Jamie Parker, Member of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales recently recognised the work of the Australia Western Sahara Association in a Community Recognition Statement read in Parliament on 23 March 2022.

Community Recognition Statement
“Today I would like to recognise the work of the Australia Western Sahara Association whose aim is to raise awareness and promote the Saharawi cause in Australia. The independence struggle in Western Sahara closely mirrors that of the East Timorese. In 1975 when the colonial power Spain withdrew, the neighbouring country, Morocco, invaded. Many Saharawi fled to desert refugee camps. A war ensued until a UN-sponsored ceasefire was declared in 1991 when a referendum was promised. …(cont.)

13 April 2022
The New York Support Group has sent an open letter to the members of the UN Security Council in anticipation of the meeting on 20 April on the mandate of MINURSO.

Group members V. Ramos (AAJ) and A. Al Hussain (CONASADH) ask Western Sahara support groups to circulate it immediately to your social networks, to the media in Australia, as well as to political representatives (parties, parliamentarians, members of the government, foreign ministry officials).

DemocracyNow, March 21, 2022

Amy Goodman talks with Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco

“The disparity between U.S. treatment of the two countries reveals Western hypocrisy and discrimination when it comes to countries that are not white, Christian and European, says Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco. He adds that U.S. policy on Western Sahara emboldens Putin’s claims on Ukraine (cont…),

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March, 21, 2022

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In an exclusive interview, Democracy Now speaks with prominent Sahrawi human rights activist Sultana Khaya in occupied Western Sahara. Moroccan authorities have held her and her family under de facto house arrest for nearly 500 days, where she has been subjected to harassment and sexual abuse. A delegation of U.S.-based activists arrived at her home last week to break the siege and ward off police surveillance.

Sunday 27 February 2022 marked the 46th anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) following Spain’s abrupt withdrawal after almost a hundred years of colonialism.

On Friday 25 February In recognition of this anniversary the flag of Western Sahara was raised in solidarity at Leichhardt Town Hall by Inner West Council Mayor Darcy Byrne.

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Also attending the flag-raising ceremony were Jamie Parker MP, Kamal Fadel (Polisario Representative Australia and New Zealand), Lesley Osborne, Secretary of the Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) and members of AWSA.

Hear these outstanding guests: Cheija Abdalahe, Dr. Jeffrey Smith and Pedro Pinto Leite.
Feb 9, 2022 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada):
NOTE: Australian attendees: Thursday 10 Feb, 11 am (AEST)
Register : https://bit.ly/3IUOgZz

This webinar will explore the violations of international law that have led to this ongoing tragic situation from the invasion itself to the exploitation of natural resources; how this had led to the four fold crimes of aggression still ongoing against the Sahrawi people, and what those crimes have meant to the Sahrawi people in the camps and in Moroccan Occupied Western Sahara.