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	...Or Does It Explode?: Aminatou Haidar and Nonviolent Activism in Western Sahara
		Haidar, a charismatic mother of two who has spent years in Moroccan prisons, is known as the "Sahrawi Gandhi" by many Sahrawis.
		Haidar is outspoken in her insistence that the Sahrawi struggle use nonviolent methods and has declared publicly that she harbors no ill will towards Moroccans.
		Haidar's release from prison, which was helped by an international solidarity movement that coalesced around her cause, was met with a massive display of of Polisario flags...
	www.ordoesitexplode.com /me/2006/10/aminatou_haidar.html (560 words)

	Aminatou Haidar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was incarcerated in the "Black Prison" of El Aaiún on June 17, 2005, after having been arrested a hospital where she was receiving treatment for damages inflicted by police during a demonstration during the Independence Intifada.
		Amnesty International has expressed great concern about the situation for Sahrawi prisoners in Morocco-controlled Western Sahara, and specifically taken interest in the case of Aminatou Haidar, expressing fear for her right to a fair trial, and stating that she may be a prisoner of conscience (see this report).
		On December 14, 2005, Aminatou Haidar was sentenced to 7 months in prison by a Moroccan court in El-Aaiún.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aminatou_Haidar (314 words)

	SAHARA PRESSE SERVICE
		Aminatou Haidar, was released this Tuesday by the Moroccan colonial authorities after she served 7 months imprisonment in very bad conditions in the notorious Carcel Negra (fl jail) in El Aaiun, reported the correspondent of SPS on the ground.
		Aminatou Haidar, was released this Tuesday by the Moroccan colonial authorities after she served 7 months imprisonment in very bad conditions in the notorious Carcel Negra (fl jail) in El Aaiun, it should be recalled.
		Aminatou Haidar, estimated, on Tuesday in Lemheiless (35Km in the East of occupied El Aaiun), that it is "time to put an end to the Moroccan violations of Saharawi people’s rights", calling on the international community to demand "the completion of the decolonisation of Western Sahara", reported SPS’s correspondent on the ground.
	www.spsrasd.info /sps-e170106.html (1236 words)

	Haydar (name) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The medal is named after Hyder Naik who is famously known as Haidar Ali, an eighteenth century military hero.
		Haydar - the Persian form of his name is Heydar - founded an order of mendicant dervishes known as the Haydariyya known for their celibacy and self-mortification through piercing their own bodies with iron rings.
		Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939–), Prime Minister of Yemen
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Haidar (217 words)

	SAHARA PRESSE SERVICE
		Aminatou Haidar, was received on Friday morning by the South African Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr.
		Aminatou Haidar, in Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria, that it "it is impossible to speak about the development of Africa while a member State of its Union is under colonisation".
		Haidar had to answer many question by the intellectuals who expressed a big preoccupation with regard to the suffering and of the Saharawi population under occupation.
	www.spsrasd.info /sps-e240606.html (1108 words)

	Struggle continues in Saharawi
		The militant activist in Haidar was born when she rebelled against systematic policies of segregation she says the Moroccan government have imposed on the Saharawi people since they occupied their territory in 1975 when Spain's colonial rule ended.
		Haidar has vowed to continue fighting even at the expense of harassment and torture to herself and her family for as long as economic, social and political rights and the freedom of political association are denied in Saharawi.
		Haidar has a special affinity to South Africa as we have suffered the same hardships of systematic racial discrimination as the Saharawi.
	www.news24.com /City_Press/Features/0,,186-1696_1964809,00.html (1105 words)

	Dagen.se
		Den snart 40-Ã¥rige mÃ¤nniskorÃ¤ttsaktivisten Aminatou Haidar har Ã¥kt frÃ¥n sitt varma Ã¶kenland till det kalla Sverige.
		Men Aminatous Haidars pass konfiskerades nÃ¤r hon var 17 Ã¥r och det Ã¤r knappast troligt att de myndigheter hon bekÃ¤mpar skulle ge henne ett nytt.
		Ett dygn innan de anlÃ¤nde fÃ¶rdes Aminatou Haidar bort, och var sedan dess frihetsberÃ¶vad i nÃ¤stan fyra Ã¥r, utan rÃ¤ttegÃ¥ng eller officiell fÃ¶rklaring.
	www.dagen.se /dagen/Article.aspx?ID=110972 (1552 words)

