Civil society members in Murcia, a city in south-eastern Spain, are planning to hold a sit-in in front of the Moroccan consulate, Wednesday, to show support for Hirak detainees. Members of several Spanish parties, including Podemos and United Left, a Spanish political coalition, will attend the sit-in. Attendees will be calling for the «release of Hirak detainees». In a statement relayed by Spanish media, the sit-in organizers blame the situation in Rif on «Spain for the
Last week, the Dutch parliament passed a non-binding motion that contradicted a new labeling policy imposed by the European Union on goods made in Israeli settlement. The motion referred to products from Western Sahara, stressing that decision against Israel is «discriminatory».
The Polisario leadership announced, Monday, that it is hosting its 15th congress, scheduled from 19 to 23 December, in Tifariti. For the first time in six years, the Front is returning to the area located east of the Moroccan sand wall. Indeed, the «Dakhla camp» in Tindouf was home in the previous years to the 14th and 13th congresses of the Polisario Front. However, the Front’s announcement is seen as challenging move for the United Nations. In resolution 2440, adopted on
Spanish authorities have decided to expel a Moroccan national for participating in Catalan independence marches in Lleida on October 14 after the Spanish Supreme Court handed prison sentences to nine Catalan separatists. The Moroccan in question was arrested by Catalan police and was sent to prison. Once released, the court decided to send him back to Morocco. Three other Moroccans, arrested for the same reasons, are pending expulsion. Weeks ago, Ayoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan who had been
Pro-Polisario activists are planning to «besiege» a ship carrying a phosphate cargo from the Sahara to a New Zealand port in December, protesting against two Kiwi phosphate importers.
Moroccan telecommunication company inwi hosted on 23 and 24 November in Casablanca the second edition of the Africa Gaming Festival. The event was attended by gaming lovers and experts, inwi said in a communiqué sent Monday to Yabiladi. The second edition of the Africa Gaming Fest was marked by the organization of three tournaments as well as meetups with famous international YouTubers, including Swan and Neo. The Fest was attended by 12,000 visitors and offered gamers a rich and
After openly criticizing Morocco, former Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune, who is running in the next Algerian presidential election, addressed the reopening of land borders between the Kingdom and Algeria. Tebboune told reporters, Sunday, that the «Moroccan people love their Algerian neighbors». «I invite those who cannot see this to remember the joy of Moroccans when Algeria won the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Rabat, Casablanca and Oujda»,
In the 1930s, the United States commissioned a sculptor to build a marble frieze for the Supreme Court that depicted 18 lawgivers. The list included Prophet Mohammed, whose sculpture was seen as controversial by the Muslim community in the United States.
On 22 abd 23 November, the capital of the Basque Autonomous Community in northern Spain, Vitoria, hosted the 44th European Conference of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), without Aminatou Haidar. The president of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) attended the previous editions of the conference. While Haidar chose not to attend the conference, «other Sahrawi activists flew to Vitoria to be part of the meeting, including Brahim Dahan
Official documents, leaked by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) have revealed how China «brainwashes» hundreds of Muslims, known as the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, the BBC reports. The British broadcaster, which had access to the leaked documents, stated that «15,000 people from southern Xinjiang were sent to the camps over the course of just one week in 2017», where they are «locked up, indoctrinated and punished». The documents
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