A number of videos from the occupied territories have during the last few days been published Youtube.
The UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross is currently visiting Western Sahara.
Over the last few days, demonstrations have taken place in Weestern Sahara, with subsequent police violence. As always, Moroccan police are throwing stones at Saharawis. Morocco has over the last years refused the UN operation in Western Sahara to report on the human rights in the territory.
The young man below, Salama Zdaidat, is among those who have taken a beating by Moroccan police. Several houses are said to have been raided by the police.
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 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.
Today, Morocco was elected to chair the UN Human Rights Council. The result generated strong reactions.
"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.