AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoZurich Film Festival Spotlight: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined the premiere of “My Home of Wind and Sand,” a documentary on Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara, calling out “hypocrisy” and urging action over silence. Human Rights Pressure: The Sahrawi National Human Rights Commission urged the ICRC to intervene urgently over nine Gdeim Izik prisoners on open-ended hunger strike in Moroccan custody, while Sahrawi diaspora groups in France staged solidarity rallies. UN Diplomacy Ahead of October: UN chief António Guterres held separate talks with Algeria’s Ahmed Attaf and Mauritania’s Mohamed Salem Ould Merzoug as the Security Council prepares to return to the Sahara file in October; Attaf reiterated Algeria’s support for Sahrawi self-determination. Regional Politics & Elections: Morocco appointed Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri as the country’s first female head of government after PAM’s election win; an IRI assessment said turnout in Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra was high and “not unprecedented,” keeping the focus on participation in the southern provinces. International Backing for Autonomy: Timor-Leste welcomed Morocco’s autonomy proposal at the UNGA, and UAE/Burkina Faso reiterated support for the autonomy plan as the basis for ending the dispute.
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