Asria Mohamed Taleb, journalist from Western Sahara currently living in Norway, today launched a book on the conflict. Download the book here.
The booklet A Norwegian Hope Journey - Between the Strong Sand and the White Snow Lives My Hope for a Free Western Sahara was launched in Bergen, Norway, today by journalist Asria Mohammed Taleb. She is 25 years old, educated as a journalist from Algeria, and has worked the last year at Nordic Red Cross United World College in Norway. She currently works at Doctors Without Borders in Bergen.
Download coverage of the book in regional newspaper Bergens Tidende (30 Nov 2011) here.
Download the book here! In low resolution (2MB) or high resolution (8MB)
UN experts urge Morocco to stop repressing Saharawis in Occupied Western Sahara
In a statement published last week, eight UN Special Rapporteurs have denounced Morocco’s ongoing campaign of repression, racial discrimination, and violence against Sahrawi human rights defenders, journalists, and advocates for self-determination, covering 79 victims as reference cases.
UN body calls for the release of imprisoned Saharawi student
In a decision published yesterday, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention concludes that the detention of the Saharawi student and human rights defender Al-Hussein Al-Bachir Ibrahim is arbitrary. The UN Working Group called on Morocco to immediately release him from the deplorable prison conditions.
Two Norwegians Are Now Being Deported from Occupied Western Sahara
Two more Norwegians, who travelled to occupied Western Sahara to learn about Morocco’s controversial energy projects in the territory, were detained by Moroccan police this afternoon and deported.
Norwegians deported from occupied Western Sahara - wanted to learn about renewable energy
Today, 25 Moroccan police officers showed up to expel two Norwegians from occupied Western Sahara. The two had traveled to learn what the Sahrawis think about Morocco's controversial renewable energy projects on occupied land.