Month November 2018

PUSL.- MEP Florent Marcellesi of the Greens / EFA group EQUO has complained to the EU authorities about a potential conflict of interest of the consultancy firm Hill + Knowlton International Belgium. (see attached letter). According to news published in…

The GUE/NGL group expresses its concern about a possible violation of Parliament’s code of conduct by several MEPs involved in discussions on files concerning relations between the EU, Morocco, and Western Sahara. The MEPs in question failed to disclose their…

PUSL.- Philippe Lamberts, co-chair of the Greens / ALE Group in the European Parliament, wrote a letter to Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament, on 27 November denouncing fourMEPs who have been active in defending Moroccan interests without having…

Abbahah, who had lost consciousness and who was administered serum, suspended his hunger strike after the prison director told him he could stop that everything would be resolved. The 44-day hunger strike has had a huge impact on Abbahah’s health…

PUSL.- Abdallah Abbahah, a Saharawi political prisoner of the Gdeim Izik Group, who is in hunger strike since the 1st of October, was transported today from Tiflet2 prison to the hospital after he lost consciousness for several hours. In the…

PUSL.- Morocco not only ignores the decisions and recommendations of the UN and its mechanisms in the area of ​​human rights but exacerbates the situation of Saharawi political prisoners who are subject to constant reprisals. El Bachir Khadda of the…

eldiario.es.- The UN extended its peace mission in Western Sahara (Minurso) for six months, instead of the traditional twelve, in order to continue pressing the parties to negotiate a solution to the conflict. With twelve votes in favor and three…

PUSL.- Mr Loïc Prud’homme alerts the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs about the situation in Western Sahara and the fate of Sahrawi refugees. At its meeting of April 27, 2018, the UN Security Council voted a resolution extending for…