Morocco slammed for Sahara travel ban28.01 - 2010 15:58 Daily Mirror - Western Sahara campaigner Aminatou Haider brought worldwide attention to her country's plight by going on hunger strike.
Peak phosphorous: mankind's latest threat23.01 - 2010 Some believe that dwindling supplies of potable water is humanity's great resource challenge; others think it is the imminent prospect of "peak oil". But an equally important milestone in modern history will be an inevitable tightening of global supplies of phosphorus. Read more
Activist's "victory" over Morocco puts Sahara back on world agenda18.12 - 2009 Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar has been reunited with her two children and mother after she was allowed to return to the Moroccan-controlled territory overnight, a representative of a Spanish platform supporting her said Friday. Read more
Activist heads home after ending hunger strike18.12 - 2009 Euronews - The Western Sahara independence activist Aminatou Haidar has returned to her desert homeland, easing a diplomatic rift between Spain and Morocco. Read more
As UN Council meets on Western Sahara, ill Haidar is freed17.12 - 2009 UNITED NATIONS, December 17, updated -- As the UN Security Council kept the request for a briefing on Western Sahara in the shadows on Thursday, word reached Inner City Press that seriously ill hunger striker Aminatou Haidar is being released and will return to Western Sahara. "It's good news," the well placed diplomatic source told Inner City Press.
Morocco demands apology from hunger strike activist 03.12 - 2009 BBC News - A senior Moroccan official has said a Western Sahara activist refused re-entry to Morocco must apologise before her passport is returned.
Fears grow for hunger strike Nobel nominee30.11 - 2009 The Guardian (29/11/09): Supporters including Pedro Almodóvar are demanding justice for Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar, who was deported by MoroccoRead more
Concert backs 'Gandhi of Sahara' 30.11 - 2009 BBC News - Spanish artists, singers and actors have staged a concert in support of a Western Sahara activist on hunger strike on the Spanish island Lanzarote.Read more
Amnesty: Urgent Action - Enforced Disappearance Sahrawi man24.11 - 2009 Ahmed Mahmoud Haddi, a Sahrawi man aged about 32, was abducted on 28 October by people suspected of being members of Moroccan security forces. He may have been subjected to an enforced disappearance, and is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. Read more
Le Monde Diplomatique: Western Sahara conflict goes on23.11 - 2009 Colin Murphy on Aminatou Haidar's expulsion: "Her expulsion marks a new turn in the Western Saharan conflict, a conflict that, largely ignored by the international media, has been ongoing for almost 35 years."
HRW: Reverse New Rule on Sahrawi Activists’ Contacts16.11 - 2009 HRW (New York) - Morocco is taking another regressive step on human rights by blocking "unauthorized" visits by foreigners to the homes of Sahrawi activists in Western Sahara, Human Rights Watch said today.
Africa's last colonySince 1975, three quarters of the Western Sahara territory has been illegally occupied by Morocco. The original population lives divided between those suffering human rights abuses under the Moroccan occupation and those living in exile in Algerian refugee camps. For more than 40 years, the Saharawi await the fulfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
Since 1975, three quarters of the Western Sahara territory has been illegally occupied by Morocco. The original population lives divided between those suffering human rights abuses under the Moroccan occupation and those living in exile in Algerian refugee camps. For more than 40 years, the Saharawi await the fulfilment of their legitimate right to self-determination.
