Yearly Archives: 2007

Bundoora,Vic. – Exhibition: Images of Western Sahara

Images of Western Sahara: A Picture Tells A Thousand Words
Exhibition runs 16 February – 4 March 2007
You are invited to the opening by Don Nardella M.L.A. on Thursday 15 February at 6pm.
Celebrating Western Sahara National Day, February 27
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Illegal importation of phospate into Australia

Give Sahara just deserts, by Daniel Breen
Published in Geelong Advertiser, 10 January 2007, page 10
(See also AWSA Press Release 9 Jan 2007)
HUMAN Rights advocates have called on fertiliser company Incitec Pivot to stop importing phosphate from a disadvantaged African colony. Incitec Pivot currently imports phosphate from Western Sahara but the money goes to Morocco
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Sahara Marathon 2007 – February 26th

The Sahara Marathon is an international sport event to demonstrate solidarity with the Saharawi people and run by the Saharawi Sport Committee. The route symbolically connects the three refugee camps of Smara, Auserd and ElAyoun, and leads runners through a desert which has been the home of Saharawi refugees for 30 years.
See: http://www.saharamarathon.org/desktopdefault.aspx?fl=1