Month February 2018

Bermuda shipping company drops Western Sahara

Western Sahara Resource Watch Golden Ocean regrets shipment of phosphates from Western Sahara and changes future contracts to avoid new transports from the occupied territory.Above: Screenshot from Marinetraffic.com On 30 August 2017, Golden Ocean’s vessel Golden Keen left the El Aaiún harbour…

Saharan Youth and Minors detained and tortured

In the night of Saturday to Sunday after a demonstration of young Sahrawis with dozens of protesters in the city of El Aaiun in a non violent protest against the Moroccan occupation and the social, economic and political apartheid lived…

SADR – A young state with a future

On 27 February 2018 the 42nd anniversary of the birth of the Sahrawi Democratic Arab Republic is celebrated. The Saharawi people have created their homeland based on a millennial identity, transforming itself at that moment into what is required in…

Gdeim Izik – Mohamed Ayoubi has passed away

Mohamed Ayoubi, political prisoner of Gdeim Izik on parole, died today in El Aaiun, the first mortal victim of this group of Saharawi national heroes, unjustly condemned by the occupying regime to 20 years toile in prison. Morocco is responsible…

Unemployed Saharawi protest in chains

In a symbolic stand, the Saharawi unemployed young men placed themselves in a row chained to each other in front of the employment office in El Aaiun city, this Monday 19th of February. The protesters showed in this way their…

Report on the situation of the families of Saharawi political prisoners

In a report based on data collected over the last five years, the observer Isabel Lourenço, Human Rights Activist, Member of Fundación Sahara Occidental, Collaborator of porunsaharalibre.org, denounces the seriousness of the situation experienced by the families of Saharawi political prisoners. The information collected…

Political prisoner Naama Asfari in isolation

According to information from the family, the El Arjat Prison administration placed the political prisoner of Gdeim Izik group, Naama Asfari in isolation in a small cell, known as a coffin. The brother of Naama Asfari was prevented today from…

EU calls Polisario to negotiate fisheries agreement

The European Union has recognized the right of the Polisario Front to participate in the renegotiation of the EU Fisheries Agreement with Morocco, which would bring the parties to the same table for the first time since 2012 published today…

The true will of the Saharawi people (by Hmad Hamad)

To the International Community Once again, the Saharawi people are betrayed, this time with the collaboration of the European Union! The Moroccan state, with the complicity of the French government, is attempting to confuse international public opinion, in a shameless…