Despite having gone through a 16-year war where we saw the government of Morocco use chemical weapons and genocidal techniques to wipe us Saharawis out of the face of the earth, we have held one of the longest peaceful anti-colonial struggles, spanning for more than 26 years, to achieve our most basic right: freedom and independence. Today, we are having to deal with a different kind of annexation by an institution which prides itself with higher moral grounds, yet doesn’t hesitate when it comes