Hi Friends and Fam,
I want to update you on what is happening to the Khaya family since Lacksana and I were deported and not able to get to the their home in Boujdour, Western Sahara. The local team (in Boujdour) implemented "Plan B" (which was at the ready since we knew from the beginning that there was a very good chance we would not get in.) Sultana Khaya and the two field volunteers (Ruth McDonough and Tim Pluta) that we were to replace, successfully made it to the Canary Islands. Sultana's sister Waari, her mother Mitou, and other family members will be joining her soon.
Sultana, Ruth, and Tim were greeted at the airport by thousands of supporters that gathered to honor Sultana, a prominent Saharawi human rights defender whose work focuses on promoting the right of independence for the Saharawi people and ending violence against Saharawi women, through nonviolent activism.
Sultana will receive the medical care that she desperately needs. (We hope that the doctors can figure out what was in those injections.) When she is able, she will embark on a speaking tour. Sultana is committed to continue working for freedom for the Sahawari people. She plans to return to her homeland soon.
In the meantime, we will be following the lead of the local Sahawari community for how to support them in their struggle for human rights and respect for international law.
Love,
Wynd
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