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In Morocco, Hotbeds of Protest Are Not Being Extinguished
Ilhem Rachidi, 17 April
Strikes and social disputes followed one another in Morocco, from the Rif to Jerada, without repression succeeding in overcoming them completely. But these movements are struggling to unite, even if we can see in these mobilizations the fallout of the February 20 Movement that shook the country (...)
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Editorial
Electoral Farce in Egypt
Alain Gresh, 23 March
Seven years after the revolution that brought down President Hosni Mubarak, a lead weight fell on Egypt. And the elections are nothing more than a farce.
On March 26 and 28 Egyptians will be called to the polls to choose the President of the Republic. If we had to describe in one word a (...)
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Rif Crisis Reveals Failure of Development in Morocco
Reda Zaireg, 2 January
On 28 October 2016, at the port of Al Hoceima in Northern Morocco, Mohcine Fikri was crushed to death in a rubbish truck trying to recover his merchandise, confiscated by a policeman. It was in the wake of this event that Hirak (literally “The Movement”) was born, but last May its principal leaders (...)
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Turkey. Ahmet Şik’s Statement in Court on 24 July 2017
Defending Freedom of Expression
Ahmet Şik, September 2017
In 2011, Turkish investigative journalist Ahmet Şik wrote a book titled The Imam’s Army, on the infiltration of the Fethullah Gulen movement into the Turkish state. The draft was confiscated by authorities and banned by a court. But the manuscript was leaked online. Şik was jailed for a year as (...)
