Morocco: More Human Rights Violations
2010-07-15
Moroccan police have allegedly beaten up and verbally abused a female activist from Western Sahara who claimed her right to her passport, seized by the invading Moroccan authorities, so as to be able to travel. Aminetu Ameidan was beaten on the morning of July 13 in El Aaiun, the capital of Occupied Western Sahara. Hillary Clinton, where do you stand? BREAKING NEWS USA Designs Another Spy Scandal Against Russia Tactical...
The fight for Western Sahara
2010-07-01
Twenty-five years ago, in the spring of 1985, I was invited by Morocco to view a vast project in the Western Sahara — sand fortifications, built by the Moroccan armed forces, stretching as far as the eye could see to keep out the Polisario, an Algerian-backed armed movement fighting for the independence of the territory. Riding in a noisy Moroccan army helicopter, I viewed the sand wall from the air as it snaked its way across 2,400 kilometres of waterless desert. Since then, no fewer than...
