The people of Moroccan-administered Western Sahara are systematically being denied their human rights, according to the UN, in a leaked report that could embarrass Rabat’s new efforts to grant them autonomy under continued Moroccan rule.

A UN mission sent to the contested territory last year concluded “the human rights situation is of serious concern … The Sahrawi people are not only denied their right to self-determination, but are severely restricted from exercising a series of other rights.”