"Bardem heeft zich ook meermaals uitgesproken voor het lot van de Sahrawi, een volk dat leeft in de Westelijke Sahara – een betwist gebied dat tot 1975 een Spaanse kolonie vormde, en nu bezet wordt door Marokko. Hij produceerde en vertelde de documentaire Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony (2012) en ondertekende afgelopen jaar een petitie tegen de opnames van Christopher Nolans epos The Odyssey, die deels daar plaatsvonden.

“Al vijftig jaar bezet Marokko de Westelijke Sahara en verdrijft het de Sahrawi-bevolking uit hun steden”, leest de petitie. “Dakhla is daar een van; de Marokkaanse bezetters hebben de stad omgevormd tot een toeristische bestemming en nu tot een filmset, altijd met het doel de Sahrawi-identiteit van de stad uit te wissen.” Het lot van de Westelijke Sahara is ook een thema in The Beloved, waar Bardems personage een film draait die zich daar afspeelt. (De opnames vonden plaats in Fuerteventura.)

Maar bovenal gebruikt Bardem zijn platform om het onrecht in Gaza aan te kaarten. Bij de uitreiking van de Emmy’s, vorig jaar, gaf hij aan dat hij “niet kan werken met iemand die de genocide rechtvaardigt of ondersteunt”."

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#WestSahara #Sahrawi #gaza #protest #film #JavierBardem #palestine #hollywood #actors

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il manifesto: Ci risiamo con gli abusi del Marocco sui prigionieri saharawi. Nuova denuncia Onu

Il Comitato delle Nazioni Unite contro la tortura (Cat) ha nuovamente constatato che il Marocco viola «i diritti dei detenuti saharawi legati alla protesta del campo di Gdeim Izik nel […]
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We are facing again the abuses by Morocco regarding Sahrawi prisoners. New UN report.

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) has once again found that Morocco violates “the rights of Sahrawi detainees related to the protest of the Gdeim Izik camp in […]”

#Morocco #Sahrawi #GdeimIzik

https://ilmanifesto.it/ci-risiamo-con-gli-abusi-del-marocco-sui-prigionieri-saharawi-nuova-denuncia-onu

Ci risiamo con gli abusi del Marocco sui prigionieri saharawi. Nuova denuncia Onu | il manifesto

Saharawi (Internazionale) Il Comitato delle Nazioni Unite contro la tortura (Cat) ha nuovamente constatato che il Marocco viola «i diritti dei detenuti saharawi legati alla protesta del campo di Gdeim Izik nel Sahara occidentale», affermando che i dieci casi esaminati indicano «un modello costante di arresti arbitrari, isolamento, atti di tortura durante gli interrogatori e il successivo

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Pourquoi la résolution de l’ONU sur le Sahara relance les négociations autour de l’accord de pêche entre le Maroc et l’Europe

https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1741845/politique/pourquoi-la-resolution-de-lonu-sur-le-sahara-relance-les-negociations-autour-de-laccord-de-peche-entre-le-maroc-et-leurope/

#EU #UE #Maroc #Sahrawi

📢 In a statement on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the #MadridAccords, Sahrawi spokesman Oubi Bouchraya Bachir stressed that “ #spain bears a historical responsibility not only toward the #sahrawi people, but toward the whole region”

🔹 Bachir: “Spain’s abandonment of its responsibility to decolonize the territory led to the outbreak of conflict that still persists between #morocco and the liberation movement (Polisario Front)”

#news #mena

📰 AL24 NOV-14

https://al24news.dz/en/spain-bears-a-historical-responsibility-not-only-toward-sahrawi-people-but-toward-all-of-north-africa-sahrawi-official/

Spain Bears a Historical Responsibility Not Only Toward Sahrawi People but Toward All of North Africa (Sahrawi Official) - AL24 News

AL24 News - Spain Bears a Historical Responsibility Not Only Toward Sahrawi People but Toward All of North Africa (Sahrawi Official) - International

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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1975, #Spain dumped #WesternSahara in the #MadridAccords. Division of the land between #Morocco and #Mauretania came early in '76. #Algeria & the #PolisarioFront opposed it, leading to a 17-year war. #Polisario continues to fight for #Sahrawi independence.
2/2 Many of them have been forced into refugee camps in the desert. Simon Reeve visited them a number of years ago. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #Sahrawi #WesternSahara

BBC Two - Mediterranean with S...
BBC Two - Mediterranean with Simon Reeve, Series 1, Episode 4

Simon travels across the sea to Spain, and on to Corsica and the French Riviera.

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BBC Two - Mediterranean with Simon Reeve, Series 1, Episode 4

Simon travels across the sea to Spain, and on to Corsica and the French Riviera.

BBC
Prominent Sahrawi Activist Jamal Fadel Detained by ICE

A prominent nonviolent activist from Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara has been detained by federal immigration officers. Jamal Fadel was seized by masked ICE agents at Manhattan’s notorious federal building at 26 Federal Plaza on August 25 after a routine immigration hearing — an arrest that was caught on video. ICE agent: “Stand back! Stand back! Move back!” Jamal Fadel: “This is — this is the freedom! I’m coming to my process immigration.” Bystander: “Sir, what country are you from?” Jamal Fadel: “I’m from Western Sahara!” Jamal Fadel is from the occupied city of Boujdour in Western Sahara. He’s been protesting nonviolently against Morocco’s occupation since he was a high school student, and was threatened by Moroccan authorities so many times that he left to seek political asylum in the United States. He’s currently being held by ICE at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania. His attorney expects ICE will move for an expedited removal hearing. If deported, Fadel faces lengthy imprisonment, torture — or worse.

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Honestly, without exaggeration, the best music series I've discovered in the past decade.

The "Rough Guides to ..." series probably comes in second allowing me to dig deeper into Desert Blues, #Sahrawi, #Tuareg genres. Great stuff!

#Ethiopiques #music #jazz #EthiopianJazz

📢 Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) reaffirmed their solidarity with the people of #WesternSahara in their legitimate struggle for self-determination during the organization’s 45th Ordinary Summit, held Sunday in Antananarivo, Madagascar

#westafrica #africa #mena #sahrawi
#news

📰 Report AL24 (EN) AUG-19

https://al24news.dz/en/sadc-reaffirms-solidarity-with-western-saharas-struggle-for-self-determination/

SADC Reaffirms Solidarity with Western Sahara’s Struggle for Self-Determination - AL24 News

AL24 News - SADC Reaffirms Solidarity with Western Sahara’s Struggle for Self-Determination - Africa

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