A teenager was handed over a one-year-sentence Tuesday, 2nd of October, by Al Hoceima’s court of first instance for participating to Hirak protests in the city, reports Le Desk on Friday quoting Spanish news agency EFE. The 15-year-old accused, Bilal M. will stay in a juvenile detention center in Nador until June the 30th, added the same source, relaying his lawyer Abdelmayid Azeriyah. According to the same source, Bilal was arrested after protesting against the heavy sentences that
Working in the agricultural fields located in southern France, five Moroccan workers were heard Thursday by a labor court in Arles. These workers, two men and three women, say they were modern-day slaves. According to AFP, these Moroccan nationals claim that they had to work overtime between 2012 and 2017. Quoted by AFP, one of these workers said she worked for 260 hours while her work contract was «expired». She says that she used to work «seven days a week for 12 hours a
A 47-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday, October the 3rd in a bar called L’Assassin in Paris, after an arrest warrant was issued against him for being allegedly involved in a fraud case, reports RTL radio. The same source indicates that the suspect managed to get employed by a Moroccan administration and was even heading the tax administration in Rabat. The suspect took advantage of his position and closeness to the royal entourage, he succeeded in accessing information on
La Chambre marocaine des salles de cinéma ambitionne, à travers le projet baptisé «Cinemadrasa Maroc», de s’ouvrir sur les établissements scolaires dans le but de promouvoir l'esprit de créativité et la culture de l'image auprès des élèves. Ce projet éducatif, ayant nécessité une enveloppe budgétaire de 2 200 000 dirhams, sera mis en œuvre au cours de l'année scolaire au
Le Conseil du gouvernement, réuni jeudi, a adopté le projet de décret-loi n° 2.18.781 portant création de la Caisse marocaine de l'assurance maladie, a indiqué le ministre délégué chargé des Relations avec le parlement et la société civile, porte-parole du gouvernement, Mustapha El Khalfi. Présenté par le ministre du Travail et de l'insertion professionnelle, Mohamed Yatim, ce projet intervient en
The Moroccan Coalition Against the Death Penalty is planning to commemorate the World Day Against Death Penalty by organizing a sit-in Tuesday in front of the Parliament in Rabat. The NGO will host a press Conference on October the 9th in the capital with the objective of «having Morocco to vote for the UN resolution on creating a universal moratorium on the prohibition of the capital punishment». Through these actions, the Coalition wants the kingdom to vote in favor of the UN
Italian driver Fabio Barone has set a record in Morocco, driving his Ferrari 45 in the 8-kilometer long Dades Valley track in only 4 minutes and 42 seconds, reports Gazzete del Sud on Thursday. With this incredible timing, Barone won the Speed World Record, setting his third Guinness World Record. His two other victories were recorded in Transfagarasan,a road in Romania and in China’s Tianmen Mountain Road, one of the most dangerous tracks in the world. The same source indicates that
The four Moroccan loggers who were exploited for one year by their Turkish employer have just received their residence permit. According to La Nouvelle République, they have been granted the document on September the 14th at Aigurande, a commune in the Indre department in central France. For the record, For the record, the four Moroccan lumberjacks are originally from Ouaoumana, not far from Khénifra. Two of them arrived in France in June 2017, the others joined them in February
Morocco has accepted to attend talks on the Sahara question to be held on the 4th and 5th of December in Geneva, said the Security Council’s Secretary General Antonio Guterres quoted by AFP. The Kingdom’s answer comes as the Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Horst Köhler invited Rabat to «preliminary discussions» last week. Guterres said he was confident that Algeria and Mauritania, the two other parts invited by Köhler, would respond positively
Morocco must comply with its new domestic workers law that entered into force on October the 2nd, said Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday. The international NGO believes that the Moroccan authorities should «ensure that there are robust labor inspections, provide domestic workers with improved access to dispute-resolution system and raise awareness about the new law». The new law was approved by the Moroccan parliament in July 2016 but its implementation was delayed. It is
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