AGP Executive Report
Last update: 27 minutes agoHuman Rights Pressure on Morocco: France-based MRAP urged President Macron to press Morocco to release Sahrawi political prisoner Naama Asfari, citing UN torture and arbitrary detention decisions as his open-ended hunger strike enters its second week. UN Decolonization Diplomacy: At the UN’s C-24 in New York, African and Asian states again backed Sahrawi self-determination and called for a UN-supervised referendum, while Morocco defended its autonomy approach and rejected referendum framing. UN Political Process Update: UN envoy Staffan de Mistura met Mauritania’s president after talks in Algeria and with Polisario, amid reported reluctance by parties to align with UNSC Resolution 2797’s autonomy-based track. Geneva Rights Report Spotlight: In Geneva, NOVACT/ACAPS and human rights advocates launched the 2025 “Year in Review” report, warning of escalating repression, land confiscations, drone strikes, and a persistent information blockade; Catherine Constantinides called for concrete accountability beyond documentation. Regional Solidarity: Angola, Namibia, and other states reiterated support for decolonization and Sahrawi rights, while the Sahrawi Republic highlighted participation in AU “Silencing the Guns” dialogue. Civil Society Under Threat: A Copenhagen trial began over an arson attack on Danish Sahrawi solidarity group Global Aktion, framed by observers as intimidation of pro-Sahrawi civic voices.
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