Career
Elkouria Amidane has over the years conducted non-violent struggle for Western Sahara self-determination and demonstrated for Saharawi student"s rights. Amidane went to primary school in her hometown of El Aaiun, where all the professors were Moroccan. She denounced that Sahrawi students were discriminated in school, as they are recognized by their native language, Hassānīya.
Elkouria had to travel to Morocco for higher education, because, there are no universities in Western Sahara.
The sentences were up to one year imprisonment. In 2006, El Wali Amidane was arrested again and was sentenced to 5 years of prison.
Both Amidane and her family has been imprisoned and tortured due to their political activism. Frequently reported the abuse and dettention of Amidane"s family members, and the Moroccan police raid to their home.
Amidane aims to tell the world about Moroccan mistreatment of the Saharawi people.
With help from international human rights organizations, she spread videos and photos documenting Moroccan human rights violations on the Sahrawi population, that had been used by Non-governmental organizations like Amnesty International. On 4 February 2009, Elkouria Amidane was awarded the Student Peace Prize for her work for human rights and the Saharawi people. On 21 October 2011, Elkouria Amidane was awarded the Ordfront Democracy Prize at the Swedish parliament.