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UN Climate Summit: Princess Lalla Hasnaa Meets Top UN Executives

Princess Lalla Hasnaa, Chairperson of Mohammed VI Foundation for Environment Protection, met on Monday in New York, separately with Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Mrs. Patricia Espinoza, and UNDP Chief Achim Steiner. The meetings took place on the sidelines of the 2019 UN Climate Action Summit during which Princess […]

Human Rights Watch urges Tunisia to drop charges against refugee aid workers

Human Rights Watch has called on Tunisian authorities to drop what it described as “unfounded charges” against five employees of the Tunisian Council for Refugees, who went on trial on Nov 24, amid an escalating crackdown on civil society groups. The rights watchdog also urged the immediate release of two staff members who have been […]

CPJ Decries Algeria for Growing Attacks on Journalists

The New-York based Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Algerian regime to cease crackdown on media and prosecution of journalists as a seven-year prison sentence was upheld against French journalist Christophe Gleizes, and convictions issued against Algerian columnist Saad Bouakba and Vision TV director Abderrahim Harraoui. On Wednesday, December 3, the Tizi Ouzou […]