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Aminatou Haidar

Aminatou Haidar is a Western Saharan human rights activist. She spent four weeks on a hunger strike after being deported against her will by Moroccan authorities occupying her homeland. Haidar, known as the “Sahrawi Gandhi,” spent the month surrounded by supporters at an airport in the Canary Islands.

NewsDec 11, 2009

Aminatou Haidar Under House Arrest: “They Are Silencing Saharan Voices So They Can Say I’m Alone”

StoryDec 01, 2009

In Third Week of Hunger Strike, Ailing Western Saharan Human Rights Activist Aminatou Haidar Demands Moroccan Authorities Allow Her Return to Occupied Homeland

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