March 2011
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Flight of the Minister of falsehood (justice) in...
Morocco, March 31 2011.
The slogan : “he did nothing, he did nothing, falsehood, go away”
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Morocco sees 5 pct 2011 growth despite wider...
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco is still on target to grow five percent this year despite an expected impact on tourism and foreign investment from unrest in North Africa, the economic affairs minister said in an interview on Wednesday.
“Of course the changes that are happening here in the region will have an impact in some areas,” said Nizar Baraka. “The first impact is in...
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CNN: Moroccan government appeals to teachers to...
(CNN) — Thousands of disgruntled teachers are expected to descend on Rabat, Morocco’s capital, on Wednesday to protest the outcome of an earlier demonstration — in which they claim 65 colleagues were seriously injured in a battle with police.
The teachers union of Morocco claims that one injured protester died on Monday after “arriving in hospital on Saturday in...
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Professor martyr, RIP.
Following the violent and brutal intervention of the Moroccan police forces on March 26, the professor beaten (see video) by the police forces died last night of his injuries.
Teachers (+unions) will stage a two-day nationwide strike starting on Tuesday after the two recent demonstrations for better benefits ended in violence.
Source: alnabd.com
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Moroccan teachers to strike after violent protests
RABAT (Reuters) - Teachers in Morocco will stage a two-day nationwide strike starting on Tuesday after two recent demonstrations for better benefits ended in violence, union officials said on Monday.
Moroccan police had on Thursday and Saturday clashed with teachers demonstrating in the capital Rabat. Organisers said 170 people were injured in Saturday’s clashes.
“Unions will...
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Rest In Peace Houcine Souiyeh
Houcine Souiyeh, the 36 year old guy who set himself on fire on February 21, 2011 at Tan-Tan passed away this Sunday, March 27, 2011 in Casablanca Averroes hospital. ”Sunday, March 27, 2011, at seven o’clock in the morning, Houcine died of his burns after he set himself on fire, “ informs a communiqué of Codesa (Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights). To recap, after a clash with...
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Morocco: Today's Protest
The Feb20 movement demonstrations in Morocco, March 27, 2011
(Update March 28, 2011)
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Police repression against professors in Morocco on...
The strengths of repression of all the colors wildly intervened, on March 26th, 2011, and carried out another act of aggression against doctors and graduates of the Moroccan education, in sit-in in front of the Ministry of Education.
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New demonstrations planned on March 27 in Morocco
New demonstrations are planned in Morocco on Sunday March and Monday in following cities:
Casablanca
Fès
Tanger
Mohamedia
Berrechid
Larache
Al Hoceima
Imzouren
Ben Bouayach
Sidi Slimane
Chefchaoun
Marrakech
Paris
Visit Mamfakinch website for more info regarding place and time.
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Morocco teachers say beaten by police during rally
RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan police clashed with teachers demonstrating for better benefits on Thursday, seriously injuring several people in the capital Rabat, participants said.
Various groups have stepped up protests in recent weeks, emboldened by successful uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Tens of thousands gathered in cities across the kingdom on Sunday in one of the largest...
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Safae Assam, Zahra Boudkour, same fight?
Safae Assam, a 24 year old law student, is a “comrade”, commited to the UNEM and Communist activist. She was arrested Wednesday, March 16, 2010 in Marrakech.
Ironically, the portrait of her circulating on the Internet in solidarity is a photograph taken Saturday, May 15, 2010, hours after the release of her friend Zahra Boudkour coming out of two years imprisonment. Zahra, a young...
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Video: Secundary school students protests in...
Students of secundary schools in Morocco are protesting today in solidarity of the Feb20 youth movement.
Video list in progress (regulary update)
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Secundary and High schools protesting today in...
A list of secundary schools who are participating so far in the protests today in Morocco:
Khouribga: Yousef Bin Tashafeen Secondary school
Chefchaouen: Prince Moulay Rachid Secondary school + Mr. Issa E West Wed Secondary school
Inezgane: Abdullah ibn Yasin Secondary school + Tariq bin Ziad High School + Hapiness Secondary school @ Ait Melloul
Tangier: Moulay Youssef technical school +...
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New demos planned in Casablanca
Here are the main decisions taken in a meeting on March 22 by the February 20 movement (Casablanca): 1) Sit-in in front of the 2M seat in Ain Sebaa, Friday, March 25 at 10:30 am 2) Artistic demonstrations at place Nevada, Sunday, March 27 at 14:00 3) Sit-in in front of the City Hall, Tuesday, March 29 … 4) Million march, Sunday, April 3, 2011
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In pictures: Protests in Morocco
Morocco: March 20, 2011
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AFP: Moroccan media praise calm demos
RABAT (AFP) — Moroccan media hailed Monday peaceful pro-reform demonstrations by tens of thousands of people at the weekend, some saying it was a sign of a new political awareness in the kingdom.
