Page 2 Aminatou Haidar who was put on board a flight bound for the Canary Island refused upon arrival to disembark and demanded to be allowed to go back to her country, the Western Sahara unconditionally. She did so in protest against her forced deportation after the confiscation of her passport and two mobile phones and against her detention in connivance with the Spanish Government. This was in violation of all international treaties and conventions and the international status of the Western Sahara Region whose people have since 1991 been awaiting their self-determination under the auspices of the United Nations. The Lanzarote Airport authorities intervened during the first night to prevent Aminatou by force from continuing with her sit-in by locking the Airport gates at11 p.m. This was to prevent her from continuing with her sit-in the following day surrounded by the media, human rights lawyers and activists, representatives of civil society organisations, committees of solidarity with the Sahrawi people and members of the Sahrawi Community in the Canary Island and other parts of Spain. On the second day, Aminatou filed a legal suit to the Spanish authorities at the Police Station against her forced deportation. She also gave a series of press briefings with the some newspapers, satellite channels and international human rights organizations. She also met with the International Red Cross Society assigned to monitor her situation after providing her with some basic needs such as bed and blanket. During the third night, the Spanish authorities violently intervened against Aminatou and her sympathisers by disconnecting light at the Airport to prevent the tens of journalists from taking picture of this blatant intervention and deportation of Aminatou from within the Airport. She was forcibly taken away amidst protests by a large group of Sahrawis and Spaniards who were so concerned about her health condition as she was complaining from some sickness caused by her abduction, torture, detention and hunger strike by political prisoners and human rights activists in Moroccan prisons.

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