Aminatou Haidar

Unique Charity Auctions Support Human Rights Worldwide

Kerry Kennedy | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Meryl Streep, Aminatou Haidar, Bill Clinton, Top Chef, John McEnroe, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, Frank Mugisha, Abel Berrera, Mad Men, Barack Obama, President Clinton, Charity, Impact News
Kerry Kennedy

It's an honor to spread the word that between now and May 17, more than one hundred leaders in politics, media, Hollywood, and sports are teaming up a...

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From the Arab Spring to a Saharan Winter

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Aminatou Haidar, Algeria Human Rights, Sudan Violence, Arab Spring, Sudan Arab, Polisario Front, Impact News
Elizabeth Blackney

Partisanship must be removed from humanitarian work. Throughout my career, the people I have admired most are those with strong convictions based on a full picture however frustrating it may be.

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Upsurge in Repression Challenges Nonviolent Resistance in Western Sahara

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Nonviolent Action, Human Rights, Aminatou Haidar, Civil Society, Morocco, Western Sahara, United Nations, World News
Stephen Zunes

Morocco has been able to persist in flouting its international legal obligations toward Western Sahara largely because France and the United States have continued to arm Moroccan occupation forces and blocked enforcement of resolutions.

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Opportunity for Justice in Africa's Last Colony

Barbara Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Reporters Without Borders, United Nations Security Council, Africa, Peace, Human Rights Watch, United Nations, Kennedy, Aminatou Haidar, Western Sahara, Amnesty International, World News, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, MINURSO, State Department, World News
Barbara Becker

Moroccan authorities continue to subject Sahrawi people who openly advocate self-determination or denounce Moroccan human rights violations to various forms of repression.

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A Hunger for Justice: The Perilous Journey of a Modern Day Gandhi

Barbara Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hunger Strike, Western Sahara, Human Rights, Aminatou Haidar, World News
Barbara Becker

Most Americans are currently unaware of an ailing human rights campaigner from Western Sahara now in the third week of a risky hunger strike after being expelled from her occupied homeland by Moroccan authorities.

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