Independent media said tens of thousands of people marched in major centres Sunday in the largest turnout since February 20, when Morocco held its first nationwide demonstrations as part of a...
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Women on front lines in pro-reform protests
Moroccan women made a strong showing in all of the protests that took place yesterday in many of the country’s cities calling for political, social and economic reforms. Less than a month after International Women’s Day, Moroccan women, reports Al Jazeera’s website, are insisting in actively taking part in the protests that began on February 25. Many of the women that are...
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Thousands protest in Morocco
Thousands took to the streets in cities across Morocco on Sunday demanding better civil rights and an end to corruption in the moderate North African country where the king this month promised constitutional reform.
“Morocco should start drawing some serious lessons from what’s happening around it,” said Bouchta Moussaif, who was among at least two thousand people marching...
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Protests in Morocco, from north to south ...
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Protests in 37 places and 3 continents on March 20
The march will start this sunday, March 20 2011 at:
Casablanca: place de la victoire at Derb Omar
Rabat: place Bab Alhad , then via place Mohamed 5
Tanger: Beni Mkada (in front of ‘cinéma Tarek’) at 10h30.
Agadir: place Inzgane, in front of the Souk Tlat market
Fès: place Florence at 10h
Kenitra: place Bir Anzaran at 14h
Meknes: place Hdim and place de la liberté Hamria
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Demonstrations in Agadir , March 16
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Amnesty calls for calm in Morocco
LONDON, March 18 (UPI) — Moroccan authorities are called on to respect the right to peaceful demonstrations ahead of planned weekend protests, Amnesty International said Friday.
Amnesty International said it had evidence to suggest at least 120 people were briefly detained last week after security forces beat protesters during a sit-in at the main square. Riot police prevented other...
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Call to protest on march 20
mamfakinch:
appel_au_20_mars VIDEO.avi Watch on Posterous
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The February 20 youth Movement offers flowers to...
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Single unwed mothers face struggle in Morocco
* Most unwed mothers treated like outcasts
* 2004 family law won Morocco international praise
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian for Reuters
CASABLANCA, March 16 (Reuters) - Moroccan single mother Amina has a nine month old daughter but her father and brothers are unaware of the baby’s existence and her mother and sisters insist she should give the child up.
As an unwed mother in the...
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In Pictures: Khouribga
mamfakinch:
See the full gallery on Posterous Photos: Salim Louahi
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Reuters: Riot in Morocco's "phosphates city" over...
RABAT, March 15 (Reuters) - Jobless protesters rioted at the offices of state-run phosphate monopoly OCP in the central city of Khouribga, injuring about ten members of Morocco’s security forces, the official MAP news agency said on Tuesday.
The unemployed men invaded OCP’s administrative offices and damaged the building’s facade with stones, destroyed 11 vehicles and company...
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Breaking News: Ongoing clashes in Khouribga
From The 20 february Movement:
Khouribga. After a month of demonstrations, sons of retired people from the Office Shereefian were attacked early this morning (5am).
According to AMDH, hundreds of injured are recorded, 7 cars burned in the district’s byout, and the OCP building is on fire.
The clashes continues at this moment, and we talk about 3 dead.
Information unconfirmed , AMDH is...
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In Pictures: The brutality of Moroccan riot police...
Casablanca, March 13, 2011
Source: AFP, Reuters, Au Faits Maroc, Ibn Kafka, …
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Herald Sun: Pregnant woman, girls beaten at...
DOZENS of protesters were injured, some seriously, Sunday during a clash with security forces who tried to storm the headquarters of a left-wing party in Casablanca, witnesses and reporters said.
The protesters had sought refuge in the offices of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU) after the security forces broke up a peaceful demonstration calling for political reforms.
A violent...
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Moroccan police break up rally, hurt...
RABAT (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in Morocco’s biggest city, Casablanca, on Sunday when riot police used truncheons to break up a rally by several hundred demonstrators demanding reforms, witnesses said.
“This was a peaceful rally, we don’t know what made the police attack a peaceful protest,” Ghizlaine Benameur, an opposition activist who took part in...
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Morocco grants Berbers greater rights, as Libyan...
Submitted by World Wide 4 Report on Wed, 03/09/2011 - 21:52.
In an obvious move to head off the emergence of a powerful protest movement, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI on March 9 announced a constitutional reform that gives more power to parliament and regional governments, strengthens human rights guarantees, and officially recognizes the importance of Amazigh (Berber) culture for the...
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AFP: Morocco king vows sweeping reforms
RABAT (AFP) — Morocco’s King Mohammed VI promised sweeping constitutional reforms, including real powers for a popularly elected prime minister instead of a royal appointee, as well as a free judiciary.
In his first speech after uprisings across the Arab world and less than a month after protests erupted in Morocco for more social justice and limits on royal powers, the king Wednesday...
