Journalist Guillaume Bontoux, working for the Spanish Radio Exterior, has landed in Gran Canaria last night after having been detained and interrogated by the police in Laayoune, West Sahara, for several hours. The journalist asserted to have received a better treatment because of his French nationality.

Moroccan authorities have recently issued a ban on foreign journalists who wish to fly to Laayoune, where violent clashes between Moroccan security forces and Sahrawi protesters are taking place. The intensity of the conflict is reportedly very high: Spanish activists hidden in the city speak about genocide.