On the run for 16 years, a Moroccan- American national has finally been arrested by the American authorities. The man convicted of defrauding small businesses in the US was hiding in Morocco.
Amnesty International issued a report focusing on the state of human rights in 159 countries, including Morocco. Responding to the survey the Moroccan authorities denied the objectivity of the NGO's applied methodology.
In its 2018 World Report, published today, Human Rights Watch sheds light on the repression of the Hirak Rif movement. Meanwhile, the NGO was positive about Morocco’s migration policy.
Driven by the social protests in the Rif, many Moroccans have chosen to cross the Mideterranean towards Spain.