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Western Sahara Resource Watch:  article is under construction and will be updated throughout the course of the day. Namibia and East-Timor have today recommended Spain to respect the Saharawi people’s right to free, prior and informed consent with regard to the exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources. Massive news: #Namibia and #TimorLeste have today, in...

Are you casting your vote for the EU elections? Find here a complete overview of MEP candidates who have supported the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara in previous controversial votes. Choose wisely. Western Sahara Resource Watch has gone through the EU Member States’ lists of candidates for the upcoming elections for the European Parliament. Below,...

At last week’s annual meeting, the German company Continental failed to answer questions relating to the firm’s controversial agreement in occupied Western Sahara.   It still appears clear that the German multinational Continental has not tried to obtain permission from the Saharawi people upon engaging in occupied Western Sahara. The company provides key elements for...

In its letter to the European Parliament, the leading international human rights NGO highlights the need for an opinion of the EU Court of Justice on applying the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement to a territory that is under occupation. Human Rights Watch calls for Court referral of EU-Morocco fish deal Human Rights Watch calls for Court...

Since the EU won’t ask them, Saharawi groups have once again been left with no other choice than to contact EU institutions themselves to indicate they do not want the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement applied to their waters. Close to 100 Saharawi civil society organisations have signed an appeal to Members of the European Parliament (MEPs),...