Page 57  Continuation of hindrance of human rights action by denying Sahrawis their rights of association, demonstration, assembly and freedom of expression as well as restricting the movement of human rights activists;  Increase in the tempo of gross violations of the rights of women, children, and persons with special needs through arrests and rape;  Increased use of the militias recruited by the Moroccan Intelligence Service against human rights activists and Sahrawi citizens, after a speech given by the King of Morocco on 6 November 2009 and the resultant incitement and propaganda by the Moroccan political parties, and the official and nonofficial press;  Escalation of social protests demanding for the social and economic rights which reached its peak by the establishment of the Gdeim Izik Camp for the Sahrawi displaced persons as a result of discrimination and marginalisation of the Sahrawi elements and exploitation and plunder of their natural resources, including fisheries and phosphate;  Continuation of the danger of mines and the related fatal accidents due to Morocco‟s refusal to identify their locations and their demining. 2. Violation of the Right to Life and Physical and Personal Safety a) 174. Killings and Severe Torture Moroccan authorities resort to endangering the lives of Sahrawi citizens through the use of live and rubber bullets, excessive use of torture leading to the death of 4 Sahrawi citizens, among them a minor. 3 of these citizens died and thousands of the displaced persons among them live in Gdeim Izik Camp, 12 kilometres away from occupied El-Aaiun. These persons have protested against the deterioration of their political, social and economic conditions and their continued marginalisation by the Moroccan authorities.