When asked to close their eyes and imagine home, most people would reach for a familiar recipe, song or smell. Aminatou Haidar reaches for something different. “I see the prisons, the torture, the arbitrary detentions, the daily repression — even against children, women and the elderly,” she told Right Livelihood during a recent visit to Stockholm. Haidar is a nonviolent activist and human rights defender from Western Sahara. She received the Ri…
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