Moroccan police prevented, Friday, Hirak female figure Nawal Benaissa from leaving the country as she was preparing to travel to the Netherlands to attend a social justice event, Spanish press agency EFE said. «When I arrived this morning in the Nador airport police station, I was told that my passport has been invalidated by the Interior Ministry and that I am not allowed to travel abroad», Nawal Benaissa told EFE. The activist, who was with one of her children, was expected to
Interviewed by Palestinian journalist Abdel Bari Atwan, the Mauritanian president said that «the West, the United States and Europe do not want a state separating Mauritania from Morocco». «Everything you hear, outside this framework, is wrong», he said, adopting a position that was voiced in 2008 by Peter van Walsum.
On Wednesday, UN Personal Envoy Horst Köhler briefed the Security Council, behind closed doors, about the situation in Western Sahara. The meeting was an opportunity for Köhler to address the talks that were held in Geneva in December 2018 and March 2019 and which brought representatives from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario together. The Security Council members «supported the efforts of Köhler». «Full support of UN Security Council for
The general Delegation for prison administration and reintegration (DGAPR) has decided to transfer the detainees involved in the Al Hoceima events to prisons in the northern part of Morocco. A statement by the DGAPR says that following the confirmation on appeal of the judgments against the detainees involved in the Al Hoceima events and in order to bring them closer to their families, the Delegation has decided to transfer these inmates to prisons located in the north of the Kingdom. Earlier
Police in Indonesia announced that it dismantled four human trafficking networks that sent 1,200 domestic workers to Syria, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Morocco. According to the Jakarta Post, which quotes the Indonesian press agency, criminal investigation director Brig. Gen. Herry Rudolf Nahak said, Tuesday, that two people were arrested for «reportedly trafficking people from West Nusa Tenggara and Jakarta to Morocco». The same source indicated that the suspects trafficked their
Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, received on Wednesday at the Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Bourita, who handed him a message from King Mohammed VI. During this meeting, Bourita conveyed to the Saudi king the greetings and consideration of King Mohammed VI. Similarly, King Salman instructed Bourita to convey his greetings and consideration to the King. The audience was attended by Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, minister of
As Spain is expected to host a general election on April the 28th, left-wing party Podemos promised to recognize «SADR». It is not the first time that the Spanish political party considers such decision.
While the Security Council is expected to hold a meeting on MINURSO, Wednesday, the Polisario Front sent a letter to the UN. On Tuesday, the Polisario’s representative Sidi Mohamed Ammar sent a letter to the presidency of the UN Security Council for this month. Quoted by pro-Polisario newspaper Futuro Sahara, the letter made mention of some remarks that were included in the Secretary-General’s draft report on Western Sahara. Sidi Mohamed Ammar referred to the «serious
From their prison cells in Casablanca’s Oukacha, Hirak detainees Nasser Zefzafi and Mohamed El Haki who had their sentences upheld by the Appeals court on Friday, sewed their lips, Monday, to protest against their situation behind the bars. This was confirmed by Hirak lawyer Mohamed Aghnaj, who was able to visit Nabil Ahamjik, Mohamed Jelloul, Karim Amghar, Salah Lechkham and Mahmoud Bouhnouch, other Hirak activists in the Oukacha prison. Mohamed Ahamjik, Nabil's brother who is
Foreign minister Nasser Bourita received, on Monday in Rabat, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, ambassador David Hale. During this visit, which is part of the strategic partnership between the two countries, Bourita and Hale discussed means to further reinforce the strategic dialogue, in addition to regional issues of shared interest, said a statement by the ministry of foreign affairs. In December, 2018, David Hale visited Morocco and Algeria with the objective of bringing
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