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Moroccan and Algerian Activists March Together to Reopen Borders Photo Credit: REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal Rabat – Moroccan and Algerian activists are standing side by side for the same goal: the reopening of borders between Morocco and Algeria.
MOROCCAN VILLAGERS STEP UP ACTIONS AGAINST MASSIVE SILVER MINE
A group of Moroccan activists, who have been living on an occupation camp 5,000 feet high in the Atlas Mountains, to oppose the most productive silver mine in Africa, say they are ready to negotiate a settlement, but that no one is listening. The ongoing occupation was brought back to the spotlight last week, after The New York Times published an in-depth feature Imiter, home to the poorest people in the African country. Since August 2011 they have been blocking some of the main wells supplying water for Imiter Metallurgic Company’s operation. They claim the mine, in operations since 1969, is drawing more than its fair share of water and polluting what it uses. Problem is, Imiter Metallurgic is a sister group of Managem, which is indirectly controlled by a holding belonging to Morocco's royal family. But one of their main demands is related to jobs, as they want at least that 75% of the positions to be allocated to their municipality. The company has called such demands unrealistic. Internal sources say processing capacity dropped 40% in 2012 and 30% last year, after the villagers cut off one source of their water. Currently they are using another source in an effort to make up the loss, reports Ethical Consumer.
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El-Khayari, president of the Human Rights Association of the Rif region in Morocco, has been jailed since February 17, 2009, and now, European drug reform activists and international human rights groups are calling for his release
El-Khayari, who is also known for defending the rights of the Amazigh (Berber) people and African migrants passing through en route to Europe, aroused the ire of the Moroccan state for declaring to the press that the Moroccan military and police are collaborating in the trafficking of hashish to Europe. In 2008, he also took the path-breaking step of initiating a national debate on the legalization of industrial hemp and medical marijuana.
