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### Viewing cable 09RABAT990, AMINATOU HAIDAR RETURNS SAFELY TO WESTERN SAHARA

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09RABAT990 | 2009-12-18 15:03 | 2010-12-14 12:12 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Rabat

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    VZCZCXYZ0000
    OO RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHRB #0990/01 3521540
    ZNY CCCCC ZZH
    O 181540Z DEC 09
    FM AMEMBASSY RABAT
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0961
    INFO RUCNMGH/MAGHREB COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
    RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 1173
    RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK 0983

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L RABAT 000990

    SIPDIS

    STATE FOR NEA, IO/UNP, NEA/MAG, PRM/AFR AND DRL/NESCA

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/18/2019
    TAGS: PHUM PREL PREF PGOV UN WI MO
    SUBJECT: AMINATOU HAIDAR RETURNS SAFELY TO WESTERN SAHARA

    REF: A. RABAT 0979 (NOTAL)
    ¶B. RABAT 0977 (NOTAL)
    ¶C. RABAT 0915 (NOTAL)

    Classified By: DCM Robert P. Jackson for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).

    ¶1. (C) Summary: Prominent Sahrawi pro-independence activist
    Aminatou Haidar returned safely to the Western Sahara on
    December 18 aboard a Spanish military aircraft. She
    recovered her passport at the airport, completed normal
    Moroccan immigration formalities, and proceeded from the
    airport to her home in the company of family members.
    Sahrawi activists report that she has terminated her hunger
    strike; that she is in very good spirits; but that she is
    still in precarious physical condition and under close
    medical supervision at her home. Western Sahara-based
    government officials confirm that her arrival took place
    without incident, and that a spontaneous gathering of
    well-wishers had taken place with no serious security
    incidents. After having handled the Haidar case in
    disastrous fashion, the GOM finally brought the ordeal to an
    end -- and not a moment too soon. However, the case has left
    the GOM angry and badly shaken, which will create real
    challenges as we look toward the next round of formal UN-led
    Manhasset talks. End Summary.

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    Home Safely
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    ¶2. (SBU) Aminatou Haidar, President of the Collective of
    Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) and a prominent
    Sahrawi pro-independence activist, returned safely to her
    home in Laayoune, Western Sahara, in the early hours of
    December 18. Haidar arrived shortly after 2:00 AM local time
    (GMT) aboard a Spanish military plane specially equipped to
    handle medical emergencies, and in the company of her sister
    and a physician. By prior agreement among Haidar and the
    Governments of Morocco and Spain, there were no journalists
    or other passengers aboard, according to Laayoune-based
    Moroccan Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials. As Haidar
    arrived, immigration officers met her plane-side and handed
    her the passport they had confiscated on November 13 (Ref C),
    and she proceeded to complete normal customs and immigration
    formalities. There was a beefed-up police presence at the
    airport, but only Haidar's brother and an uncle came to meet
    her; by all accounts, she exited the airport without
    incident, and they drove her home.

    ¶3. (SBU) Haidar's return marked the end of a 35-day exile
    and of a hunger strike that had reportedly taken a terrible
    physical toll on her. On December 16, her health had
    deteriorated to the point that she had to be hospitalized in
    Lanzarote, and she remains in precarious but stable condition
    now at her home in Laayoune. Djimi Elghalya, a CODESA member
    and the Vice Chair of the Association of Victims of Grave
    Human Rights Violations (ASVDH), confirmed by phone that
    Haider has ended her hunger strike and is beginning to take
    food under close medical supervision; she is extremely weak,
    but "her spirit is extremely strong."

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    Supporters Jubilant, Laayoune Calm
    ----------------------------------

    ¶4. (SBU) At Haidar's home, a large, jubilant and peaceful
    crowd turned out in the middle of the night to greet her,
    according to both press reports and participants. CODESA
    members told the Embassy that several hundred Sahrawis --
    ranging from independence activists to apolitical
    well-wishers -- gathered to celebrate "a great victory for
    international law and human rights." Celebrations near her
    home continued into the late morning, and there were
    reportedly other gatherings throughout Laayoune. Elghalya
    said that supporters had intentionally stayed away from the
    airport, recognizing that the police presence there would be
    heavy and in a specific effort to avoid any kind of incident.
    However, she added, no one could keep away the "hundreds"
    who spontaneously gathered at Haidar's home. Elghalya noted
    that there were also police around Haidar's home, but they
    limited themselves to keeping order and did not try to
    interfere with the celebrations. Separately, Mohammed
    Jelmous, the Wali of Laayoune (i.e., the Governor and senior
    MOI official), said that a small group of "youths" who oppose
    Western Saharan independence did attempt to gain access to
    the crowds in front of Haidar's home, but police quickly
    ushered them away after one threw a rock that hit -- but did
    not seriously injure -- a Spanish journalist. Otherwise, the
    Wali reported, as of noon Laayoune time, the city was calm.

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    Comment: An Ordeal Ended
    ------------------------

    ¶5. (C) Haidar's return comes not a moment too soon,
    especially in light of the serious down-turn her health had
    taken in recent days. It also brings to a close a disastrous
    episode for the GOM, which drew dangerously close not only to
    perpetrating a case of forced exile, but also to badly
    jeopardizing its relationships with Spain and other allies
    through its belligerent handling of the case and some
    stunningly maladroit diplomacy. Local press and our
    Laayoune-based Sahrawi contacts have given enormous credit to
    the U.S., France and to a lesser extent Spain for pressing
    the GOM to find a solution to the problem. GOM officials
    have grudgingly acknowledged that the tough -- and consistent
    -- messages that Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation
    Taieb Fassi Fihri heard on his recent travels to Europe and
    the U.S. (Ref A) were crucial to the GOM's rather sudden
    change of heart. Even the provincial Wali in Laayoune told
    PolCouns, "You see, we listen to our friends." This said, we
    will need to be mindful that the whole Haidar case has left
    the GOM badly shaken; indeed, Moroccan officials' (and, we
    suspect, the other parties') anger and distrust, especially
    toward Algeria, has reached its highest level in recent
    years. As we look to a fifth round of formal UN-led
    Manhasset talks, Ambassador Ross, and we, have our work cut
    out for us. End Comment.

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    Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website;
    http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Moro cco
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    KAPLAN

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