British lawyer Randy Dixon joined journalist Taoufik Bouachrine’s defense committee. The new recruit has published this Friday, April the 6th, a long statement bearing his signature, on Alyaoum24, a newspaper that belongs to Bouachrine. In order to assert the rights of his client, Mr Dixon wielded the threat of «seeking the support of the African Commission of Human Rights and other bodies at the African Union», as well the «Working Group on arbitrary detentions»
Une classe mixte a été inaugurée, récemment à l’école primaire Abdelouahed El Marrakchi de Salé, regroupant des élèves marocains et subsahariens installés dans le pays. Cette initiative a été décidée dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de la convention de partenariat, signée entre l’Académie régionale de Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, l’Association
Archbishop for 10 years in Tangier, Santiago Agrelo, who is known for criticizing the Spanish migration policy, compared the way Europe is dealing with the migration issue to that of the Nazi regime. In an interview with La Voz de Galicia, Santiago Agrelo, who has been campaigning for migrant rights for years, said that today's society is adopting «an attitude similar to that of the Germans at the time of the concentration camps». Although the Archbishop admitted that sometimes he
La chambre criminelle de première instance chargée des affaires de terrorisme près l'annexe de la cour d’appel de Salé a condamné, jeudi, le prévenu A. J. à 30 ans de prison ferme pour tentative d'agression avec préméditation contre des personnes, détention et fabrication d'explosifs. Le mis en cause, arrêté en novembre 2017 à Larache, a été poursuivi pour «conclusion d'un accord
Egypt and Palestine are added to the list of countries that have showed their support for Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup. The President of the Egyptian Football Federation and member of the FIFA Council Hany Abu Rida has announced that Egypt will back the Moroccan bid, reports Les Lions de L’Atlas. On Thursday, Palestine declared that it is firmly supporting Morocco in its fight to beat the North American joint bid for the organization of the international tournament,
MP Mustapha Laabid (LREM) announced that the France-Morocco friendship, a group he is heading, will organize at the beginning of May at the National Assembly an evening party to support Morocco’s bid to host the 2026 World Cup, reports Atlasinfo. The French Football Federation and the President of the National Assembly, François de Rugy, will participate in the event. «I am organizing in the National Assembly at the beginning of May an evening party to support the Moroccan
A Marrakech, des éléments de l’unité mobile de la police de secours ont arrêté, jeudi, un individu de 21 ans. Il a été pris en flagrant délit d’échange de messages sur un site terroriste, dans un cybercafé de la médina, indique un communiqué de la Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN). La police de secours a répondu à un
On the highway linking Agadir to Marrakech, a traffic accident occurred in the middle of the day in the rural district of Drarga (3 km away from Agadir). Mohamed Reda Taoujni, an eyewitness, told Yabiladi that a military vehicle that was driven on the wrong lane hit a car on Thursday. According to Taoujni, who posted photos of the accident on his Facebook page, said that «the military vehicle’s driver would probably have fallen asleep while driving which may have caused the
The Austrian government, formed by the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP, conservative) and the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ, nationalist), announced Wednesday the drafting of a new bill banning schoolgirls from wearing the Islamic veil, said EFE. «Our objective is to fight against the creation of 'parallel societies' in Austria, which includes wearing the (Islamic) veil in nurseries and primary schools,» said Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to Ö1 radio station.
Muslim community representatives in the municipality of Roquetas de Mar (Southern Spain) have expressed their «worries» after the dead body of a Moroccan woman was found on Saturday 31st of March. They demanded «the Spanish authorities to do everything they can» and «investigate the death», of the Moroccan national said online newspaper Ideal. «We want to know who killed her,» they said. The victim, aged 48 years old, was single and