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Spanish farmers demand no imports of occupation tomatoes
The EU agriculture agreement must be stopped, according to Spanish farmers’ association.
Published 30 January 2012
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UN: natural resources new front for Western Sahara talks
UN special envoy to Western Sahara states how the natural resources are currently the main topic of peace talks between Morocco and Polisario.
Published 29 January 2012
King of Morocco to be biggest benefactor of EU trade agreement
King of Morocco to be biggest benefactor of EU trade agreement

A new EU trade agreement that is set to boost the personal fortune of King Mohamed VI of Morocco is facing opposition because it promotes the exploitation of disputed territory of the Western Sahara. Source: The Telegraph, 29 Jan 2012.

Published 29 January 2012
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Morocco opens wind farms tender on occupied land

The Moroccan state electricity company has launched a tender for the construction of 5 wind farms. Two of those farms will be located in occupied Western Sahara.

Published 27 January 2012
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San Leon completes conflict seismic
The Irish oil firm stated today that it had completed its seismic services in "Morocco". The release fails to mention that the exploration was in fact done in occupied Western Sahara. The UN states such search to be in violation of international law.
Published 24 January 2012
Trial against Saharawi natural resource coordinator postponed
Trial against Saharawi natural resource coordinator postponed
The leader of the Saharawi committee for protection of natural resources has spent 14 months in jail, as trial against him was postponed on January 13. Demonstrations and police violence erupt in Western Sahara following the decision.
Published 23 January 2012
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Asked K&L Gates lobbyists to stop Western Sahara lobby

The US lobby firm K&L Gates has for a year and a half been lobbying the issue of Western Sahara on behalf of a US-Mexican company that imports phosphates from the occupied territory.

Published 23 January 2012
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European Commission seeks new fish deal with Morocco
On 5 January, the European Commission issued a request to the EU Member States, seeking their support to conduct negotiations with Morocco in order to achieve a new, long-term fisheries protocol. The fishing zones covered by the envisioned accord also include Western Saharan waters.
Published 17 January 2012
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Danish vessel ships illegal phosphate from Western Sahara

During the days before Christmas, a vessel owned by the Danish shipping company Lauritzen set off from Western Sahara, occupied by Morocco. According to the UN, the Moroccan phosphate exploitation is illegal. By DanWatch, 30 Dec 2011.

Published 30 December 2011
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FMC Corp disappointed over Norway blacklisting

FMC Corporation states that they have stopped importing phosphates from Western Sahara to Spain and that they should never have been kicked out of the Norwegian government's pension fund for lack of ethics.

Published 23 December 2011
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Yara denies new Western Sahara purchases
The Norwegian fertilizer firm Yara states their position remains unchanged, and that they do not purchase phosphates from Western Sahara. Yara's new agreement with Moroccan phosphate firm specifically excludes purchases from Western Sahara, according to the company.
Published 19 December 2011
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Russian fleet should leave occupied Western Sahara

This week, the EU pulled its fleet out of Western Sahara, a territory largely occupied by Morocco. The Russian industrial trawlers should follow the European example, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) demanded today. Press release, WSRW, 16 Dec 2011.

See images of the Russian fleet in Western Sahara

Published 16 December 2011
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Here are the vessels that violated international law
The list of vessels active under the now repealed EU-Morocco fisheries agreement has just been released. Download the list here.
Published 16 December 2011
European Parliament rejects EU fisheries
European Parliament rejects EU fisheries

The EU fisheries in Western Sahara have today been voted down in the European Parliament. Reports made for the European Commission have shown that the EU fisheries in Western Sahara are a complete waste of EU taxpayers’ money, and contribute to destruction of marine life offshore Western Sahara. EU fleet must now return from Western Sahara.

Published 14 December 2011
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Fish Commissioner insists on international law
EU Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki, previously suggested EU fisheries agreement with Morocco should not apply to Western Sahara. Now, she repeats the message.
Published 14 December 2011
The Canary tomato sector hopes EU-Morocco Agri Agreement falls too
The Canary tomato sector hopes EU-Morocco Agri Agreement falls too
The tomato sector on the Canary Islands received with satisfaction the news that the European Parliament has turned down their fisheries agreement with Morocco and hopes that the agriculture agreement, “will follow the same steps and will be turned down once it is presented before the Plenary”. Europapress, 14 December 2011.
Published 14 December 2011
Correspondence with Tripoliven, 12 Dec 2011
Correspondence with Tripoliven, 12 Dec 2011
Email sent from Norwegian Support Commtitee for Western Sahara to Tripoliven.
Published 13 December 2011
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Human rights defender slams EU putting trade over human rights
"Be part of the solution, not part of the problem", Saharawi human rights activist Ali Salem Tamek urged the European Parliament, criticizing the illegal EU plunder of the fisheries resources offshore occupied Western Sahara.
Published 08 December 2011
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'Disgraceful agreement', Swedish legal expert labels EU fisheries
Further EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara "will make the EU and its member states further liable for a violation of international law", stated former principal legal advisor of the Swedish government, in a seminar in the European Parliament on 7 December 2011.
Published 08 December 2011
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US law firm continues pro-occupation lobby

Covington & Burling, the US lobby law firm that lobbies for the Moroccan phosphate trade from occupied territory of Western Sahara travelled all the way to Oslo to explain to an investor how the Saharawis supposedly benefit from the trade. Still, the firm refuse to talk to Saharawis or civil society about the industry.

Published 08 December 2011