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09.03 - 2010 18:37
As the EU and Morocco met in Spain last week, pro Saharawi sympathisers called for the end of the Moroccan occupation.
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Polisario requests EU to stop fisheries07.03 - 2010
In advance of next week’s first ever EU-Morocco summit, Polisario urges the EU Commission to halt illegal fisheries offshore occupied Western Sahara. Read more
Human rights defender appeals EU to stop illegal fisheries03.03 - 2010


Clear message from Sahrawi human rights defender Rabab Amidane to the new EU Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki, on Swedish national TV today.

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Sign the petition: Stop the EU fisheries in Western Sahara!28.02 - 2010
The EU is paying Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. Protest by signing this petition.Read more
Danish MEP suggests vote of no confidence26.02 - 2010
"If the Commission does not immediately stop the EU's fishing off Western Sahara, Parliament must take its own solemn words and seriously threaten the Commission with a vote of no confidence", stated Danish MEP.
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Sweden demands transparency from Commission25.02 - 2010
Swedish Minister of agriculture, Mr. Eskil Erlandsson wants the Commission to put all its cards on the table regarding the EU’s fisheries offshore occupied Western Sahara.
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Lawyers association asks the EU to consult Sahrawis25.02 - 2010
In a letter to a number of EU institutions and representatives of the Spanish government, The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights yesterday expressed concern for the EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. Read more
Press release on EU-Moroccan fisheries from Olof Palme Center24.02 - 2010
Today, Olof Palme International Center and MEP Åsa Westlund issued a press release on the illegal EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. "The European Parliament can stop this agreement, and we will do what we can to make this happen", stated Westlund.Read more



Spanish Congress rejects cancellation of agreement24.02 - 2010
The Spanish Congress rejected yesterday a call for respect of international law in the case of EU fisheries in Western Sahara. The main beneficiary of the illegal fisheries agreement is...Spain. Read more
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European Parliament's lawyers declare EU fishing illegal 23.02 - 2010
Brussels, 23 February 2010 - In a previously confidential legal opinion, the European Parliament’s Legal Service has declared fishing by European vessels in Western Sahara’s waters to be in violation of international law. Read more


Here is the secret legal opinion from the EU Parliament23.02 - 2010
WSRW can today present the 11 page statement from the European Parliament’s Legal Service. The statement – concluding that EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara under its current shape is in violation of international law - has been kept from the public for 7 months.
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EU fisheries up for debate in Spanish Congress23.02 - 2010
The EU fisheries in Western Sahara is to be debated in the Spanish Congress today. Read more
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EU-Morocco fish talkers ignored Sahrawi problem17.02 - 2010
On 2 February 2010, representatives of the European Union and Morocco met in Rabat to analyze the problems of the EU-Moroccan Fisheries Partnership Agreement (FPA). The meeting never raised the opinions of the Sahrawi people, despite the fact that most of the fisheries take place offshore their land. Read more



WSRW demands the EP’s legal opinion to be made public03.02 - 2010
In a letter sent to Ms. Carmen Fraga Estévez, Chairwoman of the Fisheries Committee of the European Parliament, Western Sahara Resource Watch demands the legal opinion, issued by the EP’s legal services and supporting Corell’s Legal Opinion, to be made public. WSRW demands also to immediately call for a suspension of all EU fisheries in the waters of Western Sahara.Read more
Discussion Legal Opinion WS fisheries postponed at very last minute29.01 - 2010
A legal opinion arguing that EU fisheries offshore occupied Western Sahara must be suspended, was supposed to be discussed yesterday in the EP’s Fisheries Committee. This opinion drafted by the European Parliament’s legal service, was dropped off the agenda at the final minute.Read more


Public debate on new opinion on WS fisheries28.01 - 2010
Since July 2009, a legal opinion written by the European Parliament’s legal service has been held outside of public knowledge. The extraordinary text concludes that the EU fisheries in Western Sahara under its current shape must stop.
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Seen this fish before?19.01 - 2010
Togolese protest against EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara.Read more
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25 Sahrawi NGOs request change of EU fisheries policy10.01 - 2010
While the EU is in the process of revising its fisheries policy, 25 Sahrawi NGOs recommend the EU to let its fisheries follow international law, by stopping its fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. The organisations represent the vast majority of Sahrawi civil society groups in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and in the refugee camps in south-west Algeria.Read more



Sahrawis protest EU plunder05.01 - 2010
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Spanish ERCs demand halt of fisheries agreement08.12 - 2009
The fisheries agreement between Morocco and the EU, covering waters offshore Western Sahara, should be terminated. This was requested by representatives of the ERC in the Spanish parliament today.Read more






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The EU is paying Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. The EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is both politically controversial and in violation of international law. The international Fish Elsewhere! campaign demands the EU to cancel its highly unethical operations, and go fishing somewhere else. No fishing in Western Sahara should take place until the conflict is solved.
"EU fisheries in Western Sahara must be stopped"
06.11 - 2009




Western Sahara human rights activist Aminatou Haidar hopes for increased attention to the EU plundering of occupied Western Sahara.

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26.02 - 2010
Portuguese MEPs: Stop EU fisheries
24.02 - 2010
Press release from Green Party, Sweden
23.02 - 2010
EU Parliament opinion on Swedish Radio
23.02 - 2010
Commission keeps ignoring international law
23.02 - 2010
Invitation to Press Conference today

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    Human rights activist Malak Amidane denounces EU fisheries