After winning an award in 2017, Moroccan director Tarik El Idrissi’s third Documentary «Khadija’s Journey» is going to be screened tonight in Madrid, at the Arab House. The screening comes to commemorate the World Refugee Day and will be followed by a colloquium held by Tarik El Idrissi and Ana Liria Franch, former representative of UNHCR in Spain. The documentary sheds light on Khadija Al Mourabit’s journey. She was born in Amsterdam and her parents are from the
The new Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, is breaking with Spain’s tradition by heading to Paris on his first state visit, he announced in an interview conducted by TVE. Indeed, Pedro Sanchez officially declared yesterday that he will not visit Morocco, as the tradition dictates. He announced that Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine El Othmani was the first foreign head of government he phoned after his inauguration. Since 1983, when Spain was headed by Felipe Conzalez
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.
On Sunday, 17th of June, a rally was held in the city of Huelva to support Moroccan strawberry pickers who have lodged complaints against their managers, denouncing alleged sexual and labor abuses. Called the «March of anger», the rally was initiated by the Andalusia Workers Syndicate (SAT), joined by several local feminist associations and trade unions. The gathering was welcomed by hundreds of people who came to denounce the abusive practices of farm owners in Huelva. In a
The Spanish Football Federation has decided to sack Julien Lopetegui the manager of La Roja, a few days before its first World Cup match, reports France Football. The decision was announced, Tuesday, in a press conference, where the president of the federation said that Lopetegui will join Real Madrid as a coach. Luis Rubiales, the president of the Spanish federation, said he was «informed five minutes before Real issued a press release. We cannot accept that». He explained that
A demonstration will be organized Monday, 11th of June, before the Minister of Labor, Migrations and Social Security in Madrid, to protest against the abuses Moroccan strawberry pickers are subjected to in Huelva’s fields. Several feminist associations and unions are urging Spaniards to join the demonstration. For the record, three arrests have been made in Spain after hundreds of complaints have been filed by women in the fields to denounce sexual and labor abuses. Nuestras hermanas
Suspected of sexually assaulting four of his Spanish workers, an individual who runs a strawberry farm in Aljaraque (Huelva) has been arrested, says ABCdesevilla Huelva Monday. The four women have filed a complaint against their manager on the 7th of June, says the same source. This arrest comes as a 47-year-old man was arrested on May the 25th for blackmailing Moroccan workers into having sex with their managers. The suspect was released later and is awaiting his trial, after an
One month ago, a Moroccan strawberry picker in Huelva lodged a complaint denouncing sexual abuse and breaking the silence of so many others. Now, more than a hundred complaints are being filed, revealing the ugly truth these workers live in. In a new account, a mother of two and a seven-month pregnant Moroccan woman shares her story with El Pais.
Keeping up with the situation of Moroccan strawberry pickers in Huelva, the Moroccan Ministry of Employment finally sheds light on one case alleging sexual abuse. The move, however, comes after the department denied on several occasions the existence of one.
It has been a few weeks that a scandal erupted in Southern Spain, revealing shocking accounts of Moroccan strawberry pickers allegedly abused by their bosses. Keeping up with the situation in Huelva since May, Yabiladi spoke to the Andalusia Workers Syndicate (SAT).