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Thanked the Greens for its solidarity

16.04.2012 23:59

Human rights activits Sultana Khaya thanked the Green Party of Norway for the support for the Saharawi cause at the annual meeting in Bergen, Norway, 15 April.

8 Norwegian youth parties organised Western Sahara conference

16.04.2012 23:34

The eight political youth parties of region of Hordaland, Norway, together organised a full day conference on Western Sahara at the University of Bergen.

Demonstrated for human rights in front of French embassy in Oslo

14.04.2012 21:10

France objects to human rights in Western Sahara. Some twenty people demonstrated for respect of human rights in front of France's embassy in Oslo today.

FMC Corp disappointed over Norway blacklisting

23.12.2011 17:00

FMC Corporation states that they have stopped importing phosphates from Western Sahara to Spain and that they should never have been kicked out of the Norwegian government's pension fund for lack of ethics.

Yara denies new Western Sahara purchases

19.12.2011 21:30

The Norwegian fertilizer firm Yara states their position remains unchanged, and that they do not purchase phosphates from Western Sahara. Yara's new agreement with Moroccan phosphate firm specifically excludes purchases from Western Sahara, according to the company.

US law firm continues pro-occupation lobby

08.12.2011 21:35

Covington & Burling, the US lobby law firm that lobbies for the Moroccan phosphate trade from occupied territory of Western Sahara travelled all the way to Oslo to explain to an investor how the Saharawis supposedly benefit from the trade. Still, the firm refuse to talk to Saharawis or civil society about the industry.

Wrote book on Western Sahara, Norway and the hope of a free land

01.12.2011 14:02

Asria Mohamed Taleb, journalist from Western Sahara currently living in Norway, today launched a book on the conflict. Download the book here.

Bastagli: the UN is failing in Western Sahara

06.11.2011 16:00

At a conference in Bergen 27 October, former UN Special Representative to Western Sahara aired his disappointment over the international community's inability to solve the last colonial issue in Africa.

Daddach criticising Morocco closing court doors

02.11.2011 08:56

Former Rafto laureate criticised lack of openness in Moroccan courts at a seminar in Center for Middle Eastern Studies in Bergen, Norway. He was himself denied access to a court last month.

27 Oct: Western Sahara conference in Bergen

23.10.2011 22:00

Big names arriving Bergen: A former UN top official, a former Rafto Award Laureate, important academics. Come to Western Sahara conference 27 October! Conference language: English.

Sahara refugee camps: Iodine in camel milk leads to goitre

21.10.2011 14:51

Sigrun Henjum defended today her PhD thesis on the iodine levels in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria.

Series of Norwegian nutrition studies in the refugee camps

13.10.2011 13:31

A Norwegian humanitarian organisation and a university college has cooperated on researching the nutrition levels of the Saharawi refugees. The cooperation has led to a series of publications. See the studies here.

Firms in Western Sahara fail human rights due dilligence

10.10.2011 11:21

Associate Professor, Hans Morten Haugen, on a conference on Corporate Social Responsability in Norway, elaborated on how Norwegian importing firms relate to the advice of the Norwegian government to abstain from Western Sahara trade, and how they omit the proper due dilligence on human rights.

Oil subcontractor pulls out of Western Sahara

08.10.2011 13:10

"I have no problem in stating, in retrospect, that it might have been a bad idea to take this assignment�, CEO of seismic services firm Spectrum ASA told media today. Now, Irish oil minor San Leon has to find another subcontractor to process the geological data they collect from the occupied territory in violation of international law.

These trucks are laying the ground for illegal oil industry

31.07.2011 13:42

Morocco is continuing its oil programme on the Boujdour onshore block. These cars were filmed as they did geological surveys in the occupied territories.

Norway: "Saharawi's wishes must be respected"

30.06.2011 23:32

Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs underlines that the wishes of the Sahrawis must be taken into account upon undertaking business in the territory of Western Sahara.

Norwegian government clarifies Western Sahara position

22.06.2011 21:19

�We urge businesses to stay away from the territory since we do not recognise the annexation of Western Sahara" stated Norway's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Friday. An opening to invest in the "illegitimately annexed" territory is given under the condition it benefits the local population - �and with the local population we of course refer to the Sahrawi people�, said the Deputy Minister.

In Western Sahara, the police are the ones throwing stones

29.05.2011 21:30

See Youtube video of the stone throwing Moroccan police in El Aaiun. The images shows the police attacking Sahrawi activists who demand autopsy of a Sahrawi killed by a policeman earlier this year.

Freedom and democracy in the Arab world

31.03.2011 13:36

The Norwegian Support Committee of Western Sahara supports the struggle for democracy across the Arab world. Dictators and security forces have for too long dominated the region and suppressed the peoples' call for freedom.

Free West Papua!

31.03.2011 13:33

The Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara stands in solidarity with the people of West Papua and their struggle for self determination. West Papua, the western half of the island of New Guinea, is a former Dutch colony occupied by Indonesia. It borders the independent state of Papua New Guinea.