An NGO informs HRC of lack of basic rights in Tindouf camps

    This population, which enjoys none of its social, economic and cultural rights, lives in appalling conditions, deprived of the freedom of movement, the IDC deplored.

    The people detained in the said camps are held hostage in an open-air prison by the leaders of the separatist movement of polisario, who exploit their state of destitution to claim and embezzle humanitarian aid, the NGO said.

    In this connection, the IDC called upon the UN bodies in charge of human rights and humanitarian issues to help this population to enable it to enjoy all rights guaranteed by the international conventions.

    It also called on polisario to abide by the UN security Council resolutions in order to enter into a substantive phase of negotiations to reach a political solution to the artificial solution over the Sahara, towards putting an end to the sufferings of the population held in the camps and make it possible for it to enjoy its rights within the framework of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty.

    It made a pressing call for the UN chief and the HRC to do their best to achieve family reunion in both sides, through the autonomy initiative, which set the stage for a dignified return to the homeland. 

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