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Poetic resistance

by Sam Berkson | Feature | April 2013

Western Sahara’s word weapons

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Western Sahara

by PN | News in Brief | February 2013

On 1 February, Morocco was due to finally put on trial 23 Sahrawis arrested when Moroccan security forces destroyed the Gadaym Izik protest camp (the forerunner to the more celebrated Arab Spring u ...

Western Sahara

by PN staff | News in Brief | December 2012 - January 2013

In early November, the Moroccan government deported 25 European solidarity activists (21 Spaniards and four Norwegians) from Laayoune in Western Sahara, which has been illegally occupied by Morocco ...

Western Sahara

by PN staff | News in Brief | November 2012

In late September, Spanish solidarity activists persuaded Spanish canning company Jealsa to stop using sardines from the waters of Western Sahara, which ...

Western Sahara

by PN staff | News in Brief | October 2012

An international delegation from the Robert F Kennedy (RFK) Centre for Justice and Human Rights witnessed police ...

Western Sahara

News in Brief | September 2012

On 25 August, the UN rebuffed Morocco’s attempts to replace Christopher Ross, the UN peace envoy on Western Sahara. ...

Western Sahara

News in Brief | July-August 2012

In early June, Western Sahara Resource Watch accused the Danish vessel Marianne Danica of illegally shipping phosphates from the occupied territory of Western Sahara. ...

Western Sahara

News in Brief | May 2012

Morocco’s attempts to manipulate a report on its illegal occupation of Western Sahara has caused a diplomatic incident at the United Nations security council (UNSC ...

Western Sahara

News in Brief | April 2012

At the end of February, US secretary of state Hillary Clinton called Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara ‘serious, realistic and credible’ (language she had used before, in March 2011). ...

Western Sahara

News in Brief | March 2012

On 16 February, the European parliament approved liberalisation of EU trade in agriculture and fisheries with Morocco, which campaigners say will encourage the exploitation of the natural resources ...