See an account of the January 2017 court case against Saharawi activists at the Moroccan court in Salé.
The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara wrote on 29 January 2017 how the court case against 25 Saharaws had been postponed until 13 March.
The group was sentenced in 2013 to 20 years to life by a Moroccan military court for crimes that was said to have been committed in 2010. No proofs were presented and all were sentenced based on confessions signed under torture.
Approximately 40 Norwegian observers participated on the trial 23-25 January 2017. Law student Tone Sørfonn Moe from Bergen has authored a long observation report about the court case.
Download the report in its entirety here.
The report documents clear violations on basic legal standards. Several of the convicted are leading human rights defenders in Western Sahara.
American and Norwegian observers deported from Western Sahara
A US and Norwegian citizen are at this moment deported from occupied Western Sahara by Moroccan police for meeting local human rights defenders, day before UN Security Council vote.
Trump wants to give Western Sahara to Morocco – and Europe is helping him
For the first time in UN history, the Security Council is about to bless an occupation. On 30 October, the Council will vote on a resolution stating that there is only one solution for Western Sahara: becoming part of Morocco. The draft was written by the Trump administration.
New report: Sahrawi students beaten, isolated and denied medical care in Moroccan prisons
They were beaten with batons until they nearly lost consciousness and threatened with rape if they did not confess. This is the testimony of recently released Sahrawi students in a new report following a decade in Moroccan prisons.
