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Western Sahara Resource Watch

Western Sahara Resource Watch

@wsrw

We research and campaign the companies and governments that work for Moroccan interests in occupied Western Sahara. www.wsrw.org

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🔴 Morocco’s trade in occupied #WesternSahara’s phosphate rock is shrinking in buyers but growing in value. Our latest report shows #Morocco made around $376.5 million in 2025 from selling #Saharawi phosphate rock to just 3 international buyers. wsrw.org/en/news/reco...

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📢 Out now! Check the latest edition of P for Plunder, documenting the volumes, values and customers of #Morocco’s illegal trade in #phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara in 2025. 👉 wsrw.org/en/news/reco... #conflictminerals #BizHumanRights #ESG

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🔴 Occupied #WesternSahara: the illegal phosphate trade continues. So does our investigation. 📢 P for Plunder 2026 - coming soon!

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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-...

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📢 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-...

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🚨 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.

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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

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📣 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

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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...

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📢Out now! The 2025 edition of P for Plunder! Our annual update on #Morocco's exports of occupied #WesternSahara's phosphates reveals a steadily declining number of companies involved. In 2024, only four importers purchased the #conflictmineral. wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...

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Since 2019, we observed an annual small shipment of phosphate rock from occupied #WesternSahara to an unknown importer in #Japan. We've now identified the company importing the #conflictmineral. wsrw.org/en/news/japa...

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Bureau Veritas is increasingly assisting foreign corporations on the occupied territory of #WesternSahara, through participating in or sponsoring events and certifying Moroccan and foreign businesses in the territory. wsrw.org/en/news/bure...

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Rather than fully acknowledging the implications of the #CJEU rulings, #SiemensEnergy now selectively highlights aspects to seemingly justify a continued, controversial involvement in occupied #WesternSahara. wsrw.org/en/news/siem...

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Today marks the 20th anniversary of Western Sahara Resource Watch. wsrw.org/en/news/wsrw...

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Finally! The EU institutions now refer to the CJEU in a factually correct way!

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The highest Court in the EU has ruled that Western Sahara products cannot be labelled as originating from the neighbouring country Morocco. Help us to investigate in your supermarket. wsrw.org/en/news/help...

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