International Forums Turn into Arenas of Harassment Against Sahrawi Delegations
✍️ BY: Dr. Hana Saada
Algiers, Algeria | What should be spaces of dialogue, exchange, and the free contest of ideas are increasingly being poisoned by orchestrated campaigns of harassment against Sahrawi delegations. At the recent international forum hosted in Girona, Spain, Yuba El-Ghadioui, Vice President of the Rif National Party, revealed disturbing evidence of systematic intimidation carried out under the shadow of the Moroccan regime.
According to El-Ghadioui, these practices are neither isolated nor spontaneous. He recalled a particularly telling episode during an international forum in China, where organizers were compelled to assign heavy security to protect Sahrawi participants from violent provocations instigated by elements linked to Morocco’s Makhzen apparatus. Their “crime” was not misconduct, but simply representing a legitimate and internationally recognized struggle for self-determination.
The same script unfolded once again in Girona. Sahrawi delegates faced direct harassment, forcing organizers to implement extraordinary measures to safeguard their security and ensure that the forum could proceed without descending into chaos. Such incidents, El-Ghadioui argued, reveal the double standard of Morocco’s official discourse: preaching “openness” abroad while suffocating dissent and silencing critical voices at home.
Indeed, the repression mirrors the plight of Moroccan prisoners of conscience such as Nasser Zefzafi, emblematic of a broader system of persecution against activists who dare to challenge authoritarianism or advocate for freedom. What happens in international venues is simply an exportation of the same repressive reflexes that dominate Morocco’s domestic landscape.
Observers warn that this pattern does more than tarnish Morocco’s credibility within the African Union and Europe; it challenges the international community itself. If forums meant to foster debate are turned into theaters of intimidation, then the very principles of dialogue and democratic exchange are undermined. The world cannot stand idle while Moroccan operatives attempt to transform intellectual and political platforms into spaces of fear rather than arenas of constructive engagement.
The harassment of Sahrawis abroad exposes Morocco’s deep insecurity: a regime that claims strength but resorts to bullying, a state that speaks of modernity while clinging to colonial reflexes. Every act of intimidation only reinforces the legitimacy of the Sahrawi cause and underscores the bankruptcy of a policy built on silencing rather than convincing.
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