The Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar assured this Saturday, through a statement read by her lawyer Inés Miranda, that she does not plan to abandon the hunger strike that began in Lanzarote 20 days ago, after being expelled from El Aaiún (Western Sahara) when she was trying to return home after a season in the United States.
Haidar, in relation to the latest events that have taken place -after the withdrawal by the Moroccan authorities of the flight permit granted to the plane that was to transfer her on Friday night to the former Spanish colony- said that "both governments [Spain and Morocco] want to push her to death", something that if it happened would be the "exclusive and direct" responsibility of the Spanish government.
The one known as 'Sahrawi gandhi' lamented that the government of José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is "unable to resolve the situation", and was annoyed because it tries to resolve the conflict by "offering her a home", in reference to the offer made by the head of the Foreign Affairs cabinet, Agustín Santos, who made accommodation available to her until the current situation is clarified.
Haidar launched "her last message" to Spain, in which she reminded him that "neither prison nor torture" have been able to subdue the 42-year-old activist, who has a long history of resistance in the struggle for the self-determination of the Sahrawi people. "My conditions are not sold", she indicated, "since my only condition is to return home", concluded the statement read by her lawyer.
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