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C O N F I D E N T I A L ALGIERS 001002 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/04/2016 
TAGS: PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG MO
SUBJECT: POLISARIO DENIES MOROCCAN ALLEGATIONS OF 
DISTURBANCES IN TINDOUF CAMPS 
 
REF: A. RABAT 1032 
 
     ¶B. NEA/MAG - EMBASSY ALGIERS E-MAIL OF JUNE 2 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Richard W. Erdman, Reason 1.4 (b) (d) 
 
¶1.  (U) The Algerian press June 4 ran a statement issued by 
the Polisario flatly denying Moroccan reports that 
"pro-Moroccan" demonstrations had been forcibly suppressed in 
the Tindouf camps (ref B).  The Polisario statement included 
an invitation to the UN High Commission for Human Rights to 
visit the Tindouf camps to investigate the Moroccan 
allegations. 
 
¶2.  (SBU) Econoff spoke by phone June 4 to the UNHCR office 
director in Tindouf, Hossam Mu'alem.  Mu'alem said he had 
heard that there may have been a personal altercation between 
two Sahrawi men in one of the Tindouf camps on/about June 2, 
but he said the situation was now completely calm and added 
that the incident in the camps was limited to the two men and 
was of a personal nature to the best of his knowledge. 
Mu'alem said there had been no interruption in telephone 
services in the camps whatsoever. 
 
¶3.  (C) Polisario "Charge" in Algiers Cheikh Doua told DCM 
June 4 that the Moroccan report of a disturbance in the camps 
was a "complete lie."  There had been no demonstrations, 
riots, or problems, he said, adding that Polisario had 
invited the UN High Commission for Human Rights and "any 
interested NGO's" to visit the Tindouf camps to see for 
themselves if there were interest in doing so. 
 
¶4.  (C) Regarding the UN visit to the Western Sahara and 
Tindouf in late May (ref A), Doua said the delegation had not 
held any official meetings in Algiers because their mandate 
was to assess human rights conditions in the Western Sahara, 
a subject that did not involve Algeria directly.  He 
confirmed the delegation had transitted Algiers going to and 
from Tindouf, but according to him, the GOA did not cancel 
any meetings in Algiers since none had been scheduled. 
ERDMAN