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Polisario proposes a plunder fund
Polisario proposes a plunder fund
Polisario has urged the UN to create a fund that will allow the Saharawi people to benefit from Morocco's plunder of Western Sahara's natural resources.
Published 14 June 2013
Total refuses further talks on Saharawis
Total refuses further talks on Saharawis
Still no reply on future options nor stakeholder consultation. Total respond that would be politics.
Published 29 May 2013
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WSRW protests Swedish supplier for BouCraa

Morocco’s phosphate mine in occupied Western Sahara receives key Swedish equipment.

Published 26 May 2013
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Dakhla harbour off limits for UN staff?

The Moroccan authorities have allegedly barred the UN Peace Mission in Western Sahara from entering the harbour of Dakhla, located in the south of the occupied territory.

Published 21 May 2013
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Saharawi syndicalists prevented from undertaking 1 May manifestation

While trade unionists marched worldwide in celebration of workers' rights on Labour Day, trade unionists in occupied Western Sahara were prevented from doing the same.

Published 05 May 2013
EU-Moroccan deep trade talks have begun
EU-Moroccan deep trade talks have begun
The European Commission and Morocco commenced first round negotiations for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area last week in Rabat.
Published 30 April 2013
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Russia once again violates its own fish deal with Morocco
The text of the Russia-Morocco fish accord reveals that Russian vessels are supposed to fish in the Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone – that should preclude Western Saharan waters. WSRW has made an English translation of the Russian-Moroccan agreement.
Published 26 April 2013
Morocco against human rights in UN - silent vis-à-vis the EU
Morocco against human rights in UN - silent vis-à-vis the EU
While Morocco is lobbying hard against a proposal to have the UN monitor human rights in Western Sahara, the EU Commissioner for Fisheries states that she is still awaiting Rabat's response to the proposal for including human rights safeguards for the Western Sahara territory in a new EU-Morocco fisheries protocol.
Published 23 April 2013
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WSRW comments on UN Secretary General's report on Western Sahara
While recommending Ban Ki-Moon for expressing the need for human rights monitoring in Western Sahara, WSRW laments that his report fails to address the full extent of the issue of Morocco's plunder of the territory's natural resources.

Published 12 April 2013
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A Saharawi resource watch group established
'Saharawi Natural Resources Watch', dedicated to monitor the Moroccan plunder of the occupied parts of Western Sahara, was created in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria 9 April 2013.
Published 11 April 2013
Total fails to answer on future options in occupied Sahara…
Total fails to answer on future options in occupied Sahara…
....and other questions relating to the Western Sahara operations. Total has just emailed WSRW.
Published 11 April 2013
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MEPs ask EU Commission to respect international law in Western Sahara

A group representing over 60 MEPs has sent a letter to EU diplomacy chief Catherine Ashton and Commissioner for Fisheries Maria Damanaki, requesting them to respect the Saharawi people's wishes and interests when seeking to conclude a new fish deal with Morocco.

Published 19 March 2013
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Total request renewed
Western Sahara Resource Watch today again asked Total, for the third time, for explanations of their operations in the waters of occupied Western Sahara.
Published 15 March 2013
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Siemens starting up controversial wind project on occupied land

Despite ongoing protest, German multinational Siemens is currently in the process of shipping windmill parts to El Aaiun, occupied Western Sahara. The company is partnering with the same royal family that brutally occupied the territory.

Published 05 March 2013
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Western Sahara slows down EU-Morocco fish talks
Money and Western Sahara - the two obstacles that hamper the EU-Morocco negotiations for a new fisheries agreement.
Published 27 February 2013
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WSRW calls for halt of EU trade talks with Morocco

In view of the incredibly harsh verdicts in the Gdeim Izik trial, which failed to meet the international standards for a fair trial, Western Sahara Resource Watch has appealed to the European Commission to put ongoing discussions for increased trade with Morocco on hold.

Published 21 February 2013
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Lifetime sentence for Saharawi activists

The military court in Rabat has convicted 25 Saharawi activists to shockingly tough sentences. All were arrested in relation to the Gdeim Izik protest camp; a peaceful manifestation disputing the Saharawi people’s continual marginalisation in their occupied country.

Published 17 February 2013
Fifth round of EU-Moroccan fish talks stranded
Fifth round of EU-Moroccan fish talks stranded

Negotiations between the European Commission and Morocco in Rabat were aborted yesterday. New talks are to take place before the end of February.

Published 12 February 2013
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Military trial for Saharawi advocating social and economic rights
Today, 24 Saharawi activists are expected to appear before a military tribunal in Morocco. All of them were arrested in the aftermath of the Gdeim Izik protest camp - an immense gathering of Saharawi civilians in the occupied territories, united in their demand to have their social and economic rights respected.
Published 08 February 2013
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Road salt from occupied Western Sahara to de-ice Danish roads
Winter roads in Denmark will be de-iced with salt from the mine in occupied Western Sahara. Export from El Aaiun is taking place today.
Published 16 January 2013