TAKE ACTION FOR WESTERN SAHARA! 22.09 - 2022 20:58 In the lead-up to the UN Security Council vote on the renewal of the MINURSO mandate at the end of October, we ask our supporters to work with us.
On Wednesday 5 October the Western Sahara Campaign's challenge to the UK-Morocco Association Agreement being applied in occupied Western Sahara gets to court.
We would like you to join us to mark this occasion. Supporters of the Saharawi cause will gather at 9.30 am in front of the Royal Courts of Justice, the Strand, London.
The hearing starts at 10.30 am on the Wednesday and will last 3 days. It is open to the public.
Banners, flags, placards and t-shirts can be displayed outside the court but cannot be takn into the court.
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Don't let the Saharawis be priced out of justice!25.04 - 2022 Our case against the UK government will be heard because people like you pledged over £5,000 in the autumn last year towards the cost cap determined by the court. Without these contributions, the Western Sahara Campaign would not have been permitted to proceed with its case against the UK government that granting trade preferences for goods taken from the Western Sahara without the permission of the people of the territory is illegal.Read more
Support from Saharawi civil society for our court case22.04 - 2022 We are humbled that representatives of Saharawi Civil Society living in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara have written in support of our court case against the British government regarding the inclusion of the territories of occupied Western Sahara in the new trade deal between the UK and Morocco.
You can read the letter below.
Together with our Saharawi brothers and sisters, we seek justice for the Saharawi people.Read more
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EU Court throws out deal to exploit Western Sahara resources30.09 - 2021 The EU Court yesterday dealt a heavy blow to Morocco by declaring invalid moves to include Western Saharan resources within a trade deal between the EU and Rabat. The court also acknowledged Polisario to be "recognised internationally as a representative of the people of Western Sahara". Read more
We Need You - Write to the UN14.09 - 2021 In the lead-up to the UN Security Council vote on the renewal of the MINURSO mandate at the end of October, we ask our supporters to work with us.Read more
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WSCUK granted permission for judicial review28.06 - 2021 We have been granted permission by the High Court of England and Wales to bring a judicial review against the government’s decision to adopt the UK-Morocco Association Agreement.Read more
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Join us - Write to your MP30.03 - 2021 The UN Security Council is reviewing MINURSO, its mission to Western Sahara.
It must do better.
The abject failure of the Security Council to apply the terms of the 1991 Peace Agreement or even to appoint a new and credible special envoy has led to a resumption of war in the Western Sahara. MINURSO has no referendum to organise, no ceasefire to monitor, and its current mandate lacks a human rights function. In the absence of rapid and substantive actions by the Council, MINURSO will be irrelevant to the Saharawi people at a time when repression in the occupied territory is increasing, economic exploitation deepening, and the refugee camps are on a war footing. All this comes amid the Covid crisis.
WESTERN SAHARA CAMPAIGN UK
The Western Sahara Campaign works in solidarity with the Saharawi people to generate political support in order to advance their right to self-determination and to promote their human rights.
Our role is to lobby the UK Government and the EU. You can help us to ensure the UK does not ignore the voice of the Saharawi people.
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