International NGO Amnesty International reacted, Tuesday, to the suspended sentence handed down to Moroccan journalist Omar Radi. «He should never have been put on trial in the first place or sentenced for expressing peaceful views on social media», Heba Morayef, MENA Regional Director at Amnesty International, said responding to the court’s decision. «Omar Radi is an outspoken critic of Morocco’s crackdown on human rights defenders, who has shone a spotlight on
In Morocco, blood donations centers have adopted a range of preventive measures to secure donations amid the coronavirus emergency. The new measures are implemented to encourage more blood donors.
While waiting to see their Italian compatriots repatriated from Morocco, Moroccan-Italians have announced that they are offering stays in their apartments in the kingdom for the stranded tourists. «My name is Nabil, I am Moroccan and I have lived in Bologna for 20 years. I offer my apartment in Morocco, in Fez, to all Italians who may have housing problems. We hope everything is going well», he told Le Iene. This proposal «is only one of the many offers made by the Moroccan
The production of John Michael McDonagh's new film The Forgiven was halted this week following disruptions to air travel in Morocco because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to Screen Daily, the producers had to charter planes to fly the cast and crew back to the UK. «We will have to reset when the travel ban is lifted. It looks like our insurance is covered for us to go back and reshoot», Phil Hunt, the managing director of financier/producer Head Gear Films, told the
Renault Group Morocco has decided to temporarily suspend its industrial activities in Morocco, starting from Thursday, March 19, in both Tangier and Casablanca, the company said in a press release. The decision, taken to avoid the spread of the novel coronavirus, will affect 11,000 employees from the firm’s two industrial sites in Morocco. «Some positions, whose physical presence is not essential to the well-functioning of the business, will make use of remote working»,
Five new coronavirus cases were recorded, Wednesday, by the health authorities in Morocco, bringing the total Covid-19 infections in the country to 49. The five patients, who tested positive for the virus, have all been abroad. Two of them are French nationals in Agadir, two others are Moroccans in Casablanca who have been in Spain and one is a Moroccan in Meknes who returned from Egypt, the Health Ministry said in a press release issued this morning. For the record, Morocco has recorded
In a video that went viral, a Moroccan woman, who is quarantined in a unit for suspected coronavirus cases, criticized the state of the facility. The clip shared on social media led to the launching of an inquiry that had the head of the hospital dismissed for misconduct.
Six new confirmed coronavirus cases were recorded, Tuesday, by the health authorities, bringing the number of Covid-19 cases in Morocco to 44. In a press release, the Health Ministry announced that the six new coronavirus cases are located as follows : two in Tangier, one in Oujda, one in Rabat, one in Settat and the last one in Guelmim. The six patients are currently being treated based on the health measures implemented by the sanitary authorities. For the record, Morocco recorded its
Moroccan journalist Omar Radi was given, Tuesday, a four-month suspended sentence and a 500 dirham fine by a Casablanca court for insulting a judge on Twitter. The 33-year-old journalist was tried for a tweet in which he criticized a judge for handing «heavy» sentences to Hirak activists, including the movement’s figurehead Nasser Zefzafi. Summoned by the police in December, the journalist spent five days in jail before being granted provisional release, pending his
Coronavirus travel bans implemented by several countries, including Morocco, have left several Dutch-Moroccans stranded and unable to join their loved ones. While Rachid struggled to reunite with his family in Morocco after transiting through several countries, Dounia is still waiting for a flight to get home.