A Moroccan national detained at the Barcelona Immigration Detention Center (CIE) has been on a hunger strike for five days to contest his deportation. Omar Touanina, a former soldier, claims that his life would be in danger in Morocco due to his past operations against drug trafficking networks.
Nasser Zefzafi sets a 72-hour ultimatum to the prosecution before starting a hunger and thirst strike. The detainee demands the immediate arrest of the authors of a video threatening him with death, an official complaint that has remained unanswered, now putting his safety at risk.
Fatima Karim, the Moroccan activist who was sentenced to two years in prison for "attack on the Islamic religion," has started a hunger strike to protest her "severe judgment."
The Franco-Moroccan journalist and historian Maâti Monjib is starting a new hunger strike. Through this act, the human rights activist intends to protest against his inability to leave Morocco for the past two years.
Ahmed, a Moroccan threatened with expulsion, and Florence, a French woman with whom he married in January 2020, have finally found their smile again after a hunger strike started on September 20 to obtain an appointment with the Préfecture du Doubs.
After multiple refusals of his request for regularization, Ahmed, a Moroccan threatened with expulsion, found himself hospitalized at the Besançon University Hospital on Thursday, September 30, after a fainting spell. At the origin, a hunger strike that he and his wife have been observing for a few days, in order to obtain an appointment with the Préfecture of Doubs. Since January, he has been under an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) for having entered France without a visa.
After 122 days, Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni has ended the hunger strike he had started to denounce his trial, which he describes as political and arbitrary. The journalist was sentenced to five years in prison last July for "sexual assault" following a complaint filed by an LGBT activist. Facts that he disputes, assuring that he is being prosecuted "because of his opinions".
In Belgium, the striking undocumented migrants have decided to stop their movement and suspend the hunger strike for the moment. To negotiate residence permits, the support committee has highlighted the years spent in the country.
The verdict in the case of Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni has been handed down. The editor-in-chief of the daily Akhbar Al Yaoum was sentenced to five years in prison with a fine of 100,000 dirhams (about 9,500 euros) for "sexual assault" on an LGBT activist. His support committee and Reporters Without Borders are demanding his release pending a "fair" appeal trial.
About 250 undocumented migrants, including Moroccans, have been on a hunger strike since May 23 to protest against their living and working conditions. Housed in a church in the center of Brussels, they want the Brussels authorities to regularize their situation .
In support of journalist Soulaiman Raissouni, the France Committee in support of Maâti Monjib is launching an international hunger strike campaign on Wednesday, May 26, 2021. To this end, it is inviting democratic men and women to observe a symbolic 24-hour hunger strike tomorrow.
Journalist Souleiman Raissouni is doing well. This is what the management of the local Ain Sebaâ prison claims, reacting to the many statements from his family about the deterioration of his health.