Chaos in Gdeim Izik trial continues
The detainees withdrew from the proceedings, along with their defense attorneys, on the 16th of May. New witnesses have appeared out of the blue, observers explain.
Published 18 May 2017
Read a statement from three international observers to the court case, dated 17 May 2017.
The appeal case against two dozen Saharawi activists have been going on since December 2016. Read the chronology of the court case here.
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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.
07 September 2026
Family fears for human rights defender after days without contact
The family of Saharawi human rights defender and political prisoner Naâma Asfari says it has had no contact with him since Monday. Asfari is now on the 40th day of his hunger strike, and his family fears for his life and health.
19 July 2026
Trial underway over firebombing of our partner in Denmark
A trial has begun in Copenhagen against four men accused of carrying out the January 2025 arson attack on the offices of our partner Global Aktion.
15 June 2026
Film Festival Silences Saharawi Voices
The Moroccan film festival Dakhla International Film Festival is rapidly deleting critical comments from its social media channels.
08 June 2026