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Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100

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The Security Council fails Western Sahara and international law

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

On 31 October 2025, a new resolution was adopted in the UN Security Council calling on the Saharawis to negotiate a solution that would entail their incorporation into the occupying power, Morocco.

Saharawis Demonstrate Against Trump Proposal

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The United States has proposed in a meeting of the UN Security Council on Thursday that the occupied Western Sahara be incorporated into Morocco.

Skretting Turkey misled about sustainability

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Dutch-Norwegian fish feed giant admits using conflict fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. Last month, it removed a fake sustainability claim from its website.

Morocco plans massive AI center in occupied Western Sahara

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

A 500 MW hyperscale data center for Artificial Intelligence is being envisaged in the occupied territory.

UN experts urge Morocco to stop repressing Saharawis in Occupied Western Sahara

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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.

WSRW report: Record low number of phosphate importers

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200

For the twelfth year in a row, WSRW publishes a detailed, annual overview of the companies involved in the purchase of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara.

UN body calls for the release of imprisoned Saharawi student

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0200

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.

Norwegian shipping company with new gas transport to occupied Western Sahara

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The Norwegian shipping company BW Epic Kosan carried out another controversial shipment of gas to occupied Western Sahara this weekend.

Youth parties visited the Saharawi refugee camps

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The Norwegian youth parties visited the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria last week.

Two Norwegians Are Now Being Deported from Occupied Western Sahara

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0100

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.

UN committee highlights Moroccan impunity in occupied Western Sahara

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Sahrawi civil society welcomes a new report from the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearance, and urges exhumations and identification of victims in the Morocco-occupied Western Sahara.

Morocco under UN review over enforced disappearances

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

This week, Morocco is for the first time placed under review in the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.

Flooding in the Saharawi refugee camps

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

At least 520 families are said to have been evacuated in the Dakhla camp this week after heavy rains.

Norwegian-owned ship transported gas to occupied Western Sahara

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

The Norwegian-owned 'Caroline Theresa' called at two ports in the occupied territories last week.

UN body requests Morocco to immediately release Western Sahara journalist

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0200

In a recent published decision of 1 April 2024, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention requested the immediate release of the young Saharawi journalist Khatri Dadda.

The Wolf In Charge of the Lamb

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

The occupying power Morocco, which sabotages the work of the UN Human Rights Council in occupied Western Sahara, has begun its first session after being elected to preside the Council.

Morocco elected new president of the UN Human Rights Council

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Today, Morocco was elected to chair the UN Human Rights Council. The result generated strong reactions.

Morocco runs for presidency of UN Human Rights Council

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0100

"The credibility of the UN system is at stake", says the Norwegian Support Committee about this week's election of a new presidency of the Human Rights Council. Norwegian organizations are critical of the candidacy.

Imprisoned Saharawi student activist on hunger strike

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0100

A Saharawi activist in Moroccan prison last week initiated an open hunger strike.

Old Norwegian fishing vessels end up in Africa

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0200

A new report reveals that there is a large-scale export of old Norwegian fishing vessels to vulnerable waters along the African coast. 8 ended up outside occupied Western Sahara.

UN body deemed Sultana's house arrest arbitrary

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0100

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has ruled in favour of the two Saharawi sisters Sultana and Luara Khaya.

Complaint submitted against Morocco on behalf of 10 imprisoned Saharawi students

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100

The torture and detention of 10 Saharawi students by Moroccan authorities must be investigated and denounced. This is the demand in a complaint submitted today to the UN Special Procedures.

End violence against Saharawi women!

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0100

A 16 day-long campaign will shed light on violence committed against women in occupied Western Sahara.

10 reasons why to attend the most authentic film festival around

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200

One film festival in the world is different from all others. Read Asria Taleb's encounter with a festival audience in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria - including her connection with a complete stranger.

Nutrition crisis in the Saharawi refugee camps

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0200

As a consequence of the increased global food prices, a nutrition crisis is already developing among Saharawi children in Algeria.

Saharawi political prisoners file legal complaint against Morocco

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200

A group of Saharawi political prisoners today filed a legal complaint against Morocco in to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention.

Imprisoned student on hunger strike

Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200

The Saharawi student activist Mohammed Layichi has been on hunger strike for almost a month.

