A gap in the wall: Collective report on violations of economic, social and cultural rights in Western Sahara under illegal occupation by Morocco
This report is the result of the work of a group of young people who, in Barria in 2013, set out to gain an in-depth understanding of the Western Sahara conflict. Their aim was to produce a report—at times even described as an investigation—and this document is the tangible outcome. Acknowledging their limitations as non-researchers, they seek to use data and witness testimonies to expose the realities of violations of economic, social, and cultural rights and to keep making those violations public. They argue that only by naming, visualizing, and giving a human face to these issues can solutions be found—solutions that, in some political circles, are repeatedly delayed despite their profound impact on the lives and futures of individuals, families, and an entire people.
3 Stolen Cameras
The members of video activist group, Equipe Media, fight to keep their cameras. They use them to document the Moroccan kingdoms’ violations of human rights in Africa’s last colony – Western Sahara.
Rifles or graffiti. The nonviolent struggle of the Sahrawi People
Since the ceasefire agreement in 1991 the Sahrawis have engaged in a decades long non-violent struggle against the occupation. With no political solution on the horizon and an intransigent Morocco supported by the United States the young Sahrawis in the refugee camps are growing more restless and asking whether a return to the armed struggle is the only way to gain freedom.
Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara
What will it take for the people of Western Sahara to reverse decades of broken promises and gain their freedom? What lessons does Sahrawi resistance offer for nonviolent movements around the world? Join an incredible cast of Sahrawi activists and artists as they offer their answers. More than four decades after its people were promised freedom by departing Spanish rulers, the Western Sahara remains Africa’s last colony.
Voices from the Saharawi Refugee Camps
Young Saharawi refugees talk about their dream of a free Western Sahara. All they ask is to be allowed to choose their own political future.