A delegation of Spanish jurists stopped for three days in Laâyoune regarding the flagrant violations committed in the Tindouf camps by the Polisario militias. This visit to Laâyoune comes in response to the invitation of the Association of Victims and Disappeared of the Polisario chaired by Dahi Agai, and this to participate in an international meeting under the theme "The crimes of the Polisario and the historical constants of the Moroccan nature of the Sahara".

This meeting was punctuated by moving testimonies from victims of torture and ill-treatment suffered in the Polisario jails, as well as the abuses committed by the leaders of this artificial entity with a view to imposing their authority on the populations of the Tindouf camps.

The participants in this meeting expressed their concern regarding the crimes against humanity committed daily in the Tindouf camps in full view of the Algerian leaders, who refuse any census of the populations of these camps for reasons related to the diversion of humanitarian aid.

According to Mr Agai, the organisation of this meeting falls within the framework of the association's activities aimed at unveiling to national and international public opinion the crimes and violations of human rights committed by the Polisario in the Tindouf camps on Algerian territory, and intervenes after the decision of the National Court, the highest Spanish judicial body, to accept the complaint filed by the association against Polisario torturers.

This Spanish jurisdiction recently judged admissible the complaint to prosecute Polisario leaders, including Brahim Ghali and high-ranking Algerian officials, accused of "genocide, assassinations, injuries, illegal detention, terrorism, torture and disappearances".

This association lists more than 800 people who have disappeared in the Polisario jails. On the sidelines of this event, the Spanish jurists had a series of meetings with local authorities, including Khalil Dakhil, Wali of the Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra region, to inform them about the achievements accomplished in terms of development and the evolution of human rights in the Southern provinces of the Kingdom, as well as the efforts deployed locally to ensure other economic and social rights.

On the subject of the question of territorial integrity, the delegation had the opportunity to follow a presentation on the latest developments in the artificial dispute around the Moroccan Sahara and the Moroccan proposal for autonomy in the Southern provinces, welcomed by the international community, and the role played by the regional commissions of the National Human Rights Council to anchor this culture.