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The Occupation We Choose to Ignore’

Do you know who I am? I am a Sahrawi. The land to which I refer is what is known today as the non-self-governing territory ofWestern Sahara. My country was colonized by the Spanish and the French between 1884 and 1975, divided in two and occupied by Moroccan and Mauritanian forces thereafter, and has been ruled exclusively by the Kingdom of Morocco from 1979 until the present.

The Western Sahara: forgotten first source of the Arab Spring

this is one part of the Arab Spring that western governments don't want to talk about. And their silence, and the UN's complicity in it, is why that repression continues, and a terrible injustice is perpetuated.

ISS - News - The Western Sahara and North African People’s Power

Respect the right of individuals to peacefully express their opinions regarding the status and future of the Western Sahara and to document violations of human rights

King of Morocco to be biggest benefactor of EU trade agreement - Telegraph

it has emerged that the single biggest beneficiary of the deal will be the King of Morocco, who is head of one of the three largest agricultural producers in the north African country and lays claim to 12,000 hectares of the nation's most fertile farmland.

North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony

Oblivion it seems is the current reality for the arid North African territory of Western Sahara; often referred to as Africa’s ‘Last Colony’. In my opinion, it would be more accurate to describe it as ‘Africa’s Forgotten Colony’.

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Feb 3, 2012

Neuser urges EU to take responsibility Saharawi human rights | New Europe

Neuser urges EU to take responsibility Saharawi human rights

ARTICLE | FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - 3:28PM | BY RACHEL KISER

The EU must take responsibility for failing to protect human rights and international law in territory illegally occupied by Morocco, Norbert Neuser, president of the Intergroup Western Sahara in the European Parliament, has said. In any new EU-Morocco Fisheries arrangement, Parliament will insist that the rights of Saharawi people must be respected.

On 2 February, the Intergroup Western Sahara of the European Parliament met to discuss recent developments regarding the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement. In December, Parliament rejected the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement, sending a clear message in favour of international law, Neuser said. The rejection thus called on the Commission to negotiate a new, more environmentally and economically beneficial deal, which will ideally take into account interests of the Sahrawi population. The protocol that had been in place since February ceased when Parliament delivered its negative vote.

Next, Parliament will invite Christopher Ross, UN envoy to Western Sahara, for a dialogue with the committee of Foreign Affairs in the European Parliament. It also intends to send an ad hoc delegation to the refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, Neuser said, along with organising a meeting Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva to discuss the humanitarian situation of the Saharawi people.

Africa's last colony -Western Sahara

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