Morocco: Thousands rally over reform plan
Rabat – Thousands of supporters and opponents of constitutional changes offered by Morocco’s king protested on Sunday, indicating debate over the country’s future sparked by the “Arab Spring”...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 18, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
Rabat – Thousands of supporters and opponents of constitutional changes offered by Morocco’s king protested on Sunday, indicating debate over the country’s future sparked by the “Arab Spring”...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 17, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
(Jurist) – The Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH) [advocacy website, in French] Tuesday called for a judicial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the passage of a public referendum to adopt a new...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 17, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
Since February 20, 2011, Moroccan activists have been campaigning to demand democratic reforms in their country. The February 20 Movement was born on the Internet and quickly became a mobilizing force on the ground. Across the...
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 17, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
Jed Bartlet’s favorite catchphrase applies fully to the post-referendum environment in Morocco. Both domestically and abroad, Makhzen authorities have reasserted their strength and mastery of the national political agenda....
Read MorePosted by MoroccoTomorrow | Jul 16, 2011 | Decentralization, Democratic Movements, Justice Reform and Civil Rights, News, Revision of the Constitution |
The Monarchy of King Mohamed VI of Morocco put a new constitution up for a vote on July 1st. The overwhelming approved document puts forth a vision of a new Morocco that Paul Silversteincalls a “Neo-liberal utopian space where...
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