10 March 2009
The U.S.-Western Sahara Foundation has written to Barack Obama urging his administration to immediately call upon Morocco to end their brutal repression and escalating violence against the Saharawi population in occupied Western Sahara.

Letter to President Obama >>>

15/03/2009
In the report, Amnesty International has highlighted Moroccan repression against Western Saharan human rights defenders.

The report covers the problems faced by human rights defenders across the Middle East .

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A European Parliament delegation hopes that the UN mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is given the responsibility to monitor the situation of human rights, according to a MEPs online report published by the Spanish newspaper El Pais.

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International Law and the Question of Western Sahara
Edited by Karin Arts and Pedro Pinto Leite
Preface by Frank Ruddy

Order book:  AWSA (email: info@awsa.org.au) and in Melbourne the book is available from the Melbourne University bookshop in Carlton.

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Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara (NSCWS)
11 March 2009The Saharawi woman who was raped at the end of February (see previous post dated 25 Feb 2009) has now reported the incident to the police. The Moroccan Ministry of Domestic Affairs denies that policemen have raped the woman.
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4 March 2009. PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
Written statement* submitted by International Society for Human Rights (ISHR), a non-governmental organization on the Roster
Enforced Disappearance In Western Sahara
Enforced disappearance can be defined as a kidnapping carried out by State agents or by groups of people acting with the support or the tolerance of the State authorities, leading to the disappearance of the victim.

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HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS THAT REQUIRE THE COUNCIL’S ATTENTION
Written statement submitted by International Educational Development (IED), Inc., a non-governmental organization on the Roster
The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31.
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4 March 2009
PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT
Written statement submitted by France Libertés: Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, a non-governmental organization in special consultative status.
Natural resource pillage in Western Sahara
The Secretary-General has received the following written statement which is circulated in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31.
[12 February 2009]….Read full statement >>>

Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) celebrates the Saharawi national day 2009 in Melbourne
AWSA organised on Sunday 1 March in Alphington park in Melbourne a public event to mark the 33rd anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Republic.
Georgia Vlassopoulos, chair of AWSA (Victoria) welcomed all those who attended the event to celebrate the Saharawi National Day (….continued)

Watch Youtube footage of Saharawi national day events >>
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