Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar, spent the night at Lanzarote airport awaiting first official visit

The delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will explore the options proposed by Miguel Angel Moratinos yesterday to resolve their situation, including access to Spanish nationality

Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar, spent the night at Lanzarote airport awaiting first official visit.

He seemed in good health, but very weak due to the hunger strike he has undertaken. He will be visited by a representative of the Spanish administration.

This was reported by the speaker of the house, Peraita Fernando, who supports their cause, who said that the visit marks a change in the position taken by the Spanish Executive.

The delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will explore the options proposed by Miguel Angel Moratinos yesterday to resolve their situation, including access to Spanish nationality.

In the two weeks they have been at the airport they have not seen any representative of the Spanish administration, which has been interpreted as a lack of respect toward the activist and advocate for human rights, both by Haidar and his supporters, stressed Peraita.

The envoy from the Ministry, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agustín Santos, officially transferred the proposals made by Moratinos, as well as what the activist asked yesterday, who aims only to return to Laayoune, recalled Peraita.

Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar came to Lanzarote on Saturday, the 14th, after he was expelled by Morocco and forced to fly from Laayoune, the previous day they confiscated his passport.

Haidar travelled to Laayoune on the 13th, accompanied by two Spanish journalists, back from New York, where he received the "Civil Courage Prize 2009" from the Train Foundation, which combines with other distinctions such as the Human Rights Award given to Robert Kennedy last year at a ceremony in the U.S. Senate.



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