In his draft report on Western Sahara, submitted April the 2nd to the Security Council’s members, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the monitoring of human rights in the Sahara. The report made mention of Morocco’s «restrictions» that hinder the MINURSO’s mission.
The US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs is expected to visit Morocco this week. This visit might give a hard time to some parties in the Kingdom, especially as Antonio Guterres’ report on Western Sahara reflected the US willingness to make a change on the human rights situation in the region.
On Saturday, the Istiqlal party organized a rally in Laayoune, chaired by its general secretary Nizar Baraka. The meeting gathered nearly 50,000 people according to numbers made public by the party’s leaders. Nizar Baraka delivered a speech in the main square of the city, where several singers performed, including Moroccan singer Dounia Batma. The rally hosted by Laayoune and made possible by Hamdi Ould Rachid, the president of the Laayoune commune, comes after the National Rally of
Once again, Dutch MPs are asking Foreign Affairs Minister Stef Blok to react to the situation of Hirak detainees in Morocco. After the Casablanca Appeals court upheld the sentences against Nasser Zefzafi and other Hirak activists, MPs from the Labor Party sent questions related to the subject to the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister, Dalil Rif reports. Dutch MPs asked the Minister about his next step, regarding the sentences handed down to Hirak activists, urging him to summon Morocco's
Prize-winning petrochemical engineer Youssef Belmabkhout has been active in the areas of research since 2002. The Moroccan-Canadian professional defends research and the role played by the human capital.
A judicial investigation was opened by the Moroccan army after Germany-based company Fresenius Medical Care admitted that it had paid bribes to public health and government officials in Morocco to obtain business, MAP news agency said on Friday. Investigators will be hearing the people involved in this case, including a former officer who had worked for military hospitals, said the army in a communiqué published on the same day. On March the 29th, the US Justice Department said in a
The Casablanca Appeals court upheld, Friday, prison sentences against Hirak activists, reports MAP news agency. For the record, sentences ranging from 20 years to one year in prison were handed down on June the 26th, 2018, by the same court to Hirak detainees, including Nasser Zefzafi. For example, one accused was given a one-year suspended prison sentence, while 12 defendants were sentenced to 2 years in prison and seven others to 3 years in prison. Seven people involved in the Al Hoceima
When Abdelaziz Bouteflika won presidential elections in Algeria, he promised to restore diplomatic ties with Morocco. However, once in power, the politician adopted a conciliatory stance towards the Kingdom.
Moroccan footballer Hamza Mendyl was downgraded by his club, joining Schakle’s under-23 team for disciplinary problems, BBC reported. The exact reasons why Mendyl was sent to Schakle’s under-23 team were not revealed by the German club’s interim coach Huub Stevens, the same source added. «Everybody gets a second chance. For Hamza Mendyl it's a disciplinary measure that he is currently training with the U23. But he too can open the door again», Stevens told
In Iceland, the Polisario Front is leading a delegation, headed by its Secretary-General, to expose its separatist stands. After being received by the Icelandic Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir on Wednesday, Brahim Ghali, accompanied by Mohamed Yaslem Bissat and Abdati Bayra, two members from the Front’s secretariat, visited Iceland’s parliament in Reykjavik. According to the Front’s press agency, Brahim Ghali was received by MPs from the Icelandic parliament. This visit
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