Western Sahara Resource Watch
@wsrw.bsky.social
We research and campaign the companies and governments that work for Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara. www.wsrw.org
🚨 TODAY: EU Member States vote on a trade deal covering occupied #WesternSahara - rushed through after mere days of scrutiny.
It will take effect despite 10 CJEU rulings, and without Saharawi or @europarl.europa.eu consent.
This isn’t rule-of-law. It’s rubber-stamping occupation.
It will take effect despite 10 CJEU rulings, and without Saharawi or @europarl.europa.eu consent.
This isn’t rule-of-law. It’s rubber-stamping occupation.
October 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🚨 TODAY: EU Member States vote on a trade deal covering occupied #WesternSahara - rushed through after mere days of scrutiny.
It will take effect despite 10 CJEU rulings, and without Saharawi or @europarl.europa.eu consent.
This isn’t rule-of-law. It’s rubber-stamping occupation.
It will take effect despite 10 CJEU rulings, and without Saharawi or @europarl.europa.eu consent.
This isn’t rule-of-law. It’s rubber-stamping occupation.
BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu is pushing through a trade deal with #Morocco that treats #WesternSahara as Moroccan territory.
❌No #Saharawi consent.
❌No transparency.
❌No rule of law.
Vote in @press.consilium.europa.eu this Wednesday!
Read the leaked plan here: wsrw.org/en/news/comm...
❌No #Saharawi consent.
❌No transparency.
❌No rule of law.
Vote in @press.consilium.europa.eu this Wednesday!
Read the leaked plan here: wsrw.org/en/news/comm...
September 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu is pushing through a trade deal with #Morocco that treats #WesternSahara as Moroccan territory.
❌No #Saharawi consent.
❌No transparency.
❌No rule of law.
Vote in @press.consilium.europa.eu this Wednesday!
Read the leaked plan here: wsrw.org/en/news/comm...
❌No #Saharawi consent.
❌No transparency.
❌No rule of law.
Vote in @press.consilium.europa.eu this Wednesday!
Read the leaked plan here: wsrw.org/en/news/comm...
💧 Water from Moroccan taps will soon run on #WesternSahara’s stolen wind.
Desalination in #Casablanca & #Agadir deepens #Morocco's dependence on the occupation - with Spain co-funding & firms like @accionaenergia.bsky.social + #grupocox driving it.
Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
Desalination in #Casablanca & #Agadir deepens #Morocco's dependence on the occupation - with Spain co-funding & firms like @accionaenergia.bsky.social + #grupocox driving it.
Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
💧 Water from Moroccan taps will soon run on #WesternSahara’s stolen wind.
Desalination in #Casablanca & #Agadir deepens #Morocco's dependence on the occupation - with Spain co-funding & firms like @accionaenergia.bsky.social + #grupocox driving it.
Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
Desalination in #Casablanca & #Agadir deepens #Morocco's dependence on the occupation - with Spain co-funding & firms like @accionaenergia.bsky.social + #grupocox driving it.
Full story 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
🚨 Spanish firms like Nuchar, Discefa & 3 de Pulpo falsely market their operations as #MSC certified.
In reality:
❌they import from occupied #WesternSahara
❌MSC confirms: no fisheries in these waters are certified
This is whitewashing occupation.
wsrw.org/en/news/mscs...
In reality:
❌they import from occupied #WesternSahara
❌MSC confirms: no fisheries in these waters are certified
This is whitewashing occupation.
wsrw.org/en/news/mscs...
September 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🚨 Spanish firms like Nuchar, Discefa & 3 de Pulpo falsely market their operations as #MSC certified.
In reality:
❌they import from occupied #WesternSahara
❌MSC confirms: no fisheries in these waters are certified
This is whitewashing occupation.
wsrw.org/en/news/mscs...
In reality:
❌they import from occupied #WesternSahara
❌MSC confirms: no fisheries in these waters are certified
This is whitewashing occupation.
wsrw.org/en/news/mscs...
WSRW reveals: #Skretting Turkey involved in #WesternSahara fish plunder, and falsely claimed BAP certification.
✅ BAP intervened & the false claim is now gone! Kudos!
❌ Skretting still uses #GLOBALGAP certificates...
Details 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/skre...
✅ BAP intervened & the false claim is now gone! Kudos!
❌ Skretting still uses #GLOBALGAP certificates...
Details 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/skre...
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
WSRW reveals: #Skretting Turkey involved in #WesternSahara fish plunder, and falsely claimed BAP certification.
