http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/504/ en_GB_uk Morocco http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164057/1/ 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85697 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162482/1/ Moroccan needs to act urgently on human rights, Amnesty chief Irene Khan said during a visit to Rabat. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80172 The decline in press freedom since Morocco's King Mohammed succeeded his father is criticised by a leading media freedom group. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79501 Morocco has introduced a tough law to punish fishermen who continue to use driftnets in its waters. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76669 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 http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71959 The European Parliament's fisheries committee has voted through an agreement with Morocco despite a legal opinion that it violates international law. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/71211 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/129486/1/ 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70747 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68853 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68466 African immigrants are dying near Spain's Moroccan enclaves. Their tragedy is Europe's responsibility, says Nicholas Mead on openDemocracy. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/119995/1/ 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. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68317 Immigrants crossing from Morocco to Spain are being attacked and abused by the authorities and gangs, a new report by Medecins sans frontieres reveals. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/100237/1/ 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-m