Full Coverage: Morocco

18.11.2009 Aminatou Haidar, winner of two US human rights awards, is on hunger strike in support of her demand that the Spanish and Moroccan authorities allow her back to Western Sahara.

31.08.2009 Although driftnets have been banned in the Mediterranean since 2003 a large fleet continues to operate business as usual in Morocco, targeting swordfish for the European market.

20.03.2009 Moroccan needs to act urgently on human rights, Amnesty chief Irene Khan said during a visit to Rabat.

06.09.2007 The decline in press freedom since Morocco's King Mohammed succeeded his father is criticised by a leading media freedom group.

24.07.2007 Morocco has introduced a tough law to punish fishermen who continue to use driftnets in its waters.

19.01.2007 The enforced resignation of the managing editor of a Casablanca-based weekly "confirms a significant decline in the level of press freedom in Morocco", according to a leading international journalists' protection group.
+ Prominent Moroccan publisher resigns in bid to save weekly

04.05.2006 The European Parliament's fisheries committee has voted through an agreement with Morocco despite a legal opinion that it violates international law.

29.03.2006 Campaigners claim that a leaked legal opinion from the European Parliament reinforces the need to amend a fisheries agreement with Morocoo to prevent the EU from violating international law.

20.03.2006 Some 4,2 million Moroccans, which constitute 14.2% of the population, were poor in 2004, said the report on “Poverty, Human Development and Social Development in Morocco”, submitted this week by the High Commissioner for Planning, Ahmed Lahlimi.

03.03.2006 The Polisario Front, which has been fighting for three decades for an independent state in Western Sahaha, has begun destroying its stockpile of anti-personnel mines.

02.11.2005 A group of asylum-seekers from Africa and Asia have begun a hunger strike at a detention camp in southwestern Morocco in an attempt to gain refugee status from the UN.

11.10.2005 African immigrants are dying near Spain's Moroccan enclaves. Their tragedy is Europe's responsibility, says Nicholas Mead on openDemocracy.

06.10.2005 MADRID, Oct 5 (IPS) - Spain's announcement that it plans to build a third fence to separate its enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla from Morocco, using the most advanced technology aimed at keeping out undocumented immigrants, has drawn loud criticism while giving rise to many questions.

03.10.2005 Immigrants crossing from Morocco to Spain are being attacked and abused by the authorities and gangs, a new report by Medecins sans frontieres reveals.

22.12.2004 From Dec. 11-14, Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) in cooperation with its partner in Morocco, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc (ADFM), convened the Maghreb Regional Learning Institute to train women's rights activists to become better trainers and advocates for women's equal participation in civil society. Institute participants included 26 activists from Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia. They discussed how to communicate effectively to influence decision-makers and mobilize the public, and how to translate organizational visions into compelling messages that resonate with various groups and constituencies. Participants plan to work together to build regional cooperation as well as strengthen national advocacy networks to advance women's rights.

06.12.2004 A Unesco-supported three-day conference in Marrakech has concluded that freedom of expression and press freedom are vital to creating a knowledge society under the WSIS framework. The conference was attended by more than 270 representatives of international and regional media groups, NGOs and academic institutions.

20.09.2004

Mujer marroquí / Moroccan woman © International Planned Parenthood Federation

In collaboration with 31 local women’s groups, the U.S.-based organization Global Rights has produced a 420-page human rights awareness manual in Arabic for Moroccan women.

26.07.2004

Bandiera della Lega Araba

Anti-American sentiment - based primarily on U.S. policies, rather than on its values - has risen to new heights in the Arab world, according to two new surveys conducted in May in six countries, all of whose governments have been closely allied with Washington for the past several decades.

05.05.2004 Child labour has its roots all over the world, its explanation equally universal. This 1999 report showed that over 5% of the children in Morocco are pushed to work for reasons such as poverty, large families, inadequate education, and globalization which creates demand for inexpensive labour in industries such as textiles and leather.

27.04.2004 Le Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU, réuni ce matin en consultations à huis clos sur la situation au Sahara occidental, est saisi du dernier rapport du Secrétaire général, Kofi Anan, sur la question dans lequel celui-ci lui fait part de la réponse du Maroc, qui est disposé à accepter l'une des options prévues par le Plan de paix, soit l'autonomie, mais opposé à l'indépendance du territoire.