Western Sahara Territory

• Abduction 2
• Airports 1
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 4
• Armed attacks on camps 1
• Armed forces / Military 2
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 7
• Border conflict 2
• Ceasefire 9
• Christian 1
• Civil war 2
• Conflict resolution 3
• Conflict situation 2
• Corruption 1
• Crimean Tatars 2
• Criminal justice 2
• Death penalty 1
• Democracy 1
• Diplomatic assurances 1
• Disappeared persons 1
• Drug trafficking 1
• Elections 5
• Family reunification 5
• Forced marriage 3
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 6
• Freedom of assembly and association 8
• Freedom of expression 12
• Freedom of information 12
• Freedom of movement 1
• Freedom of religion 1
• Freedom of speech 6
• Gang related violence 2
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Good governance 2
• Human rights activists 2
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 4
• Human rights monitors 6
• Humanitarian assistance 1
• Impunity 2
• Independence of judiciary 1
• Internal armed conflict 1
• International armed conflict 1
• International courts and tribunals 3
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 5
• Military courts 3
• Military operations 2
• Muslim 5
• Non-self-governing territories 2
• Opposition 2
• Palestinian 3
• Peace agreements 2
• Peace process 4
• Peacekeeping 9
• Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 2
• Persecution based on political opinion 5
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 5
• Police 4
• Political parties 2
• Political situation 8
• Polygamy 2
• Pre-trial detention 2
• Prison or detention conditions 2
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 8
• Referendum 6
• Refugee camps 12
• Refugees 18
• Religious discrimination 3
• Right to family life 6
• Right to food 1
• Right to self-determination 13
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 5
• Safe country of origin 2
• Saharawis 25
• Security forces 4
• Security situation 12
• Shia 2
• Tatars 2
• Terrorism 8
• Torture 4
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 2
• Uighur 3
• War crimes 1
• Women's rights 1

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• Amnesty International - Morocco/Western Sahara
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Morocco
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Western Sahara
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC regional delegation in Tunis
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Western Sahara
• ReliefWeb - Western Sahara
• UNHCR - Western Sahara territory
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)