22.07 - 2010 11:17 (Banner reads: “Our Sahara’s resources can provide us jobs” )
During the first two weeks of July, highly educated Saharawi took to the streets in Rabat, denouncing the Moroccan plunder of Western Sahara’s natural resources and the fact that they are discriminated in the job market simply for being Saharawi.
Star Canopus offloading Saharan phosphates in Hobart, Tasmania18.07 - 2010 See photographs of the vessel Star Canopus discharging phosphates from occupied Western Sahara in the port of Hobart, Tasmania, July 2010. Oddly, the ship was originally listed with a cargo of Zinc Concentrates. But that didn't appear to be the case.Read more
See this great footage of the first ever flashmob musical against the plundering of Western Sahara, in Mercadona-supermarkets across Spain. Mercadona sells canned fish originating from occupied Western Sahara, under their store brand ‘Hacendado’.Read more
Incitec Pivot receives new shipment of Saharawi phosphate12.07 - 2010 On Saturday 10 July Star Canopus docked in Geelong with an illegal cargo of phosphate from Western Sahara on board. This is the first shipment in over a year since Incitec Pivot closed their fertiliser plant down in June 2009, due to a slump in demand for superphosphate. Read more
Valuable algae lake discovered in occupied Western Sahara10.07 - 2010 A microscopic organism, 3 billion years old, could be the latest support for Morocco’s occupation. Another life-giving natural resource is just located inside the occupied territory of Western Sahara.Read more
07.07 - 2010 32 parliamentarians from Finland, Sweden and Denmark today requested the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of their countries to prevent renewed EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. Press release, WSRW, 7 July 2010.
WSRW requests answers from Uruguayan importers05.07 - 2010 Earlier this year, Western Sahara Resource Watch revealed that 2 Uruguayan firms appeared to have imported phosphates from occupied Western Sahara during 2009. WSRW has now contacted the 2 firms requesting a halt to the imports. Read the letters here. Read more
The organisation of exiled Sahrawis on the Canary Islands, together with WSRW, last week denounced the opening of a ferry line between the archipelago and the occupied territory. A demonstration took place outside of the offices of the shipping company, Armas. Read more
20.06 - 2010 “Western Sahara Resource Watch is convinced that the hardships of the Saharawi refugees will continue as long as Morocco continues to illegally profit from the occupation of its neighbouring country”, states Western Sahara Resource Watch on World Refugee Day. The organisation calls on the international community to break the cash-flow from the occupied territories to the Moroccan treasury.
'Baku' repeats Colombian voyage20.06 - 2010 In April, WSRW revealed that the Turkish vessel 'MV Bakü", had carried out a shipment to Baranquilla, Colombia. Now, the vessel has done it again.Read more
Busy imports to New Zealand from the occupied territory20.06 - 2010 Two vessels have this week-end been offloading phosphates in New Zealand originating from occupied Western Sahara. Today, one of the ships is offloading the valuable product at the harbour of Northport.Read more
Louisiana company continues imports after ethical blacklisting20.06 - 2010 The Louisiana based fertilizer firm PCS, is starting to enter the spotlight of ethical investors in Europe. The firm is the leading importer of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara, in violation of international law. Despite the concerns, they have now received yet more shipments.Read more
Russia renewed fisheries in Western Sahara 08.06 - 2010 Russia has now signed a fisheries agreement with Morocco, permitting the Russian fleet to fish offshore occupied Western Sahara. The indigenous Saharawis have not been consulted, and the agreement is thus in violation of international law. Read more
08.06 - 2010 Norwegian investor KLP has blacklisted another two new fertiliser companies that buy phosphate from occupied Western Sahara. Furthermore, two additional corporations were dropped from its portfolio because they are linked with nuclear weapons production. Norwatch, 1 June 2010.
Morocco rejects visit from European Parliament04.06 - 2010 Last year, European Parliament’s Legal Services stated that EU fisheries in Western Sahara would be illegal if the indigenous Saharawi were not consulted. This week, Morocco refused the Parliament to travel to occupied Western Sahara to find out if they are. Read more
Troublesome tomatoes03.06 - 2010 A French-Moroccan firm, Soprofel, employs 2.500 people in Western Sahara, according to a Moroccan newspaper.Read more
You are paying for this robbery01.06 - 2010 EU tax payers pay money to Moroccan government, so that Spanish fishermen can steal the fish belonging to these refugees. See video.
WSRW: Endangered biodiversity, endangered people20.05 - 2010 On European Maritime Day, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) demands that the depletion of European fish stocks not be used to justify illegal fisheries practices elsewhere.Read more
Morocco occupies the major part of its neighbouring country, Western Sahara. Entering into business deals with Moroccan companies or authorities in the occupied territories gives an impression of political legitimacy to the occupation. It also gives job opportunities to Moroccan settlers and income to the Moroccan government. Western Sahara Resource Watch demands foreign companies leave Western Sahara until a solution to the conflict is found.
