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Moroccan Politics

News Roundup: Court Orders Man to Return to Wife; Algerian President Accuses Moroccan-French Lobby; Morocco Rejects Claims of Human Rights Abuse

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Photo Credit: Moroccan World News.

February 20, 2020.

Three stories you need to read today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists — every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

Moroccan Court Orders Man to Return to His Wife

Source: Morocco World News

Lede: In an unprecedented decision, the Marrakech court of first instance ordered a Moroccan man to return to his wife. 

Key Background: A Moroccan mother of three took legal action against her husband after he left their marital home.

News Roundup: Ties with Turkey Sour; Cannabis Arrests; Morocco, EU Develop Partnership

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Photo Credit: Arab Weekly.

February 17, 2020.

Three stories you need to hear today. Compiled and broken down for you by Reporting Morocco student journalists–every day. Brought to you from the School for International Training’s journalism program, Rabat.

Morocco’s ties with Turkey sour over regional politics, trade

Source: The Arab Weekly

Lede: Morocco’s ties with Turkey have soured both politically and economically following reports that Rabat recalled its ambassador to Ankara and asked for a re-evaluation of a free trade agreement between the two countries.

Key Background: Trade ties between Morocco and Turkey are going through a crisis because of a huge trade deficit in favour of Turkey.

Zineb Belmkaddem – Connecting the Battles for Human Rights

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By: SUSAN SKAZA

RABAT, Morocco – Zineb Belmkaddem, 29, cynically credits the government for her newest job as an English teacher at Euromediterranean University of Fez, a recently established university in Morocco.

“I know the government has something to do with this job,” she said. “They want me off the street. I mean, off everything. My boss told me.”

Due to her outspoken criticism of the local regime, Belmkaddem says the government is trying to restrain her by keeping her busy at the university. In a country where freedom of expression is limited, this Muslim feminist is one of the last prominent human rights activists left in Morocco.

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