Alarming insecurity in Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria
The Movement Saharawi for Peace, acting as the voice of the Saharawi people, launches an urgent appeal to the international community to put an end to the growing insecurity in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria.
In the latest developments in these camps, a young man was the victim of a heinous act: his throat was brutally slit and he was abandoned in a rubbish bin. Unfortunately, this tragedy is the latest in a series of acts of violence and human rights violations perpetrated against the Sahrawi population under the leadership of the Polisario Front.
The security situation in these camps has become untenable, where the law of the jungle reigns, causing the residents to live in constant fear for their safety and their lives.
It is important to underline that these camps should normally be under the protection of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Furthermore, the Sahrawi Peace Movement represents a third way that aims to put an immediate end to these violations and resolve this conflict.
As an organisation dedicated to the promotion of peace and human rights, the Sahrawi Peace Movement urges the international community, human rights organisations and governments around the world to take immediate action to put an end to these intolerable violations and to ensure the safety and well-being of the Sahrawi population in the refugee camps in Algeria.
The organisation calls for concerted and urgent action to investigate these crimes, bring those responsible to justice and ensure the protection of the fundamental rights of all people living in these camps.
The Saharawi Movement for Peace indicates that we must avoid remaining silent in the face of these atrocities and that the time has come for the international community to show solidarity with the Saharawi people and put an end to the insecurity that threatens their lives and dignity, as explained by Mohammed Cherif, responsible for International Relations of the Saharawi Movement for Peace.