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“The following statement, published on 30 January 2020, explains the Moroccan judiciary’s threat to close the revolutionary socialist newspaper and website, al-Mounadil-a (‘the Militant’). As the al-Mounadil-a editorial board suggests below, such threats are parts of a wider attack by the state (...)
No to the repression of free voices and forms of expression that reject injustice and demand democracy.
Solidarity with all political prisoners and popular struggles.
The Moroccan state increasingly restricts freedoms and harasses activists of popular protests. It tries to silence all voices (...)
Helena Maleno, who aided rescue of migrants, accused of colluding with traffickers
A Moroccan court has abandoned proceedings against a Spanish human rights activist who had been investigated for supposedly colluding with people traffickers despite helping to save the lives of hundreds of (...)
Recent years have seen a hardening of the regime of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Increasingly protests in the country have been met with repression of dissidents, culminating in the arrest of more than 400 activist from the Northern Rif region. In this interview, Spanish journalist Ignacio (...)
Since Morocco invaded Western Sahara it has built a 1,700-mile desert barrier keeping Sahrawis out of the resource-rich west
Donald Trump was widely ridiculed earlier this week for suggesting that Spain emulate his $25bn dream for the US-Mexico border and “build a wall” across the Sahara desert. (...)
“RIF Hirak” prisoners in Morocco are facing undeserved sentences
Let’s expand the international solidarity until the drop of adjudications and their release.
The Appeal Court of Casablanca stated on Tuesday, 26 June 2018, heavy sentences against the leaders and activists of the popular and (...)
In December 2017, ATTAC Morocco, a member of the global network for the abolition of illegitimate debts (CADTM), organised a seminar in Agadir, Morocco with the participation of activists from Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, to discuss the devastation caused by free trade agreements in the (...)
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The death of Mohcine Fikri - a fish vendor crushed in a garbage truck on October, 28th, 2016 while trying to retrieve his confiscated merchandise in Al Hoceima - has paved the way for the rise of ‘Hirak’, a popular movement of the Rif that fights for social justice and the right to (...)
Neither defamation nor repression will slow down the grassroots protest movement in the Rif. Only the expansion and radicalization of the struggle will make it possible to achieve gains and move towards emancipation.
Seven months have passed since the start of the grassroots protest movement (...)
In Morocco, the experience of the 20 February Movement indicated that the left faces real dilemmas. Some of its currents refused to get involved in the Movement due to the presence of obscurantist forces, while other currents drew closer to the obscurantists themselves under the pretext of (...)
Delegates from around the world will meet in Marrakech as protesters vow to step up unrest triggered by a fisherman’s death.
Moroccan activists are planning to extend countrywide protests through the weekend so as to bring issues of marginalisation and inequality to international attention at a (...)
On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the well-known Moroccan historian and human rights activist Maâti Monjib and five of his colleagues were hauled into the High Court at Rabat to answer charges of “attacks on national security” and “receiving foreign funds.” They are facing up to five years in prison for their (...)
At a time when real power is concentrated in the hands of the monarchy, in alliance with those who impose neoliberal policies (the World Bank, the IMF, the European Union) elections will take place on October 7, 2016 to form a “parliament” . It is an occasion for corrupt bourgeois parties to (...)
Marrakech authorities prevent ATTAC/CADTM Morocco from the organization of its twelve (12) spring university
Neither prevention nor repression will stop our struggle against liberal policies Marrakech authorities proceeded today to the prevention of ATTAC Morocco to organize its spring (...)
Moroccans and expatriates have taken their fury against the blocking of voice over IP (VoIP) calls onto social media.
Moroccans and expatriates have taken their fury against the blocking of voice over IP (VoIP) calls to social networks, and have called for the boycott of the North African (...)
Thousands took to the streets in Morocco’s northern city of Tangier late on Saturday to protest over high prices for water and electricity, in the nation’s largest protest since pro-democracy marches in 2011 demanding political reforms.
Large-scale protests are rare in Morocco, where the king (...)
Why we boycott the World Human Rights Forum (WHRF) in Marrakech from 27th to 30th November 2014 ?
Morocco will host the second edition of the World Human Rights Forum (WHRF) in Marrakech from 27th to 30th November 3014. The holding of this event coincides with the policy of muzzling of civil (...)
Today, Thursday 22 May 2014, The Court of First Instance in Casablanca decided a cruel sentences (years in prison for five activists and 6 months to four others and two months suspended sentence and a fine of five thousand dirhams) against young activists detained because of their affiliation (...)
Unjust conviction of Amina Morad and Benacer Ismaïni, 2 activists of the Association for Defending Victims of microcredit in Ouarzazate (south of morocco) : 1 year in prison and a fine of 30000 MAD and 10000 MAD for Inmaa a microcredit organization as compensation. The convicted activists 10 (...)
CASABLANCA—In these perilous times in the Maghreb, it is easy to forget that more than 15 years ago, the brilliant Algerian novelist Rachid Mimouni sought refuge in neighboring Morocco. Threatened by Islamic fundamentalists in his own country, Mimouni saw Morocco as a bastion of creative and (...)
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