“Should we go over and talk to them?”
17 January 2015, two members of Young Greens of Norway were deported from occupied Western Sahara by Moroccan police.
But it didn't stop there. Even when they arrived the tourist city of Agadir, they were under constant surveillance of Moroccan police. Moroccan police agents have followed the duo for a longer period of time.
In the video, Mr. Martin Ellingsen of Young Greens is seen followed by the police. Every tiime their car stopp, the police on scooter took a break. Oher groups expelled from Western Sahara are these days also experiencing being put under surveillance in Agadir.
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.