	Aminatou Haidar
		This is the case with AMINATOU HAIDAR, a well-known Saharawi activist who defends human rights, who after taking part in a peaceful demonstration, was badly treated and beaten in a barbarous manner.
		We consider that her detention is due to her clear position concerning the conflict in Western Sahara and her exemplary determination to defend the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, in accordance with international law and the resolutions of the United Nations and its Security Council.
		C'est le cas de AMINATOU HAIDAR, militante bien connue pour la défense des droits humains et activiste sahraouie, qui après avoir participé à une manifestation pacifique, a été maltraitée et frappée de manière barbare.
	www.vastsahara.org /dokument/aminatou.htm (954 words)

	FOXNews.com - Morocco Ruling Region With Gentler Hand - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political ...
		Haidar is from Western Sahara, a bone-dry territory on Africa's northwest coast that is slightly smaller than Italy.
		Haidar was imprisoned for her activism a second time in June 2005.
		Haidar, 39, sat for the interview dressed in a flowing gown typical of her region.
	www.foxnews.com /wires/2006Oct06/0,4670,USWesternSahara,00.html (914 words)

	Front Line Western Sahara Mission report
		The initial seven human rights defenders and 7 other defendants were convicted and jailed by the Laâyoune Court of Appeal on 14 December 2005 after a trial which international observers reported was unfair for a number of reasons including the fact that none of the defendants were permitted to call witnesses in their own defence.
		Aminatou Haidar was sentenced to seven months in prison.
		Aminatou Haidar, had been released in January 2006, after completing her seven month sentence.
	www.frontlinedefenders.org /news/2913 (3635 words)

	WSO\| The Human Rights activist Fatma Ayach is subjected to a whole day interrogation
		Fatma Ayach was tortured on the same day with Aminatou Haidar and Elhoucine Lidri on June 17, 2005 in Smara street in El Aaiun.
		Ayach, who is dedicating her time and energy to the defence of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, but also comes within the framework of the fierce search undertaken by the Moroccan political police for the Saharawi human rights’ activist, Terrouzi Yahdih", the same source added.
		Aminatou Haidar and Lidri Elhoussine, last June the 17th 2005 during a peaceful demonstration held to protest against the repression exercised by the Moroccan police against an other demonstration that was held earlier the same day in commemoration of the historical Intifada of ‘Zemla’ in 1970.
	www.wsahara.net /05/fayache.html (766 words)

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		Amnesty International has expressed great concern about the situation for Sahrawi prisoners in Morocco -controlled Western Sahara, and specifically taken interest in the case of Aminatou Haidar, expressing fear for her right to a fair trial, and stating that she may be a prisoner of conscience (see this report).
		Amnesty, which had sent an observer to cover the trial, immediately issued sharp criticisms of the Moroccan government, and said it was strenthened in its belief that she may be a prisoner of conscience.
		http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE290102 05 There is an international campaign for Aminatou Haidars release which has been signed by 178 members of the European Parliament.
	eo_paul.neergard.eo.pdahp.org (722 words)

	Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental -Droits humains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Il a été tabassé en pleine rue avec d'autres activistes sahraouies " Aminatou Haidar " et " Fatma Ayach " pour avoir participé à un sit-in pacifique réclamant la libération des prisonniers politiques sahraouis, par des agents de GUS commandés par le dénommé " Ichi Aboulhassane ".
		Member of the Steering Committee for the release of Aminatou Haidar and all the Sahrawi political prisoners in 2005.
		He was subject to abduction frol the judicial police center under the supervision of the torturer Abou Hassan Ichi and tortured in the the secret jail PC CMI known for the atrocities committed by the Moroccan authorities since October 31, 1975.
	site.voila.fr /saharalibre/intifadalidri.htm (1790 words)

