Cycling 48,000km across 40 countries in protest against the Western Sahara Conflict: Swedish activist’s call for action to the G7 Hiroshima Summit
■ Location, time
- Location: Hiroshima Youth Center 2nd floor
- Time: May 20, 2PM-3PM (networking meeting until 3:50PM)
■ Summary
Questioning the relationship between the G7 and the Western Sahara issue, which is said to be “the last colony in Africa” Morocco in North Africa occupies more than 70% of Western Sahara, located in the northwest of Africa. Benjamin Ladraa of “Solidarity Rising” in Sweden, and Sana Ms. Ghotbi (Sanna Ghotbi) have arrived to Japan, running a campaign inform people about the issues of Western Sahara while cycling across Japan from Fukuoka.
From May 20, 2PM, we invited Ms. Ladraa and Ms. Gobi to the NGO Working Space, to hold a press conference on the hidden relationship between the occupation of Western Sahara and the G7 and the need for solidarity among citizens, alongside a networking meeting afterwards.
■ Participants *Translation available in Japanese and English
- Benjamin Ladraa, Sanna Ghotbi (Solidarity Rising / Bike4WesternSahara）
- Friends of Western Sahara Japan
- Africa Japan Forum
- C7 2023 Open and Resilient Society Working Group (ORS Working Group)
■ Program
Moderation: C7 Open and Resilient Societies Working Group
- Basic explanation of the Western Sahara conflict
- Benjamin Ladraa, Sanna Ghotb’s speech
- Q&A
Networking meeting with civil society organizations after the press conference
■ Contact
Africa Japan Forum, Masaki Inaba ([email protected])
Mobile: 090-1264-8110
■ Others
The event will be conducted in collaboration with Friends of Western Sahara Japan
