Mohammed VI is King of Morocco. A member of the 'Alawi dynasty,he acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999,upon the death of his father,King Hassan II.
Princess Lalla Meryem is the first daughter and eldest child of the late King Hassan II of Morocco and his wife,Princess Lalla Latifa.
The Government of Morocco sees Western Sahara as its Southern Provinces. The Moroccan government considers the Polisario Front as a separatist movement given the alleged Moroccan origins of some of its leaders.
Morocco became a highly repressive country under the absolute monarchy of King Hassan II,and continues to be considered repressive under the reign of King Mohammed VI,though the latter has instituted some reforms. Dozens of journalists,artists,and ordinary citizens are regularly sentenced to lengthy prison sentences for exercising basic rights enjoyed elsewhere in the world,such as freedom of the press,protesting the government,or criticizing government officials. Morocco heavily restricts basic human rights,such as freedom of speech,the right to assembly,and the right to criticize officials. Moroccans also feel the pressures of inflation within the country,such as the lack of basic services like healthcare,clean water,and the difficulty of parents to access quality education for their children. While there have been a handful of reforms that have been generally welcomed internationally,most Moroccans feel this is insufficient,and continue to be unhappy with the trajectory of the country under the policies of King Mohammed VI,despite his transition of the government to an ostensible constitutional monarchy. Under his father,King Hassan II,Morocco had one of the worst human rights records in Africa and the world,especially during the time period known as the "Years Of Lead",which lasted from the early 1960s until the late 1980s;it was a period in the country's history that was known for the brutal repression of political dissent and opposition,that involved wide-scale arrests,arbitrary detention,lengthy imprisonment,and even killings of political opponents. Currently,Morocco continues to face some of these issues,as well as other human rights problems,such as poor prison conditions,the mistreatment of women and the LGBT community,and the widespread use of torture by police. Despite the considerable improvements made in the last several years under the leadership of King Mohammed VI,who has rolled back some of his father's harshest decrees,repression of political dissidence,and torture of citizens by officials,is still commonplace in Morocco today.
The Ait Ouriaghel or Ait Waryaghar is one of the biggest Riffian tribes of the Rif region of the north-eastern part of Morocco and one of the most populous. Ait Waryagher means "those who do not back off/ those who do not retreat". They inhabit most of the territory around the city of Al Hoceima. The Ait Waryaghar speak the "Western-Tarifit" dialect of the Riffian language.
The Years of Lead was a period of the rule of King Hassan II of Morocco,from roughly the 1960s through the 1980s,marked by state violence and repression against political dissidents and democracy activists.
Princess Lalla Amina was a member of the Moroccan royal family and former President of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports.
The history of women in Morocco includes their lives from before,during,and after the arrival of Islam in the northwestern African country of Morocco.
Omar Azziman,is an advisor to Mohammed VI,King of Morocco.
For the Algerian novelist,see Mohamed Kacimi.
Nasser Zefzafi is a Moroccan political activist and human rights activist. Known as the "Moroccan Gandhi" or "Moroccan Pasionaria" for his nonviolent protests,Zefzafi has been described as the leader of the popular resistance movement organized in the Rif in 2016-2017 as Hirak Rif.
The Hirak Rif Movement or the Rif Movement is a popular resistance movement that organised mass protests in the Berber Rif region in northern Morocco between October 2016 and June 2017. The movement was triggered by the death of Mouhcine Fikri,a fishmonger who was crushed to death after jumping in the back of a garbage truck attempting to retrieve his allegedly illegal fish merchandise confiscated by local authorities.
Said Chaou,is a Moroccan-Dutch politician. He has been an MP in the Moroccan parliament between 2007 and 2010,before leaving the country in the same year and gradually becoming a vocal critic of the policy of King Mohammed VI. In late 2014,he joined the so-called 18 September movement,which calls for self-determination of the Rif region.
Amina Lemrini El Ouahabi is a Moroccan human rights activist,and the president of Morocco's Haute Autoritéde la communication audiovisuelle.
Latifa El Bouhsini is a university professor at the Faculty of Education Sciences in Rabat,and has been a member of the National Office of the School of Citizenship for Political Studies,ECEP,in Rabat since 2012. Bouhsini is also a member of the national office of the Moroccan Organization of Human Rights She is a writer and a leftist feminist activist who holds a PhD in history and civilizations and writes prolifically about the history of the feminist movement in Morocco. Bouhsini is also a trainer specialized in gender and women's rights,and she is a speaker at the National Human Rights Council.
The Second Arab Spring is a series of anti-government protests which took place in Algeria,Egypt,Iraq,Jordan,Lebanon,Libya,Morocco,Oman,Sudan,Syria and Tunisia,with several starting in late 2018. Economic protests also took place in the Gaza Strip.
Driss el-Yazami is a Moroccan human rights activist. He was President of the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) in Morocco between March 2011 and December 2018.
Salima Ziani also known as Silya is a Moroccan singer-songwriter,human rights activist,feminist,and ex-political prisoner. She was born and grew up in the Afzar neighborhood of Al Hoceima. She later moved to Imzouren,in the Rif Region,where she's originally from. She is the youngest of six siblings:four sisters and two brothers.
El Mortada Iamrachen,also known as Abdallah El Kassimi,is a Moroccan political and social activist who was a member of 2011–2012 Moroccan protests and Hirak Rif Movement (2016/2017).
Rabéa Naciri is a Moroccan human rights activist and expert on gender and women's rights in Morocco. She is a founding member of the Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (ADFM),a human rights non-governmental organization,that has been described as the "cornerstone of feminism in Morocco".