	campagne pour la libération de Aminatou Haidar et tous les prisonniers politiques sahraouis
		Je soutiens la campagne pour la libération de Aminatou Haidar et tous les prisonniers politiques sahraouis
		Apoyo la campaña para la liberación de Aminatou Haidar y todos los presos políticos saharauis, enviame informaciones.
		I support the campaign for the liberation of Aminatou Haidar and all Saharawi political prisoners, I wish to stay informed.
	www.arso.org /formah.htm (161 words)

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		As one of the most vocal spokespersons for self-determination for Western Sahara, Haidar has been imprisoned on numerous occasions, and subjected to persecution and harassment, mistreatment and torture, purely on the basis of the Moroccon authorities´ dislike of her opinions, and the fact that she makes use of her basic human right to express them.
		Altogether, Haidar has spent four years in prison, and was last released in January 2006.
		Due to her courage and determination, she has become a focal point and a central driving force for the non-violent opposition to the Moroccan occupation.
	www.rafto.org /DesktopModules/ViewAnnouncement.aspx?ItemID=267&Mid=42 (277 words)

	Letter to King Mohammed VI on the Trial of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders in the Western Sahara (Human Rights Watch, ...
		On December 13, the Court of Appeal in Laayoune is scheduled to resume hearings in the inter-related trials of fourteen persons, including seven human rights activists: Aminatou Haidar, H’mad Hammad, Ali Salem Tamek, El-Houcine Lidri, Brahim Noumria, Larbi Messaoud, and Mohamed El-Moutaouakil.
		This group uses “martyrs” in its name because — in contrast to other organizations of relatives of the “disappeared” — the families acknowledge that their missing relatives are dead, on the basis of information received from persons previously detained with them.
		(Haidar was receiving stitches to her head, allegedly due to being beaten with police batons.) Moutik suffered a hemorrhage in his eye and his finger is still misshapen from the beating.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2005/12/09/morocc12181.htm (2207 words)

	Liberation of AMINATOU HAIDARand all the saharawi political prisioners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Saharawi activist and former political prisoner, AMINATOU HAIDAR was arrested in the afternoon of Friday 17 June 2005 at El Ayoun hospital, where she was receiving treatment following serious injuries caused by the Moroccan forces of intervention, repressing a peaceful demonstration in Smara Avenue in El Ayoun.
		The Saharawi human rights activist was taken off and incarcerated in the Central Police Station of El Ayoun where she was subjected to uninterrupted interrogation, isolated, deprived of medication and food to overcome her resistance.
		On 20 June 2005 AMINATOU HAIDAR was transferred to the Black Prison in El Ayoun, and the only thing she has done wrong is to be a human rights activist, a Saharawi symbol of the defence of human rights.
	www.miguelportas.net /documentos/sahara_prisoners.htm (339 words)

	Haydar - Wikipedia Light! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Haidar, Haider, Hyder, Gaidar, Geidar, Hydar, Heydar are variants of the transliteration.
		Haydar can be a common name, or just an epithet, as "Lion of God".
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	www.godseye.com /wiki/index.php/Haydar-e-l-Karrar (118 words)

	Fiches techniques des l'activistes sahraouis des droits de l'homme
		- He is a member of the Committee for the release of Aminatou Haidar and all the Sahrawi human rights activists.
		- Il a été tabassé en pleine rue avec deutres activistes sahraouies " Aminatou Haidar " et " Fatma Ayach " pour participer à un sit-in pacifique réclamant la libération des prisonniers politiques sahraouis par des agents de GUS commandés par le dénommé " Ichi Aboulhassane ".
		- Member of the Steering Committee for the release of Aminatou Haidar and all the Sahrawi political prisoners in 2005.
	www.birdhso.org /fichestechniquesdsdh.html (4723 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Founded in the humanistic tradition of the Helsinki Accord, the aim of the Rafto Foundation is the promotion of the fundamental human rights of intellectual and political freedom and free enterprise.
		He was abroad while the demonstrations occurred, but is also under investigation with regard to his role in the protests.
		Another human rights defender, Aminatou Haidar, has been in detention since June 17 and is facing trial on charges including violence against public servants on duty and participation in an armed gathering.
	www.rafto.no /DesktopModules/ViewAnnouncement.aspx?ItemID=178&Mid=42 (694 words)

