TENERIFE: HELP HAIDAR!

Western Sahara hunger striker refuses medical care

By Sarah Rainsford
BBC News, Madrid

Aminatou Haidar sits in a wheelchair in Lanzarote. Photo: 7 December 2009
Ms Haidar has been highly critical of the Spanish role in her plight
A Western Sahara independence activist has announced that she is refusing all medical care - three weeks into a hunger strike in Spain.
Aminatou Haidar has been fasting at Lanzarote airport since she was expelled to Spain's Canary Islands by the Moroccan authorities.
They denied the activist entry to Western Sahara - a disputed region.
Morocco also confiscated her passport when she refused to define herself as Moroccan on an official form.
Ms Haidar's protest at her treatment has won the support of many prominent Spaniards including actor Javier Bardem and film director Pedro Almodovar - giving it a high profile.

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