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Western Sahara: Unrest as Moroccans trash protest camp

Sun, 14/11/2010By Ron GuyMoroccan occupation forces brutally attacked and destroyed the Saharawi Gdeim Izik protest camp on November 8, which had grown to over 20,000 since being established on October...

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Spain: Unions protest for Western Sahara

Sun, 21/11/2010By Ron GuyThe crackdown by Moroccan occupation forces on the protest camp at Gdeim Izik on November 8 may have brought more attention to the plight of Western Sahara than was intended....

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‘The real Morocco is not happy’

Sun, 12/02/2012By Ryan Mallett-Outtrim&Laura GilbieRyan Mallett-Outtrim & Laura GilbieThe self-immolation of five activists in January briefly brought international attention to growing unrest...

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Western Sahara: Wesfarmers agrees to stop using stolen phosphate, but doubts...

Sat, 20/10/2012By Ron GuyOver the past three years Christian Super, a not-for-profit industry fund, has engaged in dialogue with Australian company Wesfarmers over its sourcing of phosphate rock from...

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Morocco jails Saharawi activists for peaceful protests

Tue, 26/02/2013By Ron GuyMoroccan authorities have sentenced Western Saharan political prisoners to long jail sentences. The the prisoners had already spent two year in jail waiting for a trail....

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Western Sahara: The UN remains 'blind, deaf and dumb'

Mon, 20/05/2013By Ryan Mallett-OuttrimAfter 40 years of struggle, in the place known as “Africa's last colony”, human rights abusers continue to be given a free hand by the international community.As...

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Western Saharans condemn EU-Morocco fisheries deal

Thu, 16/01/2014By Ryan Mallett-OuttrimHuman rights conditions in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara remain dire according to activists, even though the territory is once again open for business to...

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Western Sahara: West's resource theft prolongs occupation

Fri, 06/03/2015By Tony IltisOffshore oil drilling operations off Western Sahara, carried out by the US firm Kosmos Energy, were denounced by Western Sahara Resources Watch (WSRW) on March 2.“Kosmos...

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Western Sahara caught in human rights nightmare

Sat, 14/03/2015By Tony IltisWestern Sahara is recognised by the United Nations as the last non-self-governing territory in Africa. Between 1973 and 1991 it was at war, as the pro-independence Polisario...

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Western Sahara activist: Our resources are being stolen in broad daylight.

Sat, 28/03/2015Western Sahara is the last territory in Africa recognised by the United Nations as non-self-governing. Spanish colonial occupation was ended in 1975 by the struggle of the Polisario...

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Western Sahara: Unrest as Moroccans trash protest camp

Moroccan occupation forces brutally attacked and destroyed the Saharawi Gdeim Izik protest camp on November 8, which had grown to over 20,000 since being established on October 9. The camp, 15...

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Western Sahara: The UN remains 'blind, deaf and dumb'

After 40 years of struggle, in the place known as “Africa's last colony”, human rights abusers continue to be given a free hand by the international community.As Western Sahara's independence movement,...

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Morocco jails Saharawi activists for peaceful protests

Moroccan authorities have sentenced Western Saharan political prisoners to long jail sentences. The the prisoners had already spent two year in jail waiting for a trail. Amnesty International had...

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Western Sahara: Wesfarmers agrees to stop using stolen phosphate, but doubts...

Over the past three years Christian Super, a not-for-profit industry fund, has engaged in dialogue with Australian company Wesfarmers over its sourcing of phosphate rock from Western Sahara. Phosphate...

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Western Sahara activist: Our resources are being stolen in broad daylight.

Western Sahara is the last territory in Africa recognised by the United Nations as non-self-governing. Spanish colonial occupation was ended in 1975 by the struggle of the Polisario Front. However,...

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Western Sahara caught in human rights nightmare

Western Sahara is recognised by the United Nations as the last non-self-governing territory in Africa. Between 1973 and 1991 it was at war, as the pro-independence Polisario Front fought first against...

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Western Sahara: West's resource theft prolongs occupation

Offshore oil drilling operations off Western Sahara, carried out by the US firm Kosmos Energy, were denounced by Western Sahara Resources Watch (WSRW) on March 2.“Kosmos Energy did nothing to obtain...

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Western Saharans condemn EU-Morocco fisheries deal

Human rights conditions in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara remain dire according to activists, even though the territory is once again open for business to European fishing companies.Despite Moroccan...

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Morocco hit by huge protests against neoliberalism after death of fish seller

In Morocco, thousands of people have been protesting across the country after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck on October 28 while trying to retrieve fish confiscated by...

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European companies help Morocco control Western Sahara

Morocco is eagerly promoting its green credentials in its hosting of the November 7–18 United Nations COP22 climate change conference in Marrakesh. But a new report discloses that the North African...

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