Morocco
Suspect Arrested in Morocco for Assaulting Teachers During Protest
The Rabat police headquarters has just announced the arrest of a man who appeared in video sequences and photos, assaulting teachers during a rally last Wednesday.
Topic
Demonstration
France
Protesters Rally in Paris Against Controversial 'Anti-Separatism' Law
At the call of several organizations and civil society, a rally was organized this Sunday on the Place de la République in Paris, to "alert national and international public opinion against the "separatism" law and the Islamophobic practices it will reinforce.
Morocco
Agadir Commemorates 61 Years Since Devastating 1960 Earthquake
The city of Agadir proceeded, on Saturday, February 27, to the launch of the commemorative activities of the painful 1960 earthquake, which ravaged the metropolis of Souss in 15 seconds. The theme of this 61st anniversary is "reconstruction: identity, urbanism and progress".
Belgium
Religious Leaders Rally in Brussels for Looser COVID Restrictions on Worship
The surroundings of the Brussels Central Station recorded on Sunday an unusual demonstration that mobilized representatives of the Jewish, Islamic and Christian faiths. They are asking the authorities to ease the measures affecting places of worship, which remain, despite the health crisis situation, a real obstacle to freedom of worship.
Morocco
Moroccan Border Town Protests Continue as Fnideq Residents Demand Ceuta Crossing Reopened
After the demonstrations on Fridays, February 5 and 12, the residents of Fnideq took to the streets again this Friday, February 19, to demand the reopening of the border with Ceuta, closed for almost a year.
Morocco
Fnideq Protesters Released: Court Issues Suspended Sentences Amid Border Closure Tensions
The four young people arrested as part of the February 5 demonstrations in Fnideq were sentenced to six months in prison with a suspended sentence. On the prosecutor’s orders, they were released on Tuesday, February 16.
Morocco
Moroccan Activists Plan Protest March to Mark 10 Years of February 20 Movement
A march could take place on Saturday in Rabat, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the February 20 Movement . Several calls have been launched on social networks by activist organizations.
Morocco
Moroccan Activists Launch Campaign to Ban Controversial Virginity Tests
A few days after the launch of the "STOP 490" campaign for the decriminalization of consensual and extramarital sexual relations, Moroccan civil society is engaged in another battle. The Alternative Movement for Individual Freedoms (M.A.L.I) has launched an online campaign aimed at ending the practice of virginity tests and the issuance of virginity certificates in Morocco.
Morocco
Moroccan City Protests Border Closure with Spain for Second Week
After the demonstrations on Friday, February 5, the inhabitants of Fnideq demonstrated again on Friday, February 12, to protest against the closure of the borders with Ceuta and the deterioration of their living conditions.
Morocco
Royal Air Maroc Subsidiary Layoffs Spark Protest in Casablanca
Dozens of flight attendants and stewards, laid off from Atlas Multiservices (AMS), a subsidiary of Royal Air Maroc, demonstrated on Wednesday in Casablanca in front of the company’s headquarters to protest against their dismissal.
Morocco
Moroccan Border Town Unrest: Four Arrested as Protests Spread to Tetouan
After the demonstrations that broke out on Friday evening in Fnideq and also in Tetouan, the Attorney General’s Office of Tetouan initiated legal proceedings on Monday against four defendants. The government, for its part, must seek lasting solutions to this rising revolt that risks igniting other regions of the kingdom.
Morocco
Protesters in Canary Islands Decry Migrant Detention and Border Policies
The Canarias Libre platform of the migrant detention center in the Canary Islands invited around a hundred people to the Plaza Candelaria in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to demonstrate against "the policies that have made the Mediterranean and the Atlantic the biggest graveyard in the world".