North Africa

Articles

• Eight men sentenced to two years in prison for ‘imitating women’ at a birthday party in Mauritania
  14 February 2020, by siawi3

  Homosexuality is strictly illegal in the North African country and punishable by death under Sharia law, although there were no known executions in the past decade.

• Libya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders
  15 February 2020, by siawi3

  Ghassan Salamé is the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. He took over this job in 2017, six years after the catastrophic NATO war on Libya.“For Salamé, who is from Lebanon, this kind of multidimensional conflict is not unfamiliar; nor is it peculiar to have several foreign countries intervene for their own narrow ends and thereby make peace impossible.” Algeria steps into the peace discussion.

• Left parties and others stage massive protests in Morocco
  27 February 2020, by siawi3

  On February 23, Sunday, four Moroccan left-wing parties along with various human rights groups, trade unions and civil society associations organized a massive protest in the city of Casablanca against a range of issues plaguing the country. The Moroccan authorities have in recent times stepped up the number of arrests and cases of persecution of activists, artists, journalists and bloggers. Citizens have been arrested for such things as social media posts, youtube videos, rap songs and peaceful and nonviolent criticism of the government.

• Can the Arab uprisings move toward a successful revolution?
  28 February 2020, by siawi3

  Across the region, popular movements for change have reached an impasse against the oligarchy. Where do they go from here?

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  7 mars 2020, par siawi3
• ‘The only way out of Libya is by sea’ — How migrant rescuers are making history in the Mediterranean
  7 March 2020, by siawi3

  While governments fail to meet basic humanitarian requirements, rescue organizations like Sea-Watch are taking life-saving action on the frontlines of the European migrant crisis.

• “Women are at the heart of struggles in Morocco”
  7 March 2020, by siawi3

  Azlaf Zahra of the Democratic Way in Morocco reflects on the importance of women’s struggles in the country and the world.

• At UN, Humanists International and Cheikh Mkhaitir call on Mauritania to release human rights defenders
  10 March 2020, by siawi3

  The arrest of these 3 Mauritanian activists came shortly after they announced their desire to found a “secular Mauritanian movement”. They have been under arrest on charges of insulting Allah and the Prophet, a charge which carries executions under Article 306 of the Mauritanian Penal Code.We ask: since when has the call to defend human rights and freedom of religion become an insult to anyone?

• Morocco : Review of the book: ’Sex and Lies’ by Leila Slimani
  19 March 2020, by siawi3

  Indeed, the sex described by Slimani’s collaborators is rarely sensual: satisfying male lovers are the exception rather than the rule. Pleasure is only one motivation for sex in this system: marriage and money are also powerful inducements. Some of the most intense encounters women describe are autoerotic, or take place with other women.

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  24 mars 2020, par siawi3

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