DEMO: Freedom for Western Sahara. End the colonial occupation!

November 6th, 2026 (Fri), 4:00 p.m. Moroccan Embassy, ​​Niederwallstr. 39, 10117 Berlin

Rally in front of the embassy, ​​followed by a protest run to the Foreign Office with a final rally

Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa. After Spain left the country in 1975, Morocco illegally occupied it, contrary to all UN decisions.

November 6th, 2026 marks the 51st anniversary of the so-called “Green March” - a settlement march staged by the Moroccan state and secured by the army to occupy Western Sahara. At that time, thousands of Sahrawis were forced to leave their country and live as refugees in camps in Algeria.

The anniversary of the colonial occupation of Western Sahara is infamously considered a public holiday in Morocco - but we celebrate the 51-year-old resistance of the Sahrawi liberation movement!

The occupying power in Western Sahara is repressive and brutal. People disappear into prisons without contact with their families. Journalists are being beaten on more open streets. Relatives who hold vigils for the prisoners are beaten and arrested. Human rights observers are banned from entering the country.

Sahrawis who took part in a peaceful protest camp in Gdeim Izik in 2010 are currently on hunger strike in Moroccan prisons against their inhumane prison conditions.

Because of all this, we want to gather again this year with a loud protest in front of the Moroccan Embassy.

During the subsequent protest run to the Foreign Office, we will draw attention to the complicity of the German federal government and German corporations, which enrich themselves in the occupied territories in violation of international law and contribute to maintaining the occupation. Companies involved that are profiting from the status quo of the occupation include ThyssenKrupp, Siemens, DHL International GmbH, HeidelbergCement, Continental AG and Köster Marine Proteins GmbH as well as Allianz Insurance.

On the occasion of Israel's ongoing genocide against the Palestinian population, we also denounce Germany's military, economic and political cooperation with Israel and Morocco - complicity at the expense of freedom and self-determination in Palestine and Western Sahara.

We demand: The immediate release of the Sahrawi prisoners from Morocco's torture prisons! An end to all complicity with the Moroccan occupation regime!

Our solidarity goes out to all those fighting against colonialism, occupation and oppression - in Western Sahara and worldwide.

Freedom, justice and self-determination – now!

Western Sahara Solidarity Berlin

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