Rabat – In a further case of Algeria’s inhuman treatment of civilians in the refugee camps of Tindfufe yesterday, a violent collision between the residents of the camps and Algerian soldiers broke out after a fatal incident in which the soldiers killed several civilians.
The argument took place near the Gara Djebilet -Mine southeast of Tindouf. According to reports, a man who was identified as Sid Ahmed Belali was killed, and nine others were injured, three of them were critical.
A video Online -circulating online demonstrators shows demonstrators angered against the deadly attack and threatens to move to Morocco to blame the Algerian military for the brutal treatment of their families.
“Should we go to Morocco? … You kill our children here in cold blood,” says a civilian to Algerian soldiers. An Algerian soldier will tell him: “Go!”
Tawas between the residents of the Dakhla bearing and the elements of the Algerian army after the murder isolated against civilians is isolated by the residents of the camps near the Gara Jabilal Mine Southeast
You also hear well, the residents of these camps threatened to go to Morocco and pour their anger over the army elements … pic.twitter.com/ewjim0zsqi
– Walid Kabir Oualid Kebir 🇩🇿 (@oualido) April 9, 2025
Local authorities and media were criticized for their lack of answer, with demands for a formal examination of the incident. Many asked the United Nations to draw the situation aware of.
Algerian political analyst Oualid Kebir wrote to the American congress member and lawyer Joe Wilson on X to express his deep concern about the incident. “This tragic event is a further memory of the bad reality, those of thousands of families that have been captured in these camps under tough conditions for decades, have been withdrawn their most fundamental rights, and refused freedom to express their will or return to their home country,” said Kebir.
He described the situation in the Tindouf camps as a “flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and the basic values
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Kebir, who currently lived in Morocco, asked Wilson to use his influence to take advantage of international access to the camps, to protect the residents and to be responsible for violations.
The refugee camps from Tindfufe, under the control of the Polisario front and supported by Algeria, have long been plagued by serious human rights violations.
This includes restrictions on freedom of expression and political participation, with different voices that are exposed to arbitrary arrests, imprisonment and hard treatment. In addition, the movement inside and outside the warehouse is closely checked.
Several NGOs exposed Human rights violations in the Tindouf Camps at the 58th meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in the last month. They expressed concerns about kidnapping, torture, exploitation of children and extrajudicial executions when they asked the international community to act against these violations.
The human rights, the NGOs, also criticized the impunity of the Polisario front and the role of the Algerian authorities in maintaining the situation. The activists Fatima Ezzahrae Zouhairi, Lemaadla Mohamed Salem Zrug and El Fadel Braika provided statements on the serious conditions in the camps, especially for women and children, and the forced recruitment of minors for military training.
