Spain Hosts Seminar on Anti-Colonial Resistance in Palestine, Western Sahara
The Scientific Documentation Center at the University of Granada in Spain will host a seminar on February 10th, highlighting human rights causes in Western Sahara and Palestine. The event will provide an academic framework to critique colonial and occupation policies, exposing their inconsistency with international law and human rights conventions, with a particular emphasis on the ongoing violations suffered by civilians in both regions.
The seminar, titled “Anti-Colonial Resistance in Palestine and Western Sahara,” is organized as part of the “Perspectives on the World” program under the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, according to the official website of the University of Granada. It aims to analyze each cause from historical and legal perspectives, with a significant focus on the reality of the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara and the systematic violations accompanying it.
Sahrawi writer and academic Larosi Haidar Atik is expected to deliver a presentation emphasizing the colonial nature of the Moroccan presence in Western Sahara. He will highlight the occupation’s reliance on repression and restrictions on Sahrawi activists, the imposition of a media blockade that prevents the documentation of violations, and the illicit exploitation of natural resources in clear violation of United Nations resolutions and International Court of Justice (ICJ) rulings.
Regarding the Palestinian cause, the seminar program will include interventions from Palestinian activist Haneen Salama and former political prisoner Anis Safouri.
They will review the situation in Palestine and the ongoing violations committed by the Zionist occupation against Palestinian civilians, focusing on the humanitarian and political dimensions of current conditions and the necessity of strengthening international oversight.
The organization of this seminar comes amid growing international attention and pressure regarding the human rights and political situations in both Western Sahara and Palestine. The program reflects the commitment of academic and human rights communities to monitor developments on the ground and discuss the broader humanitarian and political dimensions in each region.
