Aminatou Haidars arbejde:
Aminatou Haidar
(born 24 July 1966), sometimes known as
Aminetou, Aminatu
or
Aminetu,
is a
Sahrawi
human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of
Western Sahara.
She is often called the
"Sahrawi
Gandhi"
or "Sahrawi
Pasionaria"
for her nonviolent protests.
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She is the president of the
Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders
(CODESA). She was imprisoned from 1987 to 1991 and from
2005 to 2006 on charges related to her independence advocacy. In 2009, she attracted international
attention when she staged a
hunger strike
in
Lanzarote Airport
after being denied re-entry into Moroccan
Western Sahara. Haidar has won several international human rights awards for her work, including the 2008
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
and the 2009
Civil Courage Prize.