Cuentan que en 1988 el refugiado iraní Mehran Karimi Nasseri perdió su pasaporte en un tren de París cuando se disponía a tomar un avión hacia Londres. Y cuentan también que cuando llegó indocumentado al aeropuerto de Heathrow, las autoridades británicas lo devolvieron de vuelta al aeropuerto Charles de Gaulle, donde Nasseri tampoco fue capaz de demostrar su identidad y quedó retenido por intentar entrar ilegalmente en Francia. Mientras las autoridades internacionales deliberaban infinitamente sobre su custodia, la Terminal 1 fue acostumbrándose al nuevo inquilino. Vivió en aquel aeropuerto durante dieciocho años.
La activista saharaui Aminatou Haidar vive desde el sábado en el aeropuerto de Lanzarote. Es el destino que la policía marroquí ha elegido para ella después de arrestarla en El Aaiún, sustraerle su pasaporte y embarcarla forzosamente en un avión de Canary Fly. Ahora Haidar sólo quiere regresar a su casa en los territorios ocupados de Sahara Occidental, pero para abandonar el país, el Gobierno español le exige el pasaporte que le ha robado Marruecos. Es decir, que el Reino de España no ha tenido dificultades para expulsar a 31.527 inmigrantes sin papeles en los últimos tres años pero no quiere permitir la repatriación de una persona que ha aterrizado en suelo español contra su voluntad. La condescendencia española con las travesuras marroquíes no desaparecerá mientras Marruecos siga siendo para España uno de los principales destinos de exportación de material de defensa.
Aminatou Haidar ha interpuesto una denuncia y ha iniciado una huelga de hambre. Tiene el cuerpo cansado de los casi cuatro años que permaneció encerrada con los ojos vendados en la cárcel negra de El Aaiún o de las hostias que le clavó la policía en la Avenida Smara durante una manifestación, pero su esperanza es irreductible. Poco importa que la Guardia Civil haya forzado un desalojo violento del aeropuerto o que un ente público como Aena pretenda llevar ante los tribunales a esta reconocida defensora de los derechos humanos acusándola de alteración del orden público y allanamiento de morada.
El aeropuerto de Lanzarote se ha convertido para ella en esa tierra de nadie adonde van a parar las personas que ninguna autoridad admite. Igual que la Terminal 1 del aeropuerto Charles de Gaulle para Mehran Karimi Nasseri. Igual que el desierto argelino para los miles de saharauis expulsados de su tierra a golpe de napalm y fósforo blanco, mujeres y hombres que sobreviven levantando campamentos de arena a los que han bautizado con los nombres de las ciudades que les fueron usurpadas. El Aaiún. Smara. Auserd. Dajla.
Para los esforzados actores del guiñol democrático marroquí, Aminatou Haidar es una traidora que tiene el descaro de ejercer la libertad que generosamente le ha sido concedida. Ya lo dijo el rey Mohamed VI en su discurso conmemorativo de la Marcha Verde: en Marruecos sólo se puede ser patriota o traidor. Claro que, si alguien se toma la molestia de examinar las raquíticas libertades que promueve la dinastía alauí o la persecución a la que somete a la disidencia saharaui, es fácil llegar a la conclusión de que en Marruecos, la traición es la forma más noble de patriotismo.
¡¡¡Magnífico artículo!!!. Gracias por ponerlo al alcance de todos; gracias también por el apoyo a Aminetu.
Saludos.
Muchas gracias a ti, Sabela, es un placer. Un abrazo.
A TODOS LOS SAHARAUIS:
“Es mi deseo que en esa tierra de la que ustedes proceden, en esa tierra que no es de ningún amo, en esa tierra que sí es de ustedes, en esa tierra que regaron con su sudor y trabajaron con sus manos, que más temprano que tarde florezcan alamedas y oasis y puedan salir y retornar, si ese es su deseo, todas aquellas personas y cosas buenas que nunca debieron de salir por la fuerza.
UN CIUDADANO DEL MUNDO.
El anterior comentario es mi comentario
The world must understand that Aminatou Haidar is being manipulated by the Algerian secret services and that her seeking support from foreign parties will not undermine Morocco’s will to go ahead in defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity .Ms.Aminatou Haidar,the separatist, went to a point of no return. She rejected her citizenship voluntarily . On November 13th.She listed “Sahrawi” as her nationality and “Western Sahara” as her country of origin even though she was traveling with a Moroccan passport. Mrs. Aminatou Haider has signed in the presence of her family members and of her own free will official documents renouncing her Moroccan nationality and citizenship. She has violated the law and claimed a nationality that is not recognized by both the U.N. and Morocco.
No surprise, then, as to why she was not allowed to enter the country. Mrs. Aminatou Haider, who holds a Spanish residency permit, departed Morocco and returned to the Canary Islands, Spain, where she has refused Spain’s refugee status offer and pretended that she is going on a hunger strike.
