Algeria turns a blind eye to women victims of violence in Tindouf camps

A non-governmental organization accredited to the United Nations Economic and Social Council deplored the situation of women victims of various violations, ranging from forced rape to violence perpetrated by the Polisario in the Tindouf camps, while Algeria turns a blind eye on these practices.
The Organization for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development declared during an intervention this Thursday in Geneva, within the framework of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council, that the Polisario Front had confiscated the right to family planning as a natural option available to every woman, by imposing a policy of forced reproduction on women in the camps. They were also forced to hand over their children to the leaders of the Front to be collectively deported to the countries of the Eastern camp under the pretext of studies, and to stay there for many years far from the family home, these women having no power to protest against the collective deportation of their children.
She also observed that women in the camps were subjected to detention and all kinds of torture and ill-treatment in a situation of illegal detention without intervention from the host country to ensure legal conditions, including access to medical care and a lawyer.
She stressed that despite all attempts to put an end to these heinous crimes, Polisario leaders continue to exploit and mistreat women and girls, enjoying total impunity amid complete passivity on the part of the host country, Algeria.
The NGO noted that in the absence of surveillance and measures guaranteeing the protection of women and girls and preventing repeated attacks, Algeria continues an inhumane policy placing women in an inhumane situation, exposed to health risks and psychological. This reality affects women in the Tindouf camps in southwest Algeria, according to the organization, and worsens pre-existing gender inequality and discrimination.
She concluded that despite the fragility of these laws, Algeria as host country deprived the women of the Tindouf camps of their application, keeping them outside the rules of international law due to their non-application to refugees. , which goes against the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees.