General amnesty proposed for Rif convicts.
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Month: June 2018
Au Maroc, les militants du Rif écopent d’une vie en prison | Mediapart
Extensive coverage of Rif verdict (FR)
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Abdellah Tourabi: pourquoi “le procès du Rif” est une erreur historique – H24info
Important column on Rif verdict in Morocco.
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Prisoners of a Vision: Dissidents in Sisi’s Egypt
Tom Stevenson in LA Review of Books.
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Leaders of protests in Morocco’s Rif region (calling for hospitals, schools, an end to corruption) get 20 year prison sentences
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Seymour Hersh on Syria: “There’s no such thing as a chlorine bomb”
La vieillesse est un naufrage.
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Morocco jails protest leaders for up to 20 years for 2016 rallies
This is an outrageous injustice.
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The World Today With Tariq Ali – Saudi Arabia: A Brute