Hassan Zerouali is a Sahrawi human rights defender and journalist. He is a member of The Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders in Western Sahara (CODESA) and serves as an adviser to its local branch in Dakhla. Through his journalism and human rights work, he documents and reports on human rights violations in Western Sahara and supports young people’s engagement in peaceful advocacy for the right to self-determination.
As a result of his human rights work, Hassan Zerouali has experienced repeated arrests, physical and verbal assaults, arbitrary detention, surveillance, and reprisals affecting his livelihood and members of his family. Despite this, he has continued to defend human rights in Western Sahara.
