Human Rights Watch published an article on Sahrawi activists who were held captive by Moroccan authorities since October 8th, 2009. The NGO is asking for an immediate…
Monthly Archives: August, 2011
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Morocco in the News – August 2, 2011
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Thousands call for reforms in Morocco
About 4,000 people protested in the country’s biggest city Casablanca and about 5,000 in the northern city of Tangier on Sunday, local government officials said, Reuters…
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Morocco in the News – July 29/30/31, 2011
On July 29th 2011, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI pardoned 14 prisoners and commuted the sentences of 954 others, on the eve of his coronation’s 12th anniversary. On…
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Thousands of fish mysteriously die in Moroccan river
[youtube=http://youtu.be/vhIjtaTgrjA] Since mid-June, thousands of dead fish have been rotting along the banks of the Moulouya River, in north-east Morocco. While tests are being carried out…
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Thousands protest on Morocco king’s allegiance day
(Reuters) – Thousands of Moroccans marched on Sunday to press the Arab world’s longest-ruling dynasty to relinquish more of its sweeping powers and stamp out corruption.…