Riina Pekkarinen

SAT 29.5.2010 12:00-12:15, Taiga Stage, Kaisaniemi Park, Programme in English

Western Sahara territory and its people have been illegally occupied by Moroccan forces since 1975. More than 150 000 people live in the refugee camps in Algeria. International politics turns a blind eye on the occupation and human rights violations by Morocco, and trade objectives rule. What about Finland and its positioning in the EU?

Maima Mahmud Break, representative of the Polisario national liberation movement, living in Helsinki, join MEP Heidi Hautala and Member of Finnish Parliament, Kimmo Kiljunen for this panel.