World Refugee Day falls each year on 20 June and is dedicated to refugees around the globe. World Refugee Day was held globally for the first time on 20 June 2001, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. It was...
This is an excerpt from The United Nations: Friend or Foe of Self-Determination? Get your free copy here. Source: E-International Relations { Self-Determination as Resistance: Sahrawi and Palestinian Struggle for the UN} This chapter[1] draws on the cases of Western...
On 12 March 2020, Sahrawi human rights defender El-Khatat Babit was violently detained by the Moroccan army during a peaceful demonstration in the demilitarised border village of Guerguerat. His current whereabouts remain unknown. Download the Urgent Appeal El-Khatat...
My name is Mbarek El Ansari, and I was born on the date of 08/18/1979 in the city of El- Aaiun, the capital of Western Sahara, holder of a Spanish National Identity card number: 42423125Q. I am a Saharaui human rights activist monitoring and documenting the grave...