Friendship group for Western Sahara established in the Norwegian parliament

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0200

A group of friends for Western Sahara consisting of representatives from all nine political parties was established today in the Norwegian parliament

Report: Aquaculture industry needs to improve sustainability

Tue, 24 May 2022 00:00:00 +0200

What is being done to prevent that Norwegian salmon production undermines food security in West Africa? The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara has challenged Norway's 40 largest aquaculture companies.

Prominent Saharawi student activists arrested

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Two well-known Saharawi student activists were this week arrested in Agadir. A trial is expected to start today.

Saharawi political prisoners on hunger strike

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Since 1 April, two Saharawi political prisoners have been on hunger strike, in protest of the deplorable conditions they are living under.

3 of 26 conflict mineral shipments insured from Norway

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Of the 26 shipments that transported phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara last year, three were insured by Norwegian maritime insurance companies, new report shows.

UN asks Morocco to release longest held Sahrawi political prisoner

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100

So far, Yahya Mohamed Elhafed Iaazza has spent 14 years in Moroccan jails.

Norwegian ship owner finds transport "regrettable"

Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0100

"A regrettable situation", says the director of the shipping company Belships, calling for a ban from the Norwegian authorities.

The woman who reprimanded a judge

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0100

We have talked to human rights activist Mahfouda, who recently was sentenced to six months in a Moroccan prison for reprimanding a judge.

European Court of Justice annuls agreements in Western Sahara

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0200

On 29 September, the European Court of Justice struck down the EU's trade and fisheries agreements with Morocco in occupied Western Sahara, deemed to be in breach of international law.

UN human rights expert decries “clampdown” on human rights defenders

Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0200

Morocco must stop targeting human rights defenders and journalists standing up for human rights in Western Sahara, and allow them to work without reprisals, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said today.

Sultana's home raided by police, activists arrested

Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200

In an early morning raid today, masked agents terrorized and assaulted the home of the Saharawi human rights defender Sultana Khaya, stole belongings and took three activists to an undisclosed location.

UN experts urge Morocco to release imprisoned Sahrawi journalist

Sun, 07 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100

On 7 June 2019, videos began to circulate showing Moroccan police brutally beating up a Saharawi journalist in occupied Western Sahara. Today, a UN opinion calling for his release from prison was made public.

Sultana has spent two months in house arrest

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0100

The Saharawi activist Sultana Khaya and her family has for almost 10 weeks been harrassed by Moroccan police when leaving or entering their home in occupied Western Sahara. Help us to denounce.

Disappeared Saharawi prisoner reappeared, still in isolation

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

The political prisoner Elhafed Iaazza is no longer missing in jail, but remains in total isolation, on the 10th week. “I will kill you”, prison director told him today.

Norway concerned about recent developments in Western Sahara

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

In a letter to Norwegian civil society today, the Norwegian minister of foreign affairs expressed that self-determination for the people of Western Sahara must constitute the basis for the solution to the conflict.

Detention of former Saharawi political prisoner found illegal by UN experts

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

The Saharawi human rights defender Ali Saadouni was illegally imprisoned, unlawfully judged and tortured by Moroccan authorities for putting up Western Sahara flags in a roundabout. This is the conclusion of the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a decision published today.

Occupied Western Sahara: Journalists Under Pressure

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

In occupied Western Sahara, Moroccan police confiscate the phones of female journalists and activists in search of images that could damage their reputations. In late November, new acts of war erupted after 29 years of ceasefire—alongside severe abuse of journalists.

Protect journalists in Western Sahara, organisations warn

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

Sahrawi journalists reporting on the massive crackdown against civilians in occupied Western Sahara are themselves facing repression and arbitrary arrest by Moroccan forces, according to a report and public appeal by four organisations.

Norwegan civil society asks Government to support Saharawis in UN Security Council

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

53 Norwegian civil society organisations today sent a joint letter to the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs asking the Norwegian government to support the rights of the Saharawi people as Norway is to take a seat in the UN Security Council from 1 January.

Journalist wedding targeted, illustrating media crackdown

Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100

Pressure is intensifying on journalists in occupied Western Sahara. Yesterday evening, Moroccan authorities crashed and harassed a wedding party between two journalist colleagues.

Norwegian gas into the war zone?

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100

War has broken out in Western Sahara. A Norwegian gas transport may be on its way into the territory.