Ms. Haidar wins the Rene Cassin Award
The Basque regional government has awarded the Rene Cassin of human rights in the Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar for his commitment to the promotion of human rights in Western Sahara occupied by Morocco .
The award, which recognizes the work of individuals or groups engaged in the promotion and defense of human rights, pays tribute to René Cassin was born in Bayonne in 1887, whose struggle and commitment to human rights were outstanding and exemplary.
Vice Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights United Nations, he made a contribution essential to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
Ms. Haidar” represents the struggle of the Saharawi people to defend human rights, a task especially difficult and risky because of violations by the Moroccan authorities of these rights and freedoms of expression, assembly and association, “the Justice Department of the Basque Government.
” The defense of human rights is even more complicated and risky for Saharawi women have been and continue to be victims of serious abuse, “said the source who said that Ms. Haidar campaigning since 1987 for improving the situation of human rights in Western Sahara.
When the award, the jury also considered the condition of Ms. Haidar as representative of the Sahrawi Collective of Human Rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Ms. Haidar, president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) participated in several actions, including a hunger strike for 32 days at the airport Lanzorate (Canary Islands) to denounce the Moroccan repression in the occupied Saharawi territories and assert the independence of Western Sahara.
The award, which recognizes the work of individuals or groups engaged in the promotion and defense of human rights, pays tribute to René Cassin was born in Bayonne in 1887, whose struggle and commitment to human rights were outstanding and exemplary.
Vice Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights United Nations, he made a contribution essential to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948.
Ms. Haidar” represents the struggle of the Saharawi people to defend human rights, a task especially difficult and risky because of violations by the Moroccan authorities of these rights and freedoms of expression, assembly and association, “the Justice Department of the Basque Government.
” The defense of human rights is even more complicated and risky for Saharawi women have been and continue to be victims of serious abuse, “said the source who said that Ms. Haidar campaigning since 1987 for improving the situation of human rights in Western Sahara.
When the award, the jury also considered the condition of Ms. Haidar as representative of the Sahrawi Collective of Human Rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Ms. Haidar, president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) participated in several actions, including a hunger strike for 32 days at the airport Lanzorate (Canary Islands) to denounce the Moroccan repression in the occupied Saharawi territories and assert the independence of Western Sahara.
