rapport sur le sahara occidental

ACTING Morocco’s Human Rights Violations in Western Sahara WITH and the Silence of the International Community IMPUNITY Content Preface5 6 Executive Summary Introduction7 Timeline8 10 Conceptual framework and methodology A human rights history of the Occupied Territories11 Human rights abuses in Western Sahara since April 201414 15 Te case of Mahfouda Lefkir 17 Te arbitrary detention and rape of Lahweij Rguibano MINURSO’s “neutrality,” arbitrary detention and torture20 Concluding remarks22 23 Recommendations Annex: Human rights violations in Western Sahara24 Acknowledgements26 26 Sources written by: Joanna Christian Allan Hamza Lakhal cover photos: Joanna Christian Allan Equipe Media Bartek Sabela layout & illustrations: Hans Marius Midtgarden hm@midtgarden.com publisher: SAIH – Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund support: Norad you are alloud to: ◊ Share – copy, distribute & spread the work ◊ Rewrite – remix & build on the work Western Sahara desert. 1Photo: Ammar Hassan/Flickr CCPublished April 2015 Photo: SAIH Preface Tis year marks the 40th anniversary of Morocco’s dreadful occupation of Western Sahara. For decades, the occupiers have oppressed the Saharawi people and exploited their natural resources. Tis report aims to shed light on the immense sufering taking place in Africa’s last colony. SAIH has been engaged in the struggle for a free Western Sahara for 20 years.