Latest: vessel discharged unethical Sahara cargo in Australia

The vessel 'Allegra' was on 3 November 2011 observed discharging phosphate rock in Tasmania, Australia. The cargo originates from occupied Western Sahara. See video of the operation here.

Published 06 November 2011

"It is sad to know that somewhere in Tasmania, recipients of this resource are unwittingly colluding in this denial of the rights of the Sahrawi people to decide their own future and benefit from their own resources", local school teacher Peter D. Jones wrote in a letter in the Hobart newspaper The Mercury yesterday. 

"Morocco continues its illegal occupation, mainly because of access to the phosphate supply", he wrote. 

The importing firm, Impact Fertilizers, admits purchasing the rock from the territory. 

The images and video were taken in Hobart harbour on 3 November 2011.
 

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