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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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Mar 28, 2012

Presidenta de CODESA ofrece conferencia sobre la lucha por el respeto de los DD.HH en el Sáhara Occidental | Sahara Press Service

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Sahara Occidental

Washington 27/03/12 (SPS) – La Presidenta del Colectivo Saharaui de Derechos Humanos (CODESA) y activista de derechos humanos, Aminetu Haidar ofreció este martes en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad George Washington en la capital de los EE.UU una conferencia magistral sobre "la lucha por el respeto de los derechos humanos en el Sáhara Occidental"
La activista saharaui de los derechos humanos visita Washington por invitación de la asociación George Washington de los derechos humanos y el Centro de Robert Kennedy.
La presidenta de CODESA tiene en su haber varios premios entre ellos Premio Juan María Bandrés a la Defensa del Derecho de Asilo y la Solidaridad con los Refugiados en mayo de 2006. En julio de 2007, recibe del Parlamento europeo el premio "Silver Rose Award 2007" . En septiembre de 2008, recibe el premio "Robert F. Kennedy" para los Derechos Humanos.
En octubre de 2008, recibe en Washington el Premio de Derechos Humanos Robert Kennedy por su compromiso "con la no violencia y la resistencia pacífica" en defensa de los Derechos Humanos. (SPS)
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Africa's last colony -Western Sahara

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