For the president of strawberry producer FreshHuelva, reports on alleged sexual abuses in the fields are part of well-plotted campaign launched to affect the sector.
In order to make King Mohammed VI attend the 31st African Union summit, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is relying on a strategy used by Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The latter gave promising results at the Arab League summit in March 2005.
In May, several Moroccan women broke their silence, speaking out against alleged sexual and labor abuses in Huelva’ strawberry fields. Yabiladi was able to contact one of the Moroccan farm workers who were able to flee a farm in Southern Spain and lodge a complaint against her alleged aggressor.
Portugal defeats the Atlas Lions (1-0) in their World Cup's second game. Morocco lost last week to Iran (1-0).
In a meeting held by the Commission for Social Sectors in the House of Representatives Mohamed Yatim spoke about the Huelva Gate. Before promising to better the working conditions of Moroccan strawberry pickers in Spain, he downplayed complaints filed against farm-owners.
On Wednesday, 20th of June, the Atlas Lions will face Portugal in Moscow. 32 years ago, the two teams met in Mexico' second World Cup where Portugal was defeated by Morocco in its first second round qualification.
After three rounds of negotiations have been held in Rabat, Moroccan and European officials are expected to meet again in Brussels in the coming days, in order to conclude a new fisheries agreement.
For Spanish trade unionists, the Moroccan and Spanish authorities must review contracts concluded to send strawberry pickers to Huelva. At the heart of the Huelva Gate, Moroccan women’s rights associations share the same stance.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) published Thursday the account of a Sahrawi grandmother, living in the Tindouf camps. The initiative is an opportunity to shed light on Sahrawi refugees’ daily challenged and aspirations.
Lawyer Gilles Devers has lodged an appeal to the Court of Justice of the European Union on behalf of the Polisario Front. The decision comes to put an end to the ongoing negotiations, held to renew the fisheries agreement conducted between Morocco and the EU.