Arrested in October 2016 in Paris, Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred is still jailed in the Fleury-Mérogis prison. After his trial took place in Tuesday 11th April, the singer’s lawyer refused to disclose any of the proceedings or the verdict to the media, as Al Arabiya’s online newspaper reported. Mohamed Oumoussi, Al Arabiya journalist who witnessed the circumstances of the trial, tweeted about Eric Dupont-Moretti lawyer of Lamjarred: «Saad’s lawyer
Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch political party PVV, is supposed to set in October for an appeal trial on his hate-speech case. The anti-Muslim politician will have to stand in court on the 24th and 26th of October to attend the hearings. The court in The Hague will subsequently make a decision on the case on the 9th of November as reported by online newspaper NLTIMES. Wilders' hate-speech crime took place in March 2014 when he made discriminating comments on Moroccans
The UN Secretary-General ,Antonio Guterres, called for initiating talks between Morocco and the Polisario front in the report presented for review to the Security Council on Monday. «I intend to propose that the negotiating process be relaunched with a new dynamic and a new spirit», said Guterres as reported by Reuters. The UN report stressed on the need of bringing the two parts together and tries to find a solution for the ongoing conflicts. «For progress to be made, the
«The government restrictions on religion and the social hostilities involving religion» study indicates that the use of force against religious groups increased in 2015 compared to the previous years. The report published yesterday 11th of April by the Pew Research Center puts Morocco among the countries with the highest government restrictions on religion.
The transformation of the old Museum of archeology continues with a major and complete renovation plan. Known now as the museum of History and Civilization, the gallery will open its gates to the public today 12th of April according to a communiqué that was sent to Yabiladi. The museum went through 12 months of renovation that were paid for by the National Foundation of Museums, the organization that targets the preservation and enrichment of «the Moroccan museum
The police of Saxe, a region located in eastern Germany, have reportedly prevented a terrorist attack, according to Die Bild. The suspect is a 25 year-old Moroccan man who got arrested on Saturday night 8th of April in Leipzig. He was planning to attack the Russian embassy in Berlin. After hours of search, the criminal police found evidence incriminating the young man. The latter is in custody, according to the German newspaper, and information concerning his case will eventually be
On Friday, King Mohammed VI flew to Cuba in an unofficial trip accompanied by Lalla Salma, Moulay El Hassan and Lalla Khadija. The royal family will spend a vacation in the republic which has declared several times its backup for the Polisario front. La Havana-based media reported that Cuban authorities rushed to reassure the Front about the King’s visit stressing on the fact that it would not affect their relations.
On the occasion of the 12th edition of the International Exhibition of agriculture held annually in Meknes, the 9th edition of «Assises de l’agriculture» will be organized on the 17th of April as La Vie Eco reports. These talks aim to discuss and review the Moroccan green plan on agriculture during the SIAM organized from the 18th to the 23rd of April. This assembly will bring together actors of the private and public agricultural sector to shed light on
Morocco has not yet commented on the United States’ missile strike in Syria that took place on Friday 7th of April. The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign affairs and Cooperation has not reacted to the military order that US President Donald Trump gave in response to Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons. Rabat did not rush to follow its allies of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait have all backed the US missile strike in
King Mohammed VI offered on Sunday his condolences and sympathies to the Egyptian president Abdelfattah Al-Sissi after the terrorist attacks that targeted on Sunday two churches in the Egyptian cities of Tanta and Alexandria. The King expressed through his message «Morocco’s strong condemnation of these criminal and coward acts that tried in a disparate attempt to threaten the security and stability of Egypt». The Islamic state claimed responsibility over the twin bomb