This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
The violations suffered by women in the hands of the separatist militias of the “Polisario” in the Tindouf camps were denounced at an organized event on Wednesday in New York, on the initiative of the International Liberal Women Network (INLW).
Intervening during this meeting held within the framework of the 69th session of the Commission of the condition of the UN woman (CSW69), the president of the INLW, Khadija Oum Bachair El Morabit said that the sequestrated women in the Tindouf camps are subject to discrimination, to extreme poor and the abuse of their most basic rights.
It also noted that these women have suffered these injustices characterized for many years without the knowledge of public opinion, adding that international organizations for the defense of human rights and women in particular are prohibited from access to these camps.
The president of the international network of liberal women also praised the courage of certain women who braved the dangers and threats to denounce these abuses committed against them by the separatists of the “Polisario”.
Organized in collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Liberal Women Chapter (APLW) and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty-FNF Human Rights Hub, this parallel event took place in the presence of experts, parliamentarians and representatives of delegations participating in the CSW69, which is held at the UN headquarters from March 10 to 21.
The commission of the Women’s condition is emphasizing this year on the examination of the implementation of the declaration and the action program of Beijing on the advancement of women’s rights adopted in 1995.
