The latest report by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the Moroccan Sahara has once again denounced the alarming human rights situation in the Tindouf camps, located in Algeria.
The report to the Security Council highlights the systematic abuses perpetrated by the armed separatist group “polisario,” with the complicity of the host country, against the civilian populations held captive in these camps.
In this context, the report refers to the information received by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights denouncing the persistently precarious living conditions in the Tindouf camps, including food insecurity, as well as the need to ensure the protection of human rights in these camps.
It should be noted that the continued restrictions on freedom of expression and movement, the lack of access to justice, as well as acts of intimidation and harassment targeting the detained populations of Tindouf, particularly women and children, have not only worsened the human rights situation in the camps, but also exacerbated food insecurity and further accentuated the precariousness highlighted in the UN Secretary-General’s report.
In this regard, Guterres mentioned the letter submitted by Morocco to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on June 26, 2025, exhaustively detailing the systematic violations committed by the “polisario” in the Tindouf camps and their exploitation by Algerian propaganda.
It is worth recalling the testimonies and reports confirming the recruitment of child soldiers and the recurring misappropriation of international humanitarian aid, to the detriment of the most vulnerable populations.
These populations are currently deprived of a credible and transparent census, as requested by repeated appeals from various UN bodies to the host country, thus fostering opacity and the manipulation of figures to divert humanitarian aid.
The international community is once again called upon to address these serious abuses that violate the fundamental rights of the populations held captive in Tindouf. Calls are growing for rigorous monitoring, unhindered access to UN mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, and the urgent implementation of measures to ensure the dignity and freedom of these populations.
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