✅ BAP intervened & the false claim is now gone! Kudos!
❌ Skretting still uses #GLOBALGAP certificates...
Details 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/skre...
✅ BAP intervened & the false claim is now gone! Kudos!
❌ Skretting still uses #GLOBALGAP certificates...
Details 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/skre...
🚨 With the help of volunteers across Europe, we have identified products on the EU market carrying false country-of-origin labels.
Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...
Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...
September 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚨 With the help of volunteers across Europe, we have identified products on the EU market carrying false country-of-origin labels.
Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...
Here's a case of tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, labeled as from #Morocco, certified by #GLOBALGAP.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/bewa...
🚨 A Saharawi refugee farmer slams German scheme #GLOBALGAP for certifying Moroccan farms in occupied #WesternSahara as “sustainable.”
“This is colonialism rebranded: GLOBALG.A.P. is giving the brutal Moroccan take-over of our land a stamp of legitimacy.”
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/farm...
“This is colonialism rebranded: GLOBALG.A.P. is giving the brutal Moroccan take-over of our land a stamp of legitimacy.”
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/farm...
September 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚨 A Saharawi refugee farmer slams German scheme #GLOBALGAP for certifying Moroccan farms in occupied #WesternSahara as “sustainable.”
“This is colonialism rebranded: GLOBALG.A.P. is giving the brutal Moroccan take-over of our land a stamp of legitimacy.”
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/farm...
“This is colonialism rebranded: GLOBALG.A.P. is giving the brutal Moroccan take-over of our land a stamp of legitimacy.”
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/farm...
🚨 BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu seeks new trade talks with Morocco - to keep #WesternSahara imports flowing. Instead of #Saharawi consent, it opts for a “benefits monitoring mechanism”.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/eu-s...
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/eu-s...
August 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM
🚨 BREAKING: @ec.europa.eu seeks new trade talks with Morocco - to keep #WesternSahara imports flowing. Instead of #Saharawi consent, it opts for a “benefits monitoring mechanism”.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/eu-s...
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/eu-s...
🔴 The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied #WesternSahara.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
🔴 The Moroccan government has confirmed several green hydrogen projects totalling 20 GW of renewables and up to 8 million tonnes of derivatives - many planned in occupied #WesternSahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
If the #IFS logo is supposed to safeguard against #foodfraud, then why does it appear on products from occupied #WesternSahara wrongly labelled as Moroccan?
IFS won’t answer.
📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud
#IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability
IFS won’t answer.
📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud
#IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability
August 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If the #IFS logo is supposed to safeguard against #foodfraud, then why does it appear on products from occupied #WesternSahara wrongly labelled as Moroccan?
IFS won’t answer.
📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud
#IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability
IFS won’t answer.
📖https://wsrw.org/en/news/is-ifs-food-facilitating-food-fraud
#IFSFood #DueDiligence #Traceability
📣 The Alliance for Water Stewardship is whitewashing occupation.
It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
#AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights
It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
#AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights
August 1, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📣 The Alliance for Water Stewardship is whitewashing occupation.
It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
#AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights
It certified Azura’s tomato farms in occupied #WesternSahara - mistaking the location, ignoring EU court rulings, and failing to question #Morocco’s role.
Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
#AWS #WaterJustice #HumanRights
EXPOSED: As the #EU–#Morocco trade deal nears annulment, Morocco’s agri-exporters are lobbying Brussels to keep trade flowing from occupied #WesternSahara - despite clear #CJEU rulings.
📢 The EU must now choose: uphold the law or enable violations of it.
wsrw.org/en/news/brus...
📢 The EU must now choose: uphold the law or enable violations of it.
wsrw.org/en/news/brus...
July 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
EXPOSED: As the #EU–#Morocco trade deal nears annulment, Morocco’s agri-exporters are lobbying Brussels to keep trade flowing from occupied #WesternSahara - despite clear #CJEU rulings.
📢 The EU must now choose: uphold the law or enable violations of it.
wsrw.org/en/news/brus...
📢 The EU must now choose: uphold the law or enable violations of it.
wsrw.org/en/news/brus...
📢 Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer @carrefourgroup.bsky.social of deceptively marketing #Azura-brand tomatoes from #WesternSahara as “Moroccan”.
wsrw.org/en/news/comp...
wsrw.org/en/news/comp...
July 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📢 Spanish farmers and a consumer rights watchdog have filed a formal complaint with their national consumer authorities, accusing French retailer @carrefourgroup.bsky.social of deceptively marketing #Azura-brand tomatoes from #WesternSahara as “Moroccan”.
wsrw.org/en/news/comp...
wsrw.org/en/news/comp...
French renewable company #Voltalia no longer reports on its ownership in a windfarm in occupied #WesternSahara in its most recent financial report to the French authorities.
But why?
wsrw.org/en/news/volt...
But why?
wsrw.org/en/news/volt...
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
French renewable company #Voltalia no longer reports on its ownership in a windfarm in occupied #WesternSahara in its most recent financial report to the French authorities.
But why?
wsrw.org/en/news/volt...
But why?
wsrw.org/en/news/volt...
🔴 #Morocco’s push for “digital sovereignty” masks its denial of the #Saharawi people's sovereign rights.
How digital progress turns into digital colonialism in occupied #WesternSahara.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
How digital progress turns into digital colonialism in occupied #WesternSahara.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
July 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🔴 #Morocco’s push for “digital sovereignty” masks its denial of the #Saharawi people's sovereign rights.
How digital progress turns into digital colonialism in occupied #WesternSahara.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
How digital progress turns into digital colonialism in occupied #WesternSahara.
👉 wsrw.org/en/news/moro...
📢Out now! The 2025 edition of P for Plunder!
Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved.
In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...
Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved.
In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...
June 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
📢Out now! The 2025 edition of P for Plunder!
Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved.
In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...
Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved.
In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...
Since 2019, we observed an annual small shipment of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara to an unknown importer in #Japan.
We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/japa...
We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/japa...
June 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Since 2019, we observed an annual small shipment of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara to an unknown importer in #Japan.
We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/japa...
We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral.
wsrw.org/en/news/japa...
Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied #WesternSahara to the #Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals.
wsrw.org/en/news/new-...
wsrw.org/en/news/new-...
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Near a million tonnes of sand was exported from occupied #WesternSahara to the #Canaries during the last five years, a new WSRW report reveals.
wsrw.org/en/news/new-...
wsrw.org/en/news/new-...
German insurance giant #Allianz confirms that it continues to provide services in occupied #WesternSahara through its Moroccan subsidiary Allianz Maroc - which will not shy away from celebrating one of the gravest violations of international law since the second World War.
wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
May 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
German insurance giant #Allianz confirms that it continues to provide services in occupied #WesternSahara through its Moroccan subsidiary Allianz Maroc - which will not shy away from celebrating one of the gravest violations of international law since the second World War.
wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
wsrw.org/en/news/alli...
The firms are to construct 1,200 MW of wind power capacity in occupied #WesternSahara & a 1,400 km transmission line to transport the electricity to #Morocco proper – assisting Morocco in its blatant violation of international law & #Saharawi rights.
wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...
wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...
May 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The firms are to construct 1,200 MW of wind power capacity in occupied #WesternSahara & a 1,400 km transmission line to transport the electricity to #Morocco proper – assisting Morocco in its blatant violation of international law & #Saharawi rights.
wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...
wsrw.org/en/news/taqa...
Bureau Veritas is increasingly assisting foreign corporations on the occupied territory of #WesternSahara, through participating in or sponsoring events and certifying Moroccan and foreign businesses in the territory.
wsrw.org/en/news/bure...
wsrw.org/en/news/bure...
May 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Bureau Veritas is increasingly assisting foreign corporations on the occupied territory of #WesternSahara, through participating in or sponsoring events and certifying Moroccan and foreign businesses in the territory.
wsrw.org/en/news/bure...
wsrw.org/en/news/bure...
Rather than fully acknowledging the implications of the #CJEU rulings, #SiemensEnergy now selectively highlights aspects to seemingly justify a continued, controversial involvement in occupied #WesternSahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/siem...
wsrw.org/en/news/siem...
April 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Rather than fully acknowledging the implications of the #CJEU rulings, #SiemensEnergy now selectively highlights aspects to seemingly justify a continued, controversial involvement in occupied #WesternSahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/siem...
wsrw.org/en/news/siem...
🔴 Brazilian company Votorantim is a key player in the sand plunder of Western Sahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/braz...
wsrw.org/en/news/braz...
March 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🔴 Brazilian company Votorantim is a key player in the sand plunder of Western Sahara.
wsrw.org/en/news/braz...
wsrw.org/en/news/braz...
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Western Sahara Resource Watch.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Western Sahara Resource Watch.
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