As soon as a law criminalizing violence against women has entered into force this week, already three complaints were filed by women claiming to have been harassed. The law, passed last February, includes a ban on forced marriage, sexual harassment in public places, and tougher penalties for certain forms of violence. Although it has been […]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has pledged UN support for the Palestinian Unity Government and its plan for the rebuilding of the war-battered Gaza strip. The UN chief has made the pledge during his address to the international conference on the reconstruction of Gaza held Sunday in Cairo. “The successful reconstruction of Gaza requires a […]
The police of the Moroccan northern city of Mdiq-Fnideq arrested, Sunday evening, six individuals, a Spanish citizen of Moroccan origin and five Algerians, suspected of involvement in the organization of illegal immigration, illegal stay in Morocco, refusal to comply and violation of the state of health emergency. According to the first elements of the investigation, […]
