Human Rights Watch denounces the non-payment of 50 Moroccan companies that renovated a Saudi prince’s palace in Tangier. This default, estimated at $5 million, threatens to bankrupt the subcontractors and leaves hundreds of workers without pay.
A week before the kick-off of the Africa Cup of Nations, the NGO Human Rights Watch is coming to play the party pooper. In an op-ed published in the newspaper Le Monde , it points the finger at the human cost of the event and the fierce repression that is falling on dissident voices, calling on the sports authorities to take their responsibilities.
Morocco is one of the countries in the Middle East and North Africa region that is working to end restrictions on women’s mobility, but some discriminatory practices against women are still deeply rooted. This is the finding of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
The human rights activist, Rida Benotmane , has seen his prison sentence reduced from three years to one and a half years by the Moroccan justice system. He had been convicted for publishing on Facebook comments calling for protests against the "extremism" of the police in Morocco. He has decided to appeal.
Six associations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW), representing victims of police violence and discrimination, have decided to attack the French state on racial profiling. They have just seized the Council of State.
Moroccan historian and human rights defender Maati Monjib was sentenced to one year in prison for "fraud" and "undermining state security". His support committee, which denounces an "unjust and vengeful verdict", demands his immediate release.
Six non-governmental organizations are determined to compel the French state to abolish identity checks based on appearance. They announced on Wednesday the launch of a joint action against the state.
The latest report on human rights in the world published by Human Rights Watch (HRW) states that there has been a flagrant violation of these rights in France. According to HRW, under the pretext of fighting terrorism, in the aftermath of the assassination of Samuel Paty in October 2020, the government has allowed itself to engage in serious excesses.
The government is outraged by the allegations of "Human Rights Watch" (HRW). It is a communiqué entitled "Morocco: A Critical Journalist Prosecuted for Espionage", dated September 21, 2020, in which the international institution discredits the independence of the judicial system.
Faced with the "precarious" situation of LGBTQ people in Morocco, Human Rights Watch has issued an urgent call to the country’s authorities. The organization is demanding more justice for homosexuals.
The National Consultative Commission on Human Rights has reported in a report on the strong discrimination suffered by Black people in France . It describes this discrimination as crude and violent and denounces "identity checks".
Human rights NGOs have praised the approach adopted by Morocco to effectively fight the coronavirus that is hitting several countries hard.