AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoSpyware & Rights: Amnesty International says Morocco’s DGST and Maroc Telecom ran a large-scale surveillance machine using Pegasus and other spyware to target journalists and Sahrawi activists, allegedly to fabricate charges and silence peaceful activism. UN Human Rights: Sahrawi defender Elghalia Djimi urged the UN Human Rights Council to end “selectivity” and apply the Durban Declaration and Geneva Conventions in occupied Western Sahara, citing settlement policies and racial discrimination. Film & Activism: At the Zurich Film Festival, Greta Thunberg backed the Sahrawi cause and the premiere of “My Home of Wind and Sand,” a documentary on Najla Mohamed Lamin’s peaceful resistance; the event also sparked claims of sabotage after only 40 attended despite 300 tickets sold. Diplomacy & Pressure: The US UN envoy Mike Waltz met Polisario figures in New York, stressing Sahrawi refugees “have waited 50 years.” Prisoners: The Sahrawi National Human Rights Commission urged the ICRC to intervene as nine political prisoners from Gdeim Izik reportedly remain on open-ended hunger strike. Politics in Spain: Spain’s Senate advanced a nationality bill for Sahrawis born under Spanish administration, but narrowed it to a two-year residence requirement.
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