Ms. Aminatou Haidar, who claims to be a human rights activist, is actually working closely with the Western Sahara Separatist group, Polisario, and their backer, Algeria’s Military Regime. In Fact, She is currently working closely with Algeria’s Ambassador in Washington, Mr. Abdallah Baali , who is coordinating and funding her “human rights” lobbying activities in the US.
The goal of Ms. Aminatou Haidar, the Polisario and the Military regime in Algiera is the same. They want to neutralize Morocco’s Autonomy plan, a plan, that is considered by most major powers to be the basis for resolving the Sahara issue in a peaceful manner.
Algeria’s current lobbying through proxies such as Ms. Aminatou Haidar and others aims to keep the status Quo in the Sahara by advancing the independence as the only option.
In the minds of Algeria’s strategists, keeping Morocco mired in the current situation costs it substantial resources and mitigates any resistance that Morocco would pose to Algeria’s ambition to become a regional power in North Africa. Algeria’s long-term objective is to secure access to the Atlantic ocean through a client “state” such as a “Sahrawi Republic” in the disputed region.
Algeria and polisario’s plan for an independent state in southern Morocco is a non-starter. A state in southern morocco constitutes an existential threat to both Morocco and its leadership. Most independent analysts dismiss such an option because it would destabilize the entire North African Region, hasten a military conflict between the two protagonists, empower a new generation of terrorist groups(the kidnapping of three Spanish tourists in Mauritania) and unleash an unprecedented wave of refugees on European southern shores.
Algeria, which acts as a defender of self-determination, does not hesitate to violate the basic rights of its own people andthe Moroccan people held captive in Tindouf camps for three decades, refusing to let these populations exercise self-determination over their wish to leave the camps.
The Sahara issue is Algeria’s main concern, not to say obsession . Algeria,which depicts itself as “a neighboring country” to Morocco, offers a haven, trains and finances separatists who threaten peace and security in the region.
Instead of using its resources to solve its socio-economic problems of housing, health and water supply, this country finances polisario’s armament.
Algeria is not a mere observer country as it pretends but is actively involved in the Sahara issue since its outbreak.It conducts, on a daily basis, a hostile diplomatic campaign against Morocco.
Last November, the US secretary of State Hilary Clinton attended a forum on the future of the Middle East & North Africa, in Marrakech, Morocco where she reaffirmed the US longstanding policy that supports the autonomy plan for the Saharan provinces under Moroccan sovereignty as the only realistic solution to end the 34 years old conflict.
The Algerian press sharply criticized secretary Clinton’s statements in a wave of misogynistic criticism and the Western Sahara separatist group, Polisario, has accused US secretary of State Hilary Clinton of misstating the US policy on the Sahara conflict.
In 2006, Morocco has offered an autonomy plan for Western Sahara as a solution to end the conflict and provide a future for thousands of refugees, now, living in desperate conditions in Algeria’s desert camps.
In addition, Morocco has initiated major reforms to build sustainable economical development to counter poverty and violence, it has implemented a new family code that was hailed by most women rights groups worldwide as unique in the Muslim World, it has established the committee of equity and reconciliation to investigate and settle past cases of human rights violations.
The Moroccan autonomy plan was backed by a majority in the US congress and praised by many European countries and was considered by the UN as a basis for a peaceful solution.
Ms. Aminatou Haidar, who is hailed by her supporter as a human rights defender, is actively working with Algeria and the polisario to torpedo the current UN peace negotiations with Morocco. She is financed by Algeria’s billion dollars oil bonanza that is currently being mismanaged by the Algeria’s generals while Algerian citizens are mired in countless underdevelopment problems.
Ms Aminatou Haidar is in fact working hard to keep the Sahrawi refugees, who are stranded in the Algerian desert camps, for another 34 years in the same conditions, while she and her fellow polisario cohorts, jet around the world and enjoy luxury VIP treatment.
Given the current political situation between Morocco, Algeria and the polisario, Mrs. Aminatou Haider’s behavor is an unacceptable provocation.So, her case is neither in hands of Morocco nor Spain but the Polisario’s.
Signed by Beniazza Mohammed
Dear Beniazza Mohammed: stop speaking bullshit. I dont give a shit for your stupid propaganda. Morocco doesnt respect humman rights. I’m very sorry to say that Morocco is a medieval country, a shameful totalitarism. Western Sahara cannot play a role in morocco integrity ’cause this land NEVER was Morocco. NEVER in history. As never in history were part of Morocco the Canary Islands or Ceuta or Melilla. Western Sahara has the UN recognized right to be an INDEPENDENT country and Morocco is playing filthy with this people. So bravo Aminatou! This pretty much corageus woman is showing the world what Morocco and Spain truly are in this matter: Two countries with dubious interests turning thir backs to real human rights.
So, Mohammed, up yours with your imaginary territorial integrity!