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Moroccan companies in occupied #WesternSahara use foreign certification schemes to reach international markets. Check out our new report on controversial "responsibility" and "sustainability" labels. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...

🚨 SGS certified Moroccan firms in occupied #WesternSahara, falsely claiming fish came from the “Moroccan EEZ”. When exposed, SGS deflected responsibility. wsrw.org/en/news/cert...

📢 OUT NOW! 🌍 New report: Greenwashing Occupation. Renewables cannot erase occupation. Today we publish the most comprehensive mapping of #Morocco’s energy projects in #WesternSahara - and the companies enabling them. wsrw.org/en/news/new-...

A win for accountability! 🎉 Congratulations to #ASC for taking a truly responsible stand in halting all certifications in occupied #WesternSahara. A major step for integrity in the sector. wsrw.org/en/news/asc-...

Don’t be fooled by the #cleanenergy branding. #Morocco’s newly announced mega-corridor to move power out of occupied #WesternSahara deepens its infrastructural annexation. Companies should think twice before getting involved. Read more: wsrw.org/en/news/moro... #climatejustice #justtransition

💔 Lost by ONE vote. @Europarl_EN has backed #Morocco’s push to twist #EU marketing standards - at the expense of EU law, consumers, and the people of #WesternSahara. Full story 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/parl...

🚨 BREAKING: French farmers have stormed & blocked #Azura’s warehouse in Perpignan - the main #EU entry point for produce from occupied #WesternSahara - and have now launched legal action over alleged import-fraud. Growing pressure on the EU–Morocco deal. wsrw.org/en/news/farm...

🔴 Green hydrogen or #greenwashing? Swedish firm S2H2+Bm refuses to clarify the location of its planned investment: #Morocco or occupied #WesternSahara? wsrw.org/en/news/s2h2...

🚨 Unprecedented unity in @europarl.europa.eu #Agriculture Committee: every political group criticised the @ec.europa.eu's derogation allowing #Morocco to re-label produce from occupied #WesternSahara. EU law is clear - the origin must be Western Sahara. wsrw.org/en/news/comm...

MEPs to grill @ec.europa.eu on its latest attempt to fold occupied #WesternSahara into the EU-Morocco trade framework. #Saharawi consent is still missing, and EU obligations are still being ignored. www.euractiv.com/news/meps-to...

The certification scheme #GlobalGAP that claims to champion legal compliance has circulated misleading information about #EU labelling rules for products originating from occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/glob...

🚨 Fake maps and origin claims - all wiped within 48 hours of our inquiry. Anima/Sofruce, the importer we exposed this week for mislabelling cherry tomatoes from occupied #WesternSahara, has been busily scrubbing its website. wsrw.org/en/news/reta...

What does #UNSC Resolution 2797 really mean for #WesternSahara? Hint: not what #Morocco’s PR machine claims. Self-determination remains the legal baseline - even as the Council's imbalance raises serious concerns. Our breakdown👇 wsrw.org/en/news/uns-...

🚨 French supermarket sells #WesternSahara products labelled with #Morocco’s imposed administrative divisions - a confusion created by the @ec.europa.eu's rushed attempt to adapt EU rules to Morocco’s occupation. EU law still requires “Western Sahara”. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/eus-...

The certification system Marintrust greenwashes multimillion-euro fisheries products from occupied #WesternSahara - under false country of origin. wsrw.org/en/news/mari...

Wonderful & responsible decision by Uruguayan-Austrian certification company LSQA which abstains from further work for #GLOBALGAP in occupied #WesternSahara due to the occupation. wsrw.org/en/news/urug...

📌 New study shows the #EU’s legal ambiguity over occupied #WesternSahara is a “glaring source” of vulnerability for the #Saharawi people, as their rights continue to be ignored in EU‐Morocco agreements despite mounting legal precedents. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Whatever happened to Enel’s Tiskrad wind farm in occupied #WesternSahara? Ten years on, the project’s gone silent - no updates, no mention in reports, and @EnelGroup won’t say why. wsrw.org/en/news/enel...

Recommended read: "The upshot of the #EU’s policy in practice is to provide economic sustenance and symbolic legitimacy to a situation that is widely regarded as unlawful under international law: Morocco’s occupation of #WesternSahara." www.ejiltalk.org/how-not-to-t...

A rare glimpse into how legal firms justify doing business in occupied #WesternSahara. Global Diligence’s recent seminar exposed the legal acrobatics used to defend work for the occupier - and our new article dismantles each claim, point by point. wsrw.org/en/news/glob...

