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Freedom for Western Sahara: Sahrawis Demand End of Moroccan Occupation at U.N. Human Rights Council
We go to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, where activists are shining a light on Morocco’s brutal occupation of ...
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Javier Bardem: We must stand up for abused people of Western Sahara
I first went to the Western Sahara in 2008 for the Sahara International Film Festival, the only one of its kind to take place in a refugee camp. I went there knowing only a little about the ...
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At Western Sahara: Visiting a Forgotten People
Western Sahara remained a Spanish colony until 1975 when the Moroccan government organized a so-called “Green March” with 350,000 protesters marching into Western Sahara to claim the land.
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The history of Western Sahara is a history of betrayal - The Real News Network
Spain betrayed the people of Western Sahara by not fulfilling its responsibility to decolonise the territory, as stipulated by the United Nations and the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
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Forgotten Western Sahara pines for autonomy - USA TODAY
Her crime is calling for independence for Western Sahara, a Colorado-size territory in southwest Morocco, where many of the indigenous people have been fighting for self-determination for nearly ...
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Letter From Western Sahara, a Land Under Occupation
Her only visit to occupied Western Sahara came in 2007 for five days as part of a United Nations family exchange program. “I cried when I got there. I don’t know my homeland, I only know what ...
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Western Sahara’s Stalemate Persists After Long War
LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara — Keltoum Khayat left home barefoot at age 15, along with five other teenagers, ... World & Nation. ICE arrests 84 people at Louisiana racetrack. June 18, 2025.
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The U.S. cannot answer the question of Western Sahara
Protestors hold Western Sahara flags in Bordeaux, France, on Dec. 12. (Thibaud Moritz/AFP/Getty Images) The Dec. 11 news article “In U.S.-backed deal, Morocco to normalize ties with Israel ...
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Let the People of Western Sahara Have a Say - WSJ
Dion Nissenbaum’s article and video package on Western Sahara (“Dormant War Draws U.S. Spotlight,” World News, Aug. 12) is thorough and evenhanded overall, bringing attention to the oft ...
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Western Sahara | The United Nations and Decolonization
Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1963 following the transmission of information on Spanish Sahara by Spain under Article 73 e of the ...
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Javier Bardem: We must stand up for abused people of Western Sahara | CNN - CNN International
I first went to the Western Sahara in 2008 for the Sahara International Film Festival, the only one of its kind to take place in a refugee camp. I went there knowing only a little about the ...