Moroccan Authorities Prevent 300 Sub-Saharan Migrants from Crossing to Ceuta
Rabat – Moroccan police have prevented some 300 Sub-Saharan migrants from crossing the Ceuta border, during a mass attempt to reach Spain in the early hours of Tuesday. According to Ceuta TV, 300...
View ArticleRoyal Gendarmerie Arrests Swindlers Claiming to Act on Behalf of Senior...
Rabat – The Moroccan Royal Gendarmerie arrested new members of a crime network active in Rabat. Al Massae reported in its recent edition of January 16 that the swindler syndicate promised their victims...
View ArticleRabat-Sale: Contamination of Drinking Water Due to Sewer Leakage
Rabat – The construction works of the Al-Arjat 1 and 2 prisons in Sale lead to an unprecedented environmental disaster, as thousands of cubic meters of sewers flooded a nearby dam, contaminating the...
View Article17 Rif Activists Handed Prison Sentences Monday
Rabat – Casablanca’s Court of Appeal sentenced seventeen Hirak protesters to prison terms ranging from 10 months to 3 years after standing accused of “disobedience and unauthorized demonstrations.” In...
View ArticleTwo Italian Teens Set on Fire Homeless Moroccan Man ‘As a Joke’
Rabat – A second gruesome murder targets a Moroccan national in Verona, Italy, this month. After the Moroccan woman who was murdered and decapitated in a chilling ritual crime, a 64-year-old homeless...
View ArticleWali of Oriental Region Announces Emergency Action Plan for Jerada
Rabat – An emergency action plan has been set up to meet the expectations of the population of the North-eastern province of Jerada, Wali of the Oriental region, governor of the prefecture of...
View ArticleComedian Dieudonné Wrote Letter to Paris Terror Attack Suspect Salah Abdeslam
Rabat – The French newspaper Le Parisien reported on January 15 that the controversial French comedian Dieudonné M’bala M’bala, better known by his stage name Dieudonné, sent a letter to Salah...
View ArticleMorocco’s Istiqlal Party Proposes Law to Curb Racial Discrimination
Rabat – The Independence Party of Morocco proposed on Tuesday a new law to criminalize acts of racism and racial discrimination against foreigners. The Independence Party’s proposal was presented...
View ArticleJustice Investigates Case of Young Maid Tortured in Casablanca
Rabat – The Public Prosecutor’s office has ordered an investigation into the case of a young domestic worker from Zagora who was mistreated by her employer in Casablanca, reported the state news agency...
View ArticleMoroccan Peace Activist Latifa Ibn Ziaten Candidate for 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Rabat – L’Hospitalité d’Abraham, the French association dedicated to promoting peace through interfaith dialogue, has nominated the Moroccan-French peace activist Latifa Ibn Ziaten for the 2018 Nobel...
View ArticleFez: Investigative Hearing of French Alleged Pedophile Postponed
Rabat – The Court of Second Instance in Fez has postponed the investigative hearing to evaluate the charges of sexual assault of minors levied against 58-year-old Frenchman until Monday, January 22....
View ArticleMoroccan Gay Asylum Applicants Face ‘Abuse and Harassment’ in Ceuta and...
Rabat – About 30 gay and lesbian Moroccan students have recently applied for gender-based asylum in Spain, joining the ranks of numerous asylum applicants held in the centers enduring “inhuman...
View ArticleItalian Judge Expels Moroccan Lawyer Over Hijab
By Mohamed Amine Rhaz Rabat – An Italian judge ejected a Moroccan trainee lawyer from the courtroom for wearing a hijab on Wednesday. The Moroccan trainee lawyer, Asmae Belfakir, was visiting the...
View ArticleMoroccan Court Sentences 3 Women to Prison Terms of up to 5 Years on...
Salé – The criminal chamber in charge of terrorism affairs at the annex of Salé’s Appeal Court handed on Thursday verdicts ranging from to 4 to 5 years in prison with no remission to three women in...
View ArticleMoroccans Feel 2017 Was Bad, Expect 2018 to Be Less So: Report
Rabat – Rising insecurities about the economic outlook for 2018 have eroded the confidence of Moroccan households, according to the High Commission for Planning (HCP) in a report published January 18....
View ArticleMoroccan Intellectual Abdallah Laroui Wants to Make Inheritance Wills a...
Rabat – To solve the debate on inheritance in Morocco, historian and intellectual, Abdallah Laroui believes that establishing wills should be mandatory. He made the comments during a speech at the...
View Article10 Western Writers That Found Inspiration in Morocco
By Mohamed Bella Rabat – Morocco has always captured the attention of western literati. Throughout history, numerous prolific writers have flocked to Morocco to find spiritual and intellectual...
View ArticleCNDH Chief Defends Moroccan Human Rights Progress in Brussels
Rabat – 2016 and 2017 marked rollercoaster years in Morocco after several social controversies erupted in the country, including events in Al Hoceima, the Essaouira food stampede, and Jerada’s tragedy....
View ArticleMorocco Ranks Lower in Freedom House Civil Liberties Index
Rabat – Morocco once again lands on the underachievers list of Freedom House. Morocco’s freedoms score slipped two points from last year, “due to harsh state responses to major demonstrations...
View ArticleIraqi Court Sentences German-Moroccan Woman to Death for Joining Daesh
Rabat – The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad sentenced a German national woman of Moroccan origin to death by hanging for joining the jihadist group Daesh in Syria and Iraq. The Judge and spokesman of...
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