EU Court stops EU-Morocco fish deal in Western Sahara

The Court ruled that the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement cannot be applied to Western Sahara or its adjacent waters, as that would violate the people of Western Sahara's right to self-determination, and, accordingly, their right to consent to any such agreement that would affect the territory. The Court's press release states that "currently, the greater part of Western Sahara is occupied by Morocco, which considers it to be an integral part of its territory." The Court does not share that Moroccan claim. "Taking account of the fact that the territory of Western Sahara does not form part of the territory of Morocco, the waters adjacent to the territory of WS are not part of the Moroccan fishing zone", says the Court's press release. "If the territory of Western Sahara were to be included within the scope of the Fisheries Agreement, that would be contrary to certain rules of general international law that are applicable in relations between the EU and Kingdom of Morocco, inter alia the principle of self-determination", the press release continues. "The Court concludes that the "Moroccan fishing  zone" under the Protocol does not include the waters  adjacent to the territory of Western Sahara", the Court's press release reads. "The Court therefore holds that, since neither the Fisheries Agreement nor the Protocol thereto are applicable to the waters adjacent to the territory of Western Sahara, the EU acts relating to their conclusion and implementation are valid."

Day of debate and reflection on the culture and the resistance of the Saharan population, especially women.

February 18, 2018 is the sad anniversary of a massacre that occurred more than 43 years of the Moroccan occupation and war and oppression that forced the Sahrawi people to forced displacement and exodus.
An exodus of thousands of men women and children in their journey were bombed by the Moroccan aviation with napalm and phosphorus white in Um Dreiga bombing and which killed the martyr Chaiaa Ahmed Zein pregnant.
On 18 February he was appointed day of the Saharawi mother in memory of a friend and mother killed in Act of service according to the thousands of refugees fleeing the invasion of its territory. An event in which the National Union of Sahrawi women wanted to commemorate with a day of debate and reflection on the culture and the resistance of the Saharan population, especially women.
This space for reflection in the Cultural Center of the UNMS conto with the 

participation of women in representation of all walks of life and that the general secretariat of the UNMS made a review of the achievements of the Sahrawi women and the challenges facing them in his double fight for freedom. 

CELEBRATING SAHRAWI WOMEN'S DAY

CELEBRATING SAHRAWI WOMEN'S DAY
We, militants of the World March of Women, united in solidarity, are together to celebrate the Sahrawi women's day denouncing the violent Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara territory since 1975. We feel compassion for all women's suffering inside the occupied territories and particularly for the political prisoners` mothers. STOP the Moroccan occupation! There`s no excuses for an Africa-Africa colonization! We demand the liberation of Sahrawi people, Now!

HOW DO WE CELEBRATE?
We celebrate Sahrawi women’s day protesting in solidarity with our sisters.We work to make visible the Sahrawi people struggle for liberation.

WANNA JOIN?
The way to express solidarity is open. It can be by marching or performing on the streets; organizing a round talk and/or online, creating posts with the ash tag
#SaharaFreeNOW!

Please share with us photos of your solidarity act.
For information and support please contact: info@marchemondiale.org

Today 18 February is the national day of the Sahrawi mother. This day is in memory of a mother

Today 18 February is the national day of the Sahrawi mother. This day is in memory of a mother, a Sahrawi nurse who in the course of exercising her profession in a refugee camp called Um Dreiga (southern Western Sahara) is killed by the Andoain and white phosphorus bombs that threw the planes from the Moroccan invasion. Here is an account of Professor Gali Zubeir, a survivor of that massacre.

To not forget...

The massacre of Um Dreiga.. Unpunished crime, was not followed and continues without punishment

Today is the fortieth anniversary of the brutal bombardment moroccaning the civilian population of Sahrawis, the Sahrawi population of Um Dreiga, who killed and murdered dozens of women, children and the elderly, who were killed and wounded as a result of this brutal attack , which was repeated for three days causing a massive exodus of hundreds of thousands of Sahrawi civilians from their homes to escape the genocide practiced by the Moroccan occupation and which still remains as practised by the Moroccan occupation against Sahrawi civilians.

At eleven hours on 18 February 1976 four warships 18 Moroccan planes fell on the camp of a Dreiga, which concentrated a large number of Sahrawi civilians fleeing the Moroccan invasion Mauritani and were bombarded with phosphorus White and napalm, banned internationally, as witnessed by the mission of the Swiss Red Cross, who received the wounded later.

The paradox is when the pilot who bombed the settlement of a Dreiga falls prisoner and ratifies the facts about the bombing of a Um Dreiga's camp after dropping his plane, he acknowledged that he had told his commanders that the population that was being bombed is a pobl of civilians, but that the orders of their superiors were that bombarded the campameto without hesitation...

The horrific bombings were repeated on 19 and 20 February in a treacherous way that left dozens of victims and maimed with deep-seated physical and psychological wounds and live in our collective memory

Young and Saharawi students gain a new victory at international level. The UESARIO (Union of students remained al Hamra and Rio de Oro) is already a member of full rights in the IUSY

Young and Saharawi students gain a new victory at international level.
The UESARIO (Union of students remained al Hamra and Rio de Oro) is already a member of full rights in the IUSY, as Socialist Youth International its homologous UJSARIO (Union of youth of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro) assumed the Vice-Presidency of the o International voiceless in the person of the young Sahrawi Minetu Larabas. Congratulations to youth Sahrawi and especially women for this great achievement that would no doubt help the visibility of the fight of the Sahrawi people for freedom and independence

In the national day of the Saharawi mother, the National Union of Sahrawi women condemns practices inhumane and barbaric that Morocco exerted against women in Sahrawi occupied cities, practices that reach the end of the murder, rape and detention.

 In the national day of the Saharawi mother, the National Union of Sahrawi women condemns practices inhumane and barbaric that Morocco exerted against women in Sahrawi occupied cities, practices that reach the end of the murder, rape and detention.

This 18 day, coinciding with the national day of the Saharawi mother, been 40 years since the sad anniversary of the February 18, 1976, date of Um Dreiga Moroccan aviation bombings that caused the murder of sons and daughters of the Sahrawi people , including the martyr Shaia Ahmed Zein pregnant.

The women of the National Union of Sahrawi women greet the resistance of Sahrawi women in general and mothers in particular, symbol of steadfastness and resistance in the occupied territories and the diaspora communities and refugee camps, camps of dignity.

On the occasion of this event which this year 2018 stands by the success of the struggle of the Saharan international people and recognition of their right to self-determination and to dispose of their own natural resources, in this context, women Sahrawi call on all defenders of human rights organizations and humanitarian organizations to put pressure on Morocco to stop the suffering of the Sahrawi women, deprived of their freedom as a fundamental right . Also takes the opportunity to express its unconditional solidarity with all the women of the world, victims of persecution, abuse and deprivation, as well as condemned grave violations against the Saharawi women suffering since 1975, the occupancy date and Moroccan invasion of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

The National Union of Sahrawi Women (UNMS) is involved in raising awareness of children about the dangers involved violence and the consumption of narcotic substances.

The National Union of Sahrawi Women (UNMS) is involved in raising awareness of children about the dangers involved violence and the consumption of narcotic substances. 

The campaign takes place in all schools in the various Wilayas in the refugee camps and in involving the Department of health and family, whose head, Aichetu Burki, in collaboration with Tichla Bachir, regional manager of the UNMS in the Wilaya of el Aaiun, works in coordination with other actors in the Ministry of education and the Union of young Sahrawis to bring this campaign to raise awareness to all schools, as well as the Sahrawi families in the different Dairas and Municipalities.

It should be noted that in recent years, this scourge has been introduced in the region of North Africa as a result of activities that develop the mafias that introduce it through the Moroccan wall of shame and the border with Algeria.