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Arrested in the Moroccan- occupied Western Sahara. Aftenposten/NTB, 21 August 2007.
Published 21 August 2007
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“Someone must stop these terrible violations of human rights against my people.” This summer the Sahrawi student Elkouria Amidane visited Norway. She came to tell her side of the story about what is happening in the occupied territory of Western Sahara. Through demonstrations and protests against Moroccan authorities, and her fight for the freedom of a people, she has endured both torture and persecution.

Published 23 August 2007
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...The case of Western Sahara. 
Article published by Dr. Juris (PhD) Hans Morten Haugen, University of Oslo in Law, Environment and Development Journal.

Published 17 August 2007
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Written by Agaila Abba Hemeida, this poem is dedicated to all the Saharawi children, especially the children who lost their fathers in the war for the freedom of Western Sahara. Agaila has lived and studied in the US for the last 6 years.

Published 13 August 2007
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The student Elkouria Amidane from Western Sahara visited Norway from July 20th to August 6th 2007.

Published 06 August 2007
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It's a fair bet that few New Zealanders will ever have heard of Western Sahara or the Saharawi people who inhabit this territory. We have no obvious connection to the area and the most we could say is that from its name we'd expect to find it on the west coast of North Africa.
Published 03 August 2007

Norwegian-Japanese owned company Gearbulk transports phosphates from occupied Western Sahara to New Zealand. Check out Norwatch video documenting the illegal exports.

Published 27 July 2007
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A visiting journalist from Western Sahara today appealed for support from New Zealand to block trade supporting the military occupation of his country by Morocco. Pacific Media Centre, New Zealand, 23 July 2007.

Published 26 July 2007
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The Sahrawi human rights activist, Aminatu Haidar, has won the Silver Rose Award.
Published 24 July 2007
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Members of parliaments in Great Britain, Japan, New Zealand and at home in Norway are not at all happy with shipowning firm Gearbulk. Aftenposten, 29 June 2007.

Published 09 July 2007
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Is it a toilet? Is it Island Oil & Gas office? Is it both? Judge yourself.

Published 04 July 2007
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PRESS RELEASE: 06/29/2007. This morning, parliamentarians from the UK, Norway, New Zealand and Japan sent a letter to the London-based shipping company Gearbulk. The company profits from the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara.

Published 29 June 2007
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Hear Polisario's representative to the UN, Mr. Ahmed Boukhari, and Chairman of the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara, Mr. Ronny Hansen, interviewed on South African radio June 28th, 2007.

Published 01 July 2007
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Carlos Ruiz Miguel analyses the Moroccan plan for Western Sahara. First published on the Grupos de Estudios Estratégicos, www.gees.org.

Published 01 July 2007
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Norwegian diplomats want bulkers to stop loading phosphate in Western Sahara but their jawbones are their only weapon. 
 

Published 28 June 2007
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Gearbulk, a company partially owned by the Jebsen family, ships phosphates from Western Sahara on behalf of the Moroccan occupying authorities. Norwatch can reveal that a Jebsen vessel docks Tuesday in a harbour in New Zealand. This trade is contradictory to discouragement from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Published 27 June 2007
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The Jebsen owned company Gearbulk is transporting phosphates from occupied Western Sahara, and ignoring the advises from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to not carry out trade with the country.

Published 26 June 2007
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June 20th, workers at the phosphate mines in Western Sahara planned a demonstration in front of the offices of their employers. But before they managed to get started, they were stopped by Moroccan police.
Published 21 June 2007
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Australians are receiving, without knowing it, 'stolen' goods from Western Sahara, Africa's last colony. Opinion by Melainin Lakhal in Australian newspaper Geelong Advertiser.

Published 20 June 2007
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Opening presentation done by Front Polisario on the first day of negotaitions with Morocco, in New York, June 18th 2007.

Published 19 June 2007