WSRW condemns Glencore's oil exploration in Western Sahara 18.12 - 2014 15:10 WSRW has today appealed to Swiss company Glencore Plc to withdraw from its participation in Morocco's oil search in Western Sahara. Read the full letter here.
Rejected salt imports from Western Sahara due to human rights18.12 - 2014 A Norwegian state owned engineering company earlier this year chose to reject a deal for salt from Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara because they found that it would be in violation of their human rights standards.Read more
Havoc inks oil deal with Saharawi government for Kosmos drill site17.12 - 2014 Australian investment fund Havoc Partners has signed a 50% operating stake in four oil blocks in occupied Western Sahara with the territory's government in exile. One of those blocks contains the Gargaa site, where American oil firm Kosmos Energy will soon start to drill in collaboration with the Moroccan government.Read more
The Kosmos Energy platform has left Las Palmas17.12 - 2014 The drillship Atwood Achiever - which is to undertake drilling in waters of occupied Western Sahara - is no longer in Las Palmas and has vanished into thin air. Read more
Conflict platform arrived Las Palmas harbour 16.12 - 2014 The drillship 'Atwood Achiever' has today entered the port of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. There it will do its final adjustments before starting the drilling in occupied Western Sahara. Read more
Swedish government fund blacklists Agrium over Sahara imports 15.12 - 2014 A Swedish fund today announced it has excluded the Canadian company Agrium from its portfolios due to "violations of human rights through imports of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara".
The Kosmos Energy platform has entered occupied waters –WSRW condemns14.12 - 2014 The oil platform ‘Atwood Achiever' late last night entered the waters of occupied Western Sahara. “Kosmos Energy is to undertake the first drilling in Western Sahara ever. It is hard to imagine a more brutally unethical oil drilling, anywhere in the world”, WSRW states.Read more
Expelled after doing interviews on Glencore-SeaBird oil exploration13.12 - 2014 A delegation from the Rafto Fundation for Human Rights was 10 December expelled from occupied Western Sahara by Moroccan police. The group entered the territory to discuss the Glencore-SeaBird seismic studies with local human rights activists. Read more
Possible legal action against UK government over Western Sahara 02.12 - 2014 WSRW's partner organisation in the UK, Western Sahara Campaign, is threatening legal action against the UK government over unlawful imports of Western Saharan products through trade agreements with Morocco. Read their press release here.
Kosmos drilling before end of the year?02.12 - 2014 According to latest available sources, Kosmos and Cairn still plan to initiate its controversial drilling in occupied Western Sahara before the end of the year.Read more
Maria Damanaki opposed continued EU fishing in Western Sahara02.12 - 2014 A document leaked by a Moroccan whistleblower indicates that former EU Commissioner for Fisheries did not want to renew the fisheries agreement with Morocco due to human rights violations in Western Sahara, but was allegedly pushed by the Head of the Commission, José Manuel Barroso. Read more
Morocco admits to using Saharawi resources for political gain25.11 - 2014 A document leaked by the Moroccan whistle-blower twitter account demonstrates how Morocco uses the Western Saharan natural resources to embroil other countries into its own illegal occupation of Western Sahara. The case at hand: Russia.Read more
BBC: Kosmos refuses talks on self-determination31.10 - 2014 "The conversation with groups that are talking about self-determination and independence really isn't a conversation for Kosmos to be involved in", states Kosmos Energy to BBC. Former UN Legal Counsel calls Kosmos operations in violation of international law. Read more
Morocco occupies the major part of its neighbouring country, Western Sahara. Entering into business deals with Moroccan companies or authorities in the occupied territories gives an impression of political legitimacy to the occupation. It also gives job opportunities to Moroccan settlers and income to the Moroccan government. Western Sahara Resource Watch demands foreign companies leave Western Sahara until a solution to the conflict is found.
The US oil company Kosmos Energy and the Scottish company Cairn Energy will drill for oil offshore Western Sahara. It is clearly in violation of international law, according to the UN - and it destroys the UN peace efforts. Here is what you need to know.
On 17 February 2013, in a mockery of justice, a Moroccan military court condemned 25 Saharawi citizens to shockingly tough prison sentences. Help us to release the Gdeim Izik 25.
