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Morocco/W. Sahara: No Action on Police Beating of Rights Worker

The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights Watch research assistant is a case study of impunity for police violence. The failure of...

Spin Cycle: Morocco’s Forgotten Reform Movement

Commentators are quick to cite a “Moroccan exception” to the uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, noting the absence of upheaval. But Morocco is certainly not an exception when it comes to...

Jailed Morocco Islamists on hunger strike: campaigners

Islamists who say they are being unfairly held in Moroccan prisons are staging hunger strikes to put more pressure on the new government to release them, according to campaigners who are in contact...

Morocco: Prison for Rapper Who Criticized Police

Muzzling a Musician, Country Hosting Music Festivals Strikes Sour Note The sentencing of a rapper on May 11, 2012 to one year in prison for “insulting the police” shows the gap between the strong...

Teen Girl Forced to Marry Her Rapist in Morocco

In Tangier, Morocco, Safae, a 14-year old girl just gave birth to a baby girl. Births are normally events to celebrate, but not this time. Her baby is the product of a rape. Her story begins in...

Rabat Salafists assault woman over dress

An Islamist attack on a young woman in the Moroccan capital is raising concerns about civil liberties. Witnesses told Magharebia the girl was stoned and beaten because she was wearing clothes that...

Thousands remain in secret Libya militia prisons: UN

About 4,000 people are still being held in militia detention centers in Libya, often in secret and many are tortured, a UN envoy said Thursday. Ian Martin, head of the UN mission to Libya, said good...

Libya grants ex-rebels immunity

Libyan authorities on Thursday granted immunity to former rebels who fought to oust Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and unveiled legislation that cracks down on the fallen strongman’s supporters. “There is...

U.S. says Tunisia TV fine raises freedom concerns

The United States expressed concern on Thursday at a Tunisian court's ruling against a television station owner in a blasphemy row, saying it raised concerns about free expression after last year's...

'War crimes' reported in Mali's lawless north

Tuareg rebels, militias and Islamist groups are committing war crimes in Mali's lawless north, including summary executions and rapes, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. Even government troops in the...

Top Moroccan newspaper editor released from prison

A top Moroccan newspaper editor convicted of “disrespecting the judiciary” has completed his yearlong prison sentence and been released. A free man, Rachid Nini, editor of the country’s most read...

Wrangling hampers Libyan drive to try Gaddafi son

Putting the son of fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi on trial on their own soil is a matter of national pride for Libya's leaders, but the lack of a properly functioning state is making it hard for them...

Adel Imam - case dismissed.

A Cairo misdemeanor court dismissed on Thursday a complaint against Egyptian comedy actor Adel Imam and other artists for insulting religion, days after another one sentenced him to jail on the same...

Women of the World Unite for Rights

The world’s recent financial and political upheavals have not been kind to women. In Libya’s Tripoli, female suicide rates increased tenfold during the revolution, while dismal job prospects have...