Ōtepoti Dunedin Says No To 'blood Phosphate' Imports

Western Sahara Campaign NZ draws attention to the Morning of Mourning action held today. the 12th of July 2022, in Ōtepoti Dunedin, by Environmental Justice Ōtepoti (EJO).

As EJO noted - "This morning citizens of Dunedin gathered in the harbour to unwelcome and farewell the Sea Breeze, a ship carrying hundreds of tonnes of blood phosphate stolen directly from Western Sahara.

Western Sahara is still being brutally occupied by the Moroccan state. Ravensdown, by purchasing the stolen blood phosphate, indict themselves as War Criminals.

By continuing to import these stolen goods even after Morocco violated the 30 year ceasefire in November 2020, they are actively funding the violent suppression of indigenous Sahrawi people.

We call on Ravensdown to stop this illegal purchase, to stop funding an ongoing war, which will allow the Sahrawi people to have an independent UN referendum liberating them from Moroccan rule for sovereignty on their homelands.
 

We know that Ravensdown and Ballance Agri-Nutrients are amongst the last two companies in the world independent of Morocco still funding this war; manned by 100,000+ Moroccan soldiers & police, a 2500km+ Sand Wall littered with land mines and ongoing terrorising/torturing/disappearing of Sahrawi peace activists and citizens.

Ōtepoti stands strong in its convictions and values to not be willing participants in the active genocide of the Sahrawi nation. We remember Kiribati and Nauru, Pacific nations already ravaged by this violent industry; and industries which have poisoned Whenua and Wai Māori in the name of industrialised agriculture.

A solemn morning of mourning as we support Sahrawi liberation on their quest for sovereignty".

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