, which targeted a civilian vehicle in Kuerziz, an area east of the Moroccan military wall in Western Sahara. The attack resulted in the deaths of two unarmed Mauritanian civilians and represents a grave violation of...