Morocco committing ‘all kinds of atrocities’ in Western Sahara

Green Left Weekly
International News, issue #716, 4 July 2007.
Secretary general of the Saharawi Union of Journalists and Writers (UPES) Malainin Lakhal, currently on a speaking tour of Australia, spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Tony Iltis about the human rights situation in Western Sahara.
See full article http://www.greenleft.org.au/2007/716/37167

Tuesday 3 July Sydney – AWSA-APHEDA Public Seminar

Tuesday 3 July 6.00 -7.00pm
Unions NSW Ground Floor Training Rm
377-383 Sussex St Sydney
Union Aid Abroad -Apheda
Australia Western Sahara Association
Public Seminar: Getting the story out about Western Sahara
Special guest:
Malainin Lakhal, Secretary General of the Union of Saharawi Journalists and Writers, and human rights activist, introduced by
Alison Peters, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Unions NSW
AWSA – Apheda Seminar Flyer >>

Motion adopted at Unions NSW Council meeting on 28/06/07

“Unions NSW expresses its support and solidarity with the Saharawi people in their struggle for freedom and independence. Unions NSW, strongly condemns the gross violations of human rights carried out by the Moroccan regime against Saharawis, including students, workers and human rights activists in the occupied areas.
http://www.upes.org/body1_eng.asp?field=sosio_eng&id=352
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Geelong Advertiser article ‘Africa’s last colony still exploited’

Malainin Lakhal’s article was published in the Geelong Advertiser on 20 June 2007.   “Australians are receiving, without knowing it, `stolen’ goods from Western Sahara, Africa’s last colony. 
Three Australian fertiliser companies, Incitec Pivot, CSBP and Impact, are importing phosphate from Western Sahara, ….
Read the full-text of Malainin’s article >>