Swayhla and Puerto Rico

What is affected

Type of violation

Dispossession/confiscation

Date

09 February 2021

Region

MENA [ Middle East/North Africa ]

Country

Western Sahara

Location

Swayhla and Puerto Rico

Affected persons

	Total 100
	Men 0
	Women 0
	Children 0
	Indigenous

Proposed solution

Details

Development

Duty holder(s) /responsible party(ies)

	State
	Local
	Moroccan occupation authority

Brief narrative

In January 2022, at nearby Swayhla and Puerto Rico, Moroccan gendarmerie and auxiliary forces evicted tens of local Sahrawi landowners, forbidding them from erecting tents or any physical presence there, declaring it a “restricted area.”[i]

[i]مواطنون بالداخلة يتهمون والي الجهة وأخنوش ومزوار بمصادرة أراضيهم ويستنجدون بالملك (بالقيديو)، صحراء تودوس (11 أبريل 2021)، https://saharatodos.ma/?p=14869.

Costs

€ 0

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