Al Hoceima Appeal Court sentenced on Monday, 18th of December, six Hirak detainees from two to four years in prison, Alyaoum reports on Tuesday. Mounir Benabdallah was sentenced to four years, Bilal Achemlal, Hakim Al Anabi and Bilal Waali, a to three years, Abdellah Al Hankouri to two and a half years in prison. Hicham Lamrabet received on the other hand received a one-year sentence. Today, the trial of Nasser Zefzafi, leading figure of the Hirak popular movement, is held at the Casablanca
Morocco is one of the countries that detained an unusual number of journalists in 2017, according to the recent annual report entitled «Worldwide Round-up of Journalists Killed, Detained, Held Hostage, or Missing in 2017» and issued by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international NGO that promotes and defends freedom of information and press. While China, Turkey and Vietnam have been mentioned for their poor results, the NGO also points out at Morocco's. «Hamid El
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment, is requested to audit the trip of Scott Pruitt, an American Republican politician who is currently serving as the fourteenth Administrator of the same agency, to Morocco which reportedly cost $40,000, reports Reuters on Monday. On Monday, Sen. Thomas R. Carper, the top Democrat on the Senate environment committee asked the American agency to investigate
Quatre personnes ont trouvé la mort lundi dans un glissement de terrain. Ces dernières effectuaient une opération de forage pour extraction du cuivre dans un sommet montagneux dans la région de Seksaoua, commune Ait Haddou Youssef relevant de la province de Chichaoua, apprend-on auprès des autorités locales de cette province. Les corps des victimes ont été retirés des décombres et une enquête a été
La Confédération africaine de football (CAF) a dévoilé, lundi, les listes finales des nominés au titre de la CAF Awards 2017. Les listes finales de la CAF Awards 2017 ont été annoncées lors d'une conférence de presse tenue dans la capitale ghanéenne Accra, en présence notamment du président de l'instance dirigeante du football africain, Ahmad Ahmad. Dans la catégorie du meilleur club africain de
Quatre personnes ont été tuées et six autre blessées dans un accident de la circulation survenu, lundi matin, sur une route régionale reliant les villes de Kasbat Tadla à Fquih Ben Saleh. L'accident est survenu au niveau de la commune de Smakt, suite à une collision entre un véhicule léger et un camion de transport de marchandises, entrainant la mort sur le champ des quatre personnes, indique-t-on de source policière. Les
A Norwegian observer was expelled Thursday (December 14th) after being arrested in Laayoune by the Moroccan police, who forced her to go to Agadir, the woman told the Spanish news agency EFE. Tone Moe was accredited as an observer at Gdim Izik's trial. She had gone to Laayoune last Wednesday to meet with the families of the convicts and visit the detainees in the detention center. According to her, this visit was made in the name of the «Fundación Sáhara Occidental»,
The King of Spain Felipe VI and his wife, the queen of Spain Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, are expected to visit Morocco on the 9th of January. Invited by King Mohammed VI, the royal couple will spend three days in the kingdom, Spanish daily ABC reports. The visit has not been officially announced yet, but according to the same source, Mohamed VI and Felipe IV will participate in a high-level conference, bringing together two hundred Spanish and Moroccan businessmen. Indeed, the two countries
Several human rights groups and organizations have signed a joint document supporting the Spanish journalist and activist, Helena Maleno Garzón. The Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH), the Africa-Europe Interact network as well as several other associations, foundations and companies signed the document. The Spanish police accused Helena Maleno of being involved in facilitating illegal immigration, believing that she is helping migrants enter the Spanish
The Spanish police arrested a man on Monday morning in the Madrilenian town of Majadahonda, for allegedly being part of the terrorist group «Islamic State», said the Spanish Interior Ministry, quoted by Antena 3. The alleged terrorist is a 19-year-old Moroccan national who was granted the Spanish citizenship. He had gradually become radicalized since he was 16 years old. According to the ministry, the young man «had a very advanced stage of indoctrination that he showed
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