Re: EXCLUSIVE: Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside Africa’s Last Colony

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> ** EXCLUSIVE: Four Days in Occupied Western Sahara—A Rare Look Inside
> Africa's Last Colony
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> In this exclusive broadcast, Democracy Now! breaks the media blockade and
> goes to occupied Western Sahara in the northwest of Africa to document the
> decades-long Sahrawi struggle for freedom and Morocco's violent crackdown.
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> Morocco has occupied the territory since 1975 in defiance of the United
> Nations and the international community. Thousands have been tortured,
> imprisoned, killed and disappeared while resisting the Moroccan occupation.
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> A 1,700-mile wall divides Sahrawis who remain under occupation from those
> who fled into exile. The international media has largely ignored the
> occupation—in part because Morocco has routinely blocked journalists from
> entering Western Sahara.
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> In late 2016 Democracy Now! managed to get into the Western Saharan city of
> Laayoune, becoming the first international news team to report from the
> occupied territory in years. Read More →
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