Page 1 On Events at Gdiem Izik Camp 10 October represents a turning point for the Saharawi displaced persons at Gdeim Izik Camp 12 kilometres away from the occupied El Aaiun. From the first week of the establishment of that Camp, the Moroccan authorities deployed soldiers, royal gendarme and paramilitary forces to surround the Camp whilst the Police, the Intelligence Operatives and the Gendarme stopped and took pictures of those coming or leaving the Camp. On 8 October 2010, the Moroccan authorities deliberately erected a sand wall to place the Camp under siege by the Moroccan armed gendarme and paramilitary troops whilst the Police and elements of the Intelligence Service caught and took pictures of those going to the Camp. On 20 October 2010, the intervention by Moroccan troops to prevent hundreds of Sahrawis and tens of trucks carrying food, water and personal belongings, from entering the Camp. The Moroccan authorities used force, military cars and trucks, rubber bullets and stone to chase away the Sahrawi cars, damaging them. This resulted in injuries sustained by a large number of Sahrawis, including Fatima Bu Teba’ah, Hurriyya ElMusawi, Ahmed Mahjoub El-Mahdawi, Khadijatu Ma Lainen, Salah El-Jabbar, Saidati El-Shakuti, Wa Heseina Hamadi, Fatma Bushama et al. On the evening of the same day, a solidarity protest was organised by the Sahrawis in occupied El Aaiun in support of the besieged Sahrawi displaced persons. On 24 October 2010, the Moroccan authorities fired live bullets at a civilian car carrying 6 Sahrawis, including a minor called Najim El-Karhi (14 years old) who died instantly and was buried in the night of 25 October 2010 after putting the family of the victim under pressure. Others sustained serious injuries and were admitted in the military