i mean that haidar has spent over 30 years fighting for the independence of her home in western sahara it's earned her a reputation as the gandhi of the sahara people for decades her dad has been involved in a struggle that has led to frequent clashes between american soldiers and her always she says she has been imprisoned and tortured multiple times it hasn't stopped the human rights defender from complaining for independence. $97051.00 spanish call on the forces withdrew from western sahara oracle deployed forces to lay claim to the territory but the offensive prompted an insurgency by the harare rebels who came to be known as the palace are you front the group declared the sorrow we ere of them accredit republic in 176 rocket took control of the territory shortly before un brokered cease fire went into effect in 1901 since then united nations efforts have repeatedly failed to reach a settlement i mean not haidar won't give up her peaceful protest the right livelihood foundation has honored her for her dignity and resolve making her one of the most respected leaders among the sarai

in 1901 since then united nations efforts have repeatedly failed to reach a settlement i mean not haidar won't give up her peaceful protest the right livelihood foundation has honored her for her dignity and resolve making her one of the most respected leaders among the sarai people. joining me now is a uni on according she's a board and jury member of the right livelihood foundation welcome to you so we've just seen that report on an inspiring activist who has won this is already award can extend what makes the right livelihood awards so different from other prizes. the right by you know towards the very open award everybody around the world can nominate anybody secondly we don't give awards and specific categories we start a long term relationship with the laureates we say receiving the award is just the beginning the awards doesn't only honor what somebody has done but it also ends to protect the laureates and to support them for the rest of their life space and please so we have to semele of laureates. and the 3rd function is. as i said we consider ourselves to be the megaphone of th

quote steadfast nonviolent action close 1st in a moment we'll talk to one of the judges who nominated haidar but 1st this report on how the fearless woman and her activism of vegas. i mean not to my daughter has spent over 30 years. i think for the independence of her home in western sahara it's earned her a reputation as the gandhi of the sahara people for decades has been involved in a struggle that has led to frequent clashes between american soldiers and so her always she says she has been in prison and tortured multiple times it hasn't stopped the human rights defender from companion for independence. in 1751 spanish colonial forces withdrew from western sahara couldn't put forces to lay claim to the territory but the offensive prompted an insurgency by her army rebels who came to be known as the polish are you front the group declared the sorrow we arab democratic republic in that in 76 morocco to control of the territory shortly before un brokered cease fire went into effect in 1901 since then united nations efforts have repeatedly failed to reach a settlement i mean not to my daughte

thousands of others have been injured while dozens of homes and businesses have also been flattened kamau haidar reports. the aftermath of a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. homes are ordered another infrastructure damaged or destroyed. 3rd going to get the earthquake was sudden and so severe we had no time to get out of our house the next thing we knew part of the roof collapse and we had to escape from a side door we built our house 8 years ago and now it's gone. we'll each a 20 minutes drive from the studio meet poor people are still in a state of shock you screwed the village as a risk 300 houses now some are gone and others of sustained major structural damage people are now sitting out in the open. in relief work sent in to carry out research and rescue operations. david retrieve. the national disaster management go toward a d.j. through the warning about. everyone to remain vigilant in the fall for the earthquake was in most parts of pakistan. and you can see a trail of destruction and people now go no where did they leave are unsafe to go back to their homes. pakistani administered kashmir. now

while this year's honorary award goes to pro-democracy activists from western sahara and me now to haidar she has spent 30 years campaigning for her homelands independence from morocco and is often referred to by some as the gandhi of western sahara the 2nd prize winner is. may she is a chinese human rights activist who set up the country's 1st legal advocacy group for women the 3rd prize winner has become a familiar face climate activists gratitude and burkett the 16 year old has galvanized a protest movement calling on governments to do more to combat climate change and the final prize winner is an amazonian tribal shonen davi a cop in our campaigns to protect the amazon and his tribes way of life. davi company is one of the world's leading indigenous rights activists as a shaman and the leader of the amazonian tribe the yanomami has fought for decades to protect the rights and the culture of this indigenous group in brazil. but the land has to be respected. land is our heritage heritage which protects us so for us indians the land belongs to us so we can plant hunt and be healthy it is

dali has gone on hunger strike in prison according to his wife speaking exclusively to t w insaf haidar said that the dissident activist who was jailed for 10 years and sentenced to 100 lashes is striking in response to his poor treatment in prison 1st despite his poor health he's been granted only limited access to medicines and has had his radio confiscated his mind having had it for 4 years for liberal and secular saudi arabia and said hi the us said her husband had called her from prison via pay phone 7 years in prison is enough she said rafe is not a criminal he was a free man who defended his human rights he has 3 children who have not seen him for 7 years my children need their father. so what do you think of european tech startup hopes the 1st is that usually spring to mind in london or burleson well now paris wants to get in on the action french investors this week announced a 5000000000 euro fund for tech companies the hope is that cash will help turn the country into a magnet for interfaces. 5000000000 euros that's the sum french investors this week pledged to pump into start

amy: visit democracynow.org to see our interviews with greta thunberg and aminatou haidar. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. the house of representatives is launching a formal impeachment inquiry against president donald trump who becomes just the fourth u.s. president to face a possible impeachment. on tuesday, house speakeker nany pelosi accused trump of betraying his oval office c come the country's national security, and the integrity of our election system. >> the actions of the trump presidency reveals dishonorable facts of the president's betrayal of his over his office, our national sececurity, and betrayal of the integrity of our election. therefefore today, i am announcg the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. juan: for months, speaker pelosi had resisted calls progressive democrats to back impeachment, but that changed