Over 150 Sahrawi Women Held Against Their Will in Tindouf Camps, Says El Mundo
More than 150 Sahrawi women, some of whom hold Spanish citizenship, are being held against their will in Tindouf camps, south-western Algeria, El Mundo revealed Wednesday.
"These girls had quit Tindouf Camps to study, establish their future and be free (). Some of these girls hold Spanish citizenship and have spent more than half of their lives in Spain. One day, they decided to visit their families ûin Tindouf Campsï, but never made it back to Spain", the second largest Spanish daily said.
The Spanish paper also referred to similar cases of kidnapping in Tindouf camps, such as Maloma who was kidnapped last December in Tindouf, Koria who has been held in the same camps for five years, Najiba who was separated from her Spanish family in Huelva and Darya who was prevented to join her adoptive family in Tenerife.
"Reported missing for over five years, Koria has a heart problem, but doesn't take medicine. She risks death", Koria's mother was quoted as saying by El Mundo.
El Mundo also highlighted the case of Maloma Morales, 22, who used to live in the Andalusian town of Mairena del Aljarafe with her adoptive family.
"On December 5, Maloma accompanied with her adoptive father traveled to Tindouf camps to visit her biological mother who was suffering from a disease", El Mundo noted, adding up that the father José Morales was forced to leave Tindouf camps and return to Spain without his young daughter.
El Mundo also shed the light on the case of the 25-year old Mahjouba Mohamed Hamdidaf who was held against her will in Tindouf camps in 2014. She had been held captive for months before she managed to flee the camps.
The Spanish daily recalled that the case of Mahjouba inspired the Spanish journalist Vicent Soriano who published in 2015 a new book entitled: "Un Grito de Libertad Sobre la Arena" (A cry of freedom on the Sands).
"These girls had quit Tindouf Camps to study, establish their future and be free (). Some of these girls hold Spanish citizenship and have spent more than half of their lives in Spain. One day, they decided to visit their families ûin Tindouf Campsï, but never made it back to Spain", the second largest Spanish daily said.
The Spanish paper also referred to similar cases of kidnapping in Tindouf camps, such as Maloma who was kidnapped last December in Tindouf, Koria who has been held in the same camps for five years, Najiba who was separated from her Spanish family in Huelva and Darya who was prevented to join her adoptive family in Tenerife.
"Reported missing for over five years, Koria has a heart problem, but doesn't take medicine. She risks death", Koria's mother was quoted as saying by El Mundo.
El Mundo also highlighted the case of Maloma Morales, 22, who used to live in the Andalusian town of Mairena del Aljarafe with her adoptive family.
"On December 5, Maloma accompanied with her adoptive father traveled to Tindouf camps to visit her biological mother who was suffering from a disease", El Mundo noted, adding up that the father José Morales was forced to leave Tindouf camps and return to Spain without his young daughter.
El Mundo also shed the light on the case of the 25-year old Mahjouba Mohamed Hamdidaf who was held against her will in Tindouf camps in 2014. She had been held captive for months before she managed to flee the camps.
The Spanish daily recalled that the case of Mahjouba inspired the Spanish journalist Vicent Soriano who published in 2015 a new book entitled: "Un Grito de Libertad Sobre la Arena" (A cry of freedom on the Sands).
Source : https://www.emouaten.com/english/Over-150-Sahrawi-...