Bamba al-Hafed (29 years old) who fled the camps of Tindouf, where he was born and spent 13 years as a journalist in the so-called Polisario radio, speaking before an audience of local actors at "the 2nd Meeting of Women and Future Prospects", held in Dakhla.

The media and military siege imposed by the Polisario, he argued, tends to discredit the choice of autonomy to people confined in camps and convey false and deceitful information about progress in the southern provinces of Morocco and the climate of stability that prevails there.

He denounced, in this regard, the absence of freedom of expression in the Tindouf camps where the only voices allowed to speak are the ones relaying supporting Polisario who spares no effort to suppress any dissenting or opponent voices.

According to this former journalist in the Tindouf camps, at least 800 youth joined Morocco during the first four months of 2010, fleeing the untenable situation prevailing in those camps.

He also mentioned the plight of women and children in the camps of Tindouf, where they are subjected to various forms of exploitation, calling for mobilization to lift the military siege imposed on the media and people sequestered in Lahmadi camps.

In addition, a new group of 22 people, including seven women and two children have recently returned to the motherland fleeing the camps of Tindouf.

The group is added to 162 people, including 14 women and 9 children, who recently returned to the motherland, putting an end to years of suffering and sequestration in Tindouf camps.

Source: MAP
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