| 5,665,410 |
34.0531 |
-6.79846 |
Morocco |
|
A Moroccan judge has jailed 35 alleged members of an Islamic militant movement in Sale, near Rabat, after hearings overnight, judicial sources said Friday. |
| 5,665,415 |
27.1418 |
-13.18797 |
Morocco |
|
A major popular demonstration was organized in the Maatallah neighbourhood of the city of Laayoune (Western Sahara) to demand respect for the right of the Saharan people to self-determination, Sahara Press Service [SPS] reported, quoting the Saharan Association of Victims of Serious Attacks Perpetrated by the Moroccan State. The communique added that the manifestation had been harshly broken up by the Moroccan police, resulting in numerous wounded and the arrest of Rachid Ben Lahcen ben Hamad Salki following a police raid on his home. |
| 5,665,419 |
26.33348 |
-9.82045 |
Morocco |
|
20 May 2008 - AP- On Tuesday, some 8,000 of the rebels, armed with AK-47 assault rifles, staged a march in this dusty outpost to mark the 35th anniversary of the rebel organization, which was founded to fight for the independence of the Western Sahara. |
| 5,665,423 |
29.37975 |
-10.17299 |
Morocco |
|
7 June 2008 - AFP- Violent clashes between unemployed youths and the police left 44 people including 27 police officers injured in the southwestern Moroccan port of Sidi Ifni Saturday, authorities told AFP."Forty-four people were slightly injured" in the |
| 5,665,427 |
34.01325 |
-6.83255 |
Morocco |
|
Thirty-five alleged recruiters for Al-Qaeda operations in Algeria and Iraq were arrested by police in Morocco, where they are also accused of planning attacks, the Moroccan news agency said Wednesday. |
| 5,665,430 |
34.01325 |
-6.83255 |
Morocco |
|
A Moroccan court jailed a member of the Moroccan Centre for Human Rights (CMDH) for six months after finding him guilty of "insulting behaviour to the public authorities by speaking on fictitious crimes," Moroccan news agency (MAP) reported. |
| 5,665,434 |
23.69271 |
-15.94238 |
Morocco |
|
The Algeria-backed Polisari Front said Saharawis were attacked in a clash on Monday night, the Saharawi news agency SPS reported.Local authorities, cited by the Moroccan media, blamed the violence on a fight between rival fishermen at an octopus market. |
| 5,665,438 |
26.67917 |
-11.67806 |
Morocco |
|
28 Aug 2008- BBC Mon- Demonstrations then kicked off on Friday [22 August] night into Saturday morning on two avenues of Smara, the cultural capital of Western Sahara, Saharan legal sources indicated to Sahara Press Service [SPS], the Saharan [news] agen |
| 5,665,442 |
26.67917 |
-11.67806 |
Morocco |
|
28 Aug 2008- BBC Mon- Demonstrations then kicked off on Friday [22 August] night into Saturday morning on two avenues of Smara, the cultural capital of Western Sahara, Saharan legal sources indicated to Sahara Press Service [SPS], the Saharan [news] agen |
| 5,665,446 |
34.01325 |
-6.83255 |
Morocco |
|
22 Oct 2008- BBC Mon- An unknown number of people, including a member of the local branch of the Moroccan human rights association, suffered more or less severe injuries following a violent police intervention to disperse participants in a protest rally |
