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Siemens Energy sidesteps key questions on Western Sahara

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0100

At its 2026 Annual General Meeting, Siemens Energy defended its involvement in wind energy projects in occupied Western Sahara.

Morocco allocates land in occupied Western Sahara to green hydrogen investors

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100

Morocco’s ambitions to become a global green hydrogen powerhouse are accelerating. Yet, Rabat is allocating land in a territory it does not legally own.

US eyes minerals in occupied Western Sahara

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100

Seeking to position itself as a key supplier of strategic minerals for Western powers, Morocco has signed a new agreement with the United States that covers Western Sahara’s waters and the critical minerals harboured there.

TAQA-Moeve obtains land in occupied Western Sahara

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100

Morocco’s push for green hydrogen has taken a decisive step forward - on territory it does not legally own.

EU-Morocco Statement: autonomy without self-determination, law without lawfulness

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0100

A joint statement that came out of last week’s EU-Morocco Association Council asks readers to believe in a fiction: that an undefined autonomy plan imposed by an occupying power can satisfy the right to self-determination, and that respect for international law can coexist with the systematic ignoring of the EU’s own highest court.

Greenland Yes, Western Sahara No? The EU’s self-determination test

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0100

As the European Union rightly rallies behind Greenlanders’ right to decide their own future in the face of external pressure, a test of the EU’s real commitment to self-determination is quietly unfolding in Brussels.

New report: Certified occupation

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

International certification standards embellish Morocco’s controversial trade with fisheries and agricultural products in occupied Western Sahara, new report documents.

Certification giant SGS points fingers elsewhere

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

SGS blames everyone else for mistakes on MarinTrust certificates it had issued to Moroccan companies in occupied Western Sahara.

New report: Greenwashing Occupation

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Out now: WSRW today publishes a new report outlining the massive - and deeply problematic - renewable energy projects that Morocco is developing in occupied Western Sahara.

GMP+ does not check if “sustainable” fish is legally caught

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The world’s largest certification scheme for “safe and sustainable animal feed” does not check whether its certified fish feed companies source from illegal fisheries in occupied Western Sahara, where catches violate the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.

ASC withdraws from occupied Western Sahara

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Certification scheme ends involvement with Azura Group and declares that no future certifications will be granted to companies in the occupied territory.

Morocco plans another giant power line from occupied Western Sahara

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Don’t be fooled by the clean-energy rhetoric on this new 1,000 km power line – this is about infrastructural annexation of occupied land.

These are the MEPs who voted for ignoring the CJEU

Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

187 Parliamentarians voted to ignore the ruling of the CJEU, the interests of EU farmers, the rights of the EU consumers and the aspirations of the Saharawi people. Here they are.

Parliament nearly blocks Morocco’s labelling grab

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

EU lawmakers today had a golden opportunity to stand up for European consumers. Backed by a solid majority, the Parliament came close to overturning the Commission.

Farmers block Azura warehouse in France and launch legal action

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Growing pressure on EU–Morocco trade deal as French farmers today launch legal steps and storm Azura’s entry point for Western Sahara produce in Perpignan.

Azura dives deep into politics

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The French-owned Azura Group, a producer of agricultural and aquaculture products in occupied Western Sahara, has taken a remarkably political stance - openly praising Morocco’s “national cause” and “territorial integrity.”

S2H2+Bm silent on location of planned green hydrogen project

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Swedish company S2H2+Bm Concept AB has so far refused to clarify whether its planned green hydrogen plant will be located in Morocco proper or in occupied Western Sahara.

BRCGS fails accountability test

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Despite repeated requests, the organisation does not clarify why its food safety certificate ignores legal boundaries.

Canary trade mission to legal minefield

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

A publicly organised mission will take Canary companies into occupied Western Sahara later this month.

Commission under fire for Western Sahara origin derogation

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Representatives from all political groups in the European Parliament today grilled the European Commission over bending EU rules to appease Morocco with regard to labelling of products from occupied Western Sahara.

GLOBALG.A.P. misleads EU retailers

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The certification scheme that claims to champion legal compliance has circulated misleading information about EU labelling rules for products originating from occupied Western Sahara.

Distribution giant quietly deletes fake information

Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

French agri-supplier Sofruce deleted false territorial claims and certificate references after scrutiny.

UN’s Western Sahara vote raises more questions than it answers

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

Behind the headlines and diplomatic spin suggesting that the Security Council is now siding with Morocco lies a more complex reality - one that hinges on the very right that Rabat has spent decades trying to bury: self-determination.

EU’s labelling chaos already hitting supermarkets

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

A packet of cherry tomatoes sold this week in a French supermarket illustrates the confusion triggered by the European Commission’s rushed attempt to adapt EU consumer and trade rules to Morocco’s claims over occupied Western Sahara.

Skretting Turkey cites dubious certificates

Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The Dutch-Norwegian fish feed producer in Turkey refers to mysterious MarinTrust certificates when importing from occupied Western Sahara.

MarinTrust certifies irresponsible fisheries in occupied waters

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The certification system greenwashes multimillion-euro fisheries products from occupied Western Sahara - under false country of origin.

Uruguayan-Austrian certification firm withdraws from Western Sahara

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0100

The certification company LSQA has ceased all activity in Western Sahara, where it had previously certified Moroccan producers operating in the occupied territory.

Enel dodges question on project in occupied territory

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100

A decade after it was first announced, the fate of one of Enel’s wind farms in occupied Western Sahara remains uncertain.

Global Diligence defends operations on occupied land

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The legal advisory firm Global Diligence, which presents itself as expert on ‘heightened due diligence’, misrepresents international law in occupied Western Sahara.

MEPs shocked by Commission's Western Sahara bypass

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

In a hearing at the European Parliament earlier this week, lawmakers expressed outrage at how the Commission sidestepped them to push through a new agreement covering occupied Western Sahara, in violation of EU Court rulings.

EU pushes secretive Morocco trade deal covering Western Sahara

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0200

As EU ambassadors give their green light to a new Morocco trade deal, the public is still denied access to the very agreement they are voting on - a striking case of secrecy in Brussels.

"A declaration of war" - new EU agreement reactions

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

A wave of reactions is rippling across Europe following the news that the EU is moving ahead with a new trade agreement in occupied Western Sahara. The vote is scheduled for tomorrow.

Commission Pushes EU-Morocco Trade Deal, Ignoring Democratic Processes and Saharawi Rights

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

WSRW can today reveal a leaked EU document showing plans to continue trading with products from occupied Western Sahara, in direct violation of earlier rulings by the EU Court of Justice. A vote will take place this Wednesday.

Morocco’s thirst for water quenched by Western Sahara winds

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Water pouring out of Moroccan faucets is soon powered by energy stolen from occupied Western Sahara.

MSC’s name misused to whitewash controversial fish trade

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The certification scheme MSC guarantees that no fisheries in Western Sahara are certified. But Spanish food distributors give another impression.

Skretting Turkey misled about sustainability

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Dutch-Norwegian fish feed giant admits using conflict fishmeal from occupied Western Sahara. Yesterday, it removed a fake sustainability claim from its website.

Beware of products carrying a “GGN” code

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Tomatoes from occupied Western Sahara, certified by GLOBALG.A.P., are being sold in German grocery stores with a false country of origin.

Farmer in exile: GLOBALG.A.P. is certifying injustice

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

A Saharawi refugee farmer expresses shock about the German certification scheme qualifying Moroccan agriculture in his illegally occupied homeland as sustainable.

French publicly-owned firm plans energy project in occupied Western Sahara

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The French town of Dreux considers ignoring a ruling in the French courts and to engage with a controversial energy operation in occupied Western Sahara.

GLOBALG.A.P. brands settler farms “responsible”

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

A German certification scheme for responsible farming refers to Moroccan settler agriculture on occupied land as “responsible”.

Spanish conservatives call for Western Sahara exclusion from EU-Morocco trade

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The Spanish delegation to the EPP group in the EU Parliament requests that Western Sahara be excluded from the EU-Morocco trade agreement.

EU seeks new trade talks with Morocco - Western Sahara included

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Nearly a year after the EU Court struck down the EU-Morocco trade agreement for including occupied Western Sahara, Brussels appears ready to test the limits of international law once again.

Morocco pushes enormous green hydrogen plans in occupied Western Sahara

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied Western Sahara.

IFS Food’s secret: errors fuel food fraud

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

IFS Food - a label meant to guarantee protection against food fraud - facilitates a practice of food fraud.

TÜV Rheinland gets the geography precisely wrong

Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

“The award for the most ironic company slogan goes to TÜV Rheinland”, stated WSRW.

Alliance for Water Stewardship legitimises illegal occupation

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0200

An organisation that promotes responsible use of freshwater lends a hand to the controversial French-Moroccan agri-business Azura in occupied Western Sahara.

Airbnb kicks Morocco out of Western Sahara

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The home-sharing company has removed references to “Morocco” from locations in occupied Western Sahara.

Brussels and Rabat explore loopholes to sidestep Court rulings on Western Sahara

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Secret talks in Brussels suggest EU and Moroccan trade representatives may be preparing to bypass international law on Western Sahara.

Complaint filed: Carrefour “fraudulently” markets conflict tomatoes

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer Carrefour of deceptively marketing Azura-brand tomatoes from Western Sahara as “Moroccan”.

Voltalia hides Western Sahara controversy from reports?

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0200

The French renewable company no longer includes its wind farm in occupied Western Sahara in its public financial reporting.