UN Sahara diplomacy: UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura is set to visit the Tindouf camps this weekend to deliver a “last warning” tied to UN Security Council Resolution 2797 and to help restart quadripartite talks based on Morocco’s autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty. Human rights in occupied territories: The UN Committee Against Torture again found Morocco violating the rights of Sahrawi detainees linked to the 2010 Gdeim Izik protest, citing arbitrary arrests, solitary confinement, torture or ill-treatment, and coerced confessions. International legal pressure: European lawyers condemned serious abuses against Sahrawi human rights defenders, including reports of a de facto siege at the home of defender Hussein Mjahid in El Aaiún and restrictions on movement and solidarity. Civil society action: Trade unions and civil groups launched a campaign against AZURA Group, urging it to respect European court rulings and stop marketing Dakhla as Moroccan while ensuring correct origin labels. UN process and MINURSO: MINURSO has begun cost-cutting and restructuring, including dismantling a medical center and ending contracts for about 20 medical staff, amid a review of its future mandate. Solidarity abroad: UGTSARIO held a solidarity meeting in Geneva on the sidelines of the ILO conference, calling for intensified efforts toward Sahrawi self-determination and highlighting workers’ rights and natural resources as key decolonization issues. Regional politics: South Africa’s Left Conference reaffirmed support for Sahrawi self-determination and condemned neo-colonial domination and exploitation. UN Security Council shift: Five new non-permanent members elected for 2027–2028—Austria, Portugal, Kyrgyzstan, Zimbabwe, and Trinidad and Tobago—will join the UN body overseeing the Sahara file, with expectations of limited change due to permanent members’ influence.