The human rights situation in occupied Western Sahara is getting worse, the president of the collective of the Sahrawi human rights defenders (CODESA) told the Algerian Press Service on 19 June.
Ali Salem Tamek said this was partly due to Morocco’s ‘categorical refusal to allow international fact-finding teams to enter the territory, which provides it with cover to continue committing crimes of genocide and crimes against humanity away from the spotlight, and thus legitimizing its occupation of Western Sahara.’
Western Sahara has been illegally occupied since Morocco invaded in 1975.
Western Sahara Campaign: www.wsahara.org.uk
Topics: Western Sahara