Morocco Expels Norwegian Students Attempting to Meet Sahrawi Activists in Western Sahara

The Moroccan police expelled the two Norwegian women who had not obtained authorizations to visit the city of Laâyoune and intended to meet there with Sahrawi activists and officials of the Sahrawi Civil Society Association, reports a media close to the Polisario.

"Two Norwegian citizens have been expelled from Western Sahara. They are Marte Hettervik and Bjørg Helene Lorentzen, aged 23. The two are studying social anthropology at the University of Bergen," the Norwegian Association for Support to Western Sahara said on its Twitter account.

The two expelled Norwegians had gone to the Sahara to investigate the situation of the Sahrawis in general and human rights defenders in particular.