BBC News - Morocco 'raided Western Sahara camp to sabotage talks': "prominent human rights campaigner has told the BBC she believes the clearing of a protest camp in Western Sahara by Moroccan forces could be classed as a crime against humanity.
Aminatou Haidar, nicknamed the 'Gandhi of Sahara', said Morocco was deliberately escalating the clashes.
It was a tactic to block UN-sponsored talks on the territory, which was annexed by Morocco in 1975, she said.
At least eight people died in the violence on Monday.
Moroccan authorities have not reacted to Ms Haidar's comments - Morocco's London embassy told the BBC it was not entitled to comment on recent events in Western Sahara.
The region's pro-independence movement, the Polisario Front, said 11 people had been killed.
The Gadaym Izik camp was set up about a month ago outside Laayoune, the capital of the disputed territory, as a protest by displaced Sahrawi people about their living conditions. It was home to more than 12,000 people.
Polisario said Moroccan troops used live ammunition, tear gas and water cannon against thousands of people at the camp."
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