Huffington Post-A Brave Woman Pays the Price for a Misinterpreted Interview
By Carne Ross
Published in The Huffington Post, 16 November 2009
Being US Secretary of State requires difficult choices and careful words. There is a balance to be struck between maintaining relations but also principle. Great harm can be done with a few words. One recent episode illustrates the risks.
In my work on the Western Sahara (my non-profit group advises the Polisario Front who represent the Saharawi people), I have met a very brave and determined woman, Aminatou Haidar, the 42-year old Saharawi human rights campaigner. What she told me about her abuse by the Moroccan forces who occupy the Western Sahara, her country, chilled my blood.
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