by the Moroccan authorities". The city council of San Fernando de Henares, Spain, awarded her its Jesús Andrés López Gallardo prize. On 10 November 2011, she was awarded the René Cassin Human Rights Prize, given by the Justice department of the Basque Country government; the prize came with an award of 16,550 euros. On 4 March 2013, the Italian city of Florence awarded Haidar the honorary citizenship of the town. Also in March, Haidar won the 13th Bremen Solidarity Award, a prize given to personalities who are distinguished by their compromise with liberty, democracy and human rights, and against colonialism and racism in the world. The prize, given by the regional government of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen with a financial award of 10,000 euros, was given to Haidar for her trajectory in the peaceful struggle for a solution for the Sahrawi conflict, and her defence of the human rights of the Sahrawi people in the occupied territories. In May 2013, Haidar travelled to Addis Ababa, as she was invited as a guest of honour to the African Union Golden Jubilee. Aminatou Haidar has won the Right Livelihood Award in 2019 "for her steadfast nonviolent action, despite imprisonment and torture, in pursuit of justice and self-determination for the people of Western Sahara." See also Years of lead Mohamed Elmoutaoikil Mohammed Daddach Brahim Dahane History of Western Sahara References External links Aminatou Haidar, the “Gandhi of Western Sahara,” Wins Right Livelihood Award – interview by Amy Goodman on 25 September 2019 1967 births Living people Sahrawi human rights activists Enforced disappearances in Morocco Prisoners and detainees of Morocco Missing person cases in Morocco Moroccan torture victims Victims of human rights abuses Moroccan activists Moroccan women activists People from Akka, Morocco Sahrawi prisoners and detainees Sahrawi women activists Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award laureates Violence against women in Western Sahara