“Slavery is a genuine institution in the Tindouf camps” asserted Viola ayala at the time of a meeting with the press at the headquarter of the UN; she was very surprised, when herself and her colleague discovered the scale of the phenomenon.

Both Australian journalists went to Tindouf in Algeria to produce a documentary about separated families ,they asserted being  witnesses of slavery scenes, and were able to get numerous testimonies which confirm the existence of such practice “ our stupefaction was great as we could never imagine that this practice could take place in the camps , of whom black families are victims” said Ayala, and wondered “ how could the Polisario which presents itself as a liberation movement supports such phenomenon”

Answering the questions of journalists ,who obviously could not admit that such practices which belong to another era could still exist nowadays, ayala and fallshaw explained that “ black families enjoy no  rights” and are considered simply as “ property” of their masters who transmit them as an heritage to their descendants.
“Worse, slavery is legally regulated, and protected by law. It is not only a social practice» they underlined.

 The two journalists have produced a documentary showing these practices asserted that they will not stop here, but they intend to go to Geneva to report to the human rights council.

Ayala and Fallshaw, were questioned by the Polsario‘s security forces, the second of  last may , before being transferred to the offices of the security services , where they were detained for five hours.

After the intervention of the MINURSO officers, these two journalists were taken to a small hotel in Tindouf, they remained detained for three days until the Australian foreign affair minister intervened requiring their immediate release.

Reporters without frontiers indicated in a statement that” representatives of the Polisario reproached” the Australian journalists” “to be interested in the future of black members of the sahraoui population”

 At the beginning of this meeting organized the American NGO “together foundation” journalists accredited at the UN have been able to watch advertisement tape produced by their two colleagues in the camps of Tindouf.

SOURCE: MAP
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