	Western Sahara
		The activists were Ali Salem Tamek, Mohamed El Moutaouakil, Houssein Lidri, Brahim Noumria, Larbi Messaoud, Aminatou Haidar, and H'mad Hammad.
		The defendants said that any alleged confessions were extracted only after torture or ill-treatment while they were in detention.
		Those sentenced were Ali Salem Tamek, Mohamed El Moutaouakil, Houssein Lidri, Brahim Noumria, Larbi Messaoud, Aminatou Haidar, and H'mad Hammad.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61702.htm (2855 words)

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		Aminatou Haidar was locked up for three years and seven months by the Moroccan forces illegally occupying the Western Sahara.
		Haidar is in South Africa to get support for the Western Sahara cause for self-determination.
		Her country was invaded by Morocco in 1975 and the kingdom's forces have stayed there in defiance of international community.
	www.702.co.za /news/archives.asp?action=search&date=2006.06.19 (3180 words)

	The Wire, March 2006. Vol. 36, No.2. - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Aminatou Haidar, Ali-Salem Tamek, Mohamed El-Moutaouakil, Houssein Lidri, Brahim Noumria, Larbi Messaoud and H’mad Hammad were convicted on various charges relating to demonstrations in the town of Laayoune in May 2005.
		Aminatou Haidar was released in January 2006 at the end of her sentence.
		At an appeal trial in January2006, Ali-Salem Tamek’s sentence was increased from eight to 10 months’ imprisonment; the remaining five had their sentences confirmed.
	www.amnesty.org.ru /library/Index/ENGNWS210022006?open&of=ENG-325 (5312 words)

	Vänsterpartiets kongress 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		In front on the deadlock created by the Moroccan behavior, The new emerged factor in the conflict, in more consisting way is that since May 2005, in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, a peaceful civilian resistance against the Moroccan occupation has erupted.
		These demonstrations prompted a brutal Moroccan reaction led to the arrest of many human right activists such are Aminatou Haidar, Ali Salem Tamek and many others, estimated now at more than 56 people, still in the Moroccan Black prisons.
		Consequently Morocco imposed the siege on the territory and created a sphere of tension and terror, the situation can be escalated at any times.
	www2.vansterpartiet.se /kongress2006/tal/detalj.asp?ID=13 (980 words)

	Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental -Droits humains
		Liberation de Aminatou Haidar - Liberacion de Aminatu Haidar - Aminatou Haidar is free
		Aminatou Haidar: since coming out of prison in 1991 she has been in all the struggles for respect of human rights in Western Sahara, a member of various committees defending prisoners etc, she has suffered on this account, constant harrassment and intimidation by the Moroccan authorities and police: summonses, impounding of her car, interrogations etc
		Lidri Elhoucine : member of the executive (treasurer) of the Forum for Truth and Justice - Sahara branch, dissolved in 2003 by the authorities [infos] and member of the executive of the former committee of action for the liberation of Sidi Mohamed Daddach.
	www.arso.org /aminatoucamp.htm (1647 words)

	Aminatou Haidar visits the Oslo Human Rights House - :: vest-sahara.no ::
		Above, Haidar greeting fellow Sahrawis after one of her releases from prison, this one in 2004.
		In addition to Haidar, Ann-Christin Johnsgård, Norwegian Amnesty´s Country coordinator for Morocco and Western Sahara and Ronny Hansen, Director of the Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara, will speak.
		Aminatou Haidar´s testimony about the time when she was among the ´disappeared´.
	www.vest-sahara.no /index.php?cat=49&art=366 (670 words)

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