Djmi El Ghalia is a Western Saharan activist. El Ghalia serves as the vice president of the human rights organization, the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations (ASVDH).[1] In the late 1980s, El Ghalia was placed in a detention center, where she was tortured and abused for around four years.[2] El Ghalia was featured in a documentary, Life is Waiting (2015).[3]
References
edit- ^ "The Remarkable Artists and Activists of the Western Sahara". Cultures of Resistance Films. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ Morris, Loveday (2013-07-16). "Women on frontline in struggle for Western Sahara". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
- ^ "Life is Waiting". Tiburon International Film Festival. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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