🔴“Totally unacceptable.” MEPs slam @ec.europa.eu for bypassing @europarl.europa.eu to push a new EU-Morocco deal that covers occupied #WesternSahara - ignoring CJEU rulings and democratic scrutiny. Read MEPs' reactions here! 👇 wsrw.org/en/news/meps...

🇪🇺 Spain’s fruit and vegetable exporter federation FEPEX is urging the @europarl.europa.eu to reject the new EU–Morocco trade deal covering #WesternSahara, saying it breaches two CJEU rulings and harms EU producers. www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/fe...

Bravo! MEPs urge ‪EU Parliament President Metsola to rebuke @ec.europa.eu for: 1️⃣ Pushing a Morocco deal before Parliament's consent 2️⃣ Ignoring ECJ rulings 3️⃣ Rewarding Morocco’s illegal occupation of #WesternSahara The EU can’t defend #RuleOfLaw while breaking it. enhedslisten.eu/nyheder/meps...

🎬 This powerful documentary by Cogito on #WesternSahara goes well beyond the headlines, including on the role of the territory's resources in the conflict, the EU’s complicity and the legal reality that it is not Moroccan territory. A must watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T2h...

🔴 The @ec.europa.eu is railroading a new Morocco trade deal that betrays democracy, farmers and the Saharawis' right to self-determination. With @confpaysanne.bsky.social, we call on @europarl.europa.eu to stop it - for Europe, Morocco & #WesternSahara. www.confederationpaysanne.fr/actu.php?id=...

🚨 EU set to adopt a #Morocco trade deal for occupied #WesternSahara before the weekend. Yet the text is still not public - unlike other sensitive files (e.g. suspended #Israel trade concessions were published next day). Democracy? Transparency? Missing. wsrw.org/en/news/eu-p...

🇪🇺🍅 Spanish farmers’ union #COAG blasts the new EU–Morocco trade deal covering #WesternSahara: 👉 “The Commission mocks farmers, consumers, the CJEU and the Saharawi people.” Unfair competition + zero respect for rulings = a deal built on injustice. www.coagandalucia.com/2025/09/30/a...

🚨 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.

🚨 Growing backlash in Europe as the #EU rushes a new trade deal in occupied #WesternSahara. 📅 Member states' vote is tomorrow. We’re tracking the reactions here ⬇️ wsrw.org/en/news/a-de...

EU scrambles to save Morocco deal with controversial Western Sahara clause

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...

💧 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...

🚨 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...

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...

🚨 We’ve received another photo of tomatoes in an #EDEKA store - this time in #Dresden - falsely labeled as “Morocco.” The GGN code shows they were grown in occupied #WesternSahara, on a farm certified by #GLOBALGAP as if it were in Morocco - raising questions about credibility.

🚨 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...

🚨 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...

🇫🇷 The town of #Dreux is backing an energy project in occupied #WesternSahara, defying EU and French court rulings that #Morocco has no sovereignty. wsrw.org/en/news/fren...

Can settler agriculture on occupied land ever be "responsible"? Yes, according to the certification scheme GLOBALG.A.P. If Moroccan firms follow the occupier's laws and ignore the rights of Saharawis, it's ok! Clients: steer away from the GlobalGAP label. wsrw.org/en/news/glob... #WesternSahara

A welcome development! 🇪🇺 Spanish @eppgroup.bsky.social calls to exclude #WesternSahara from EU-Morocco trade, citing: ⚖️ breach of CJEU rulings on #Saharawi consent 💶 tax losses up to €70m ⚠️ unfair competition in EU fruit & veg markets wsrw.org/en/news/span...

🚨 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...

🔴 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...

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

🔴#TUVRheinland, the German certifier with the slogan “Precisely Right”, certifies a Moroccan company in occupied #WesternSahara - and refuses to acknowledge it's not #Morocco. More like "precisely political". Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/tuv-... #DueDiligence #ISO

Occupation is not a backdrop. ✊ Join the hundreds of artists, journalists & human rights defenders who’ve signed @fisaharafilmfest.bsky.social’s manifesto opposing #ChristopherNolan’s #TheOdyssey shoot in occupied #WesternSahara. 👇👇👇

📣 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

🚨 Kudos to #Airbnb! The firm has removed all references to "#Morocco” from listings in occupied #WesternSahara, following our letter! 🗺️✊ Will #hotelsdotcom and #Expedia follow this worthy lead? Full story: wsrw.org/en/news/airb...

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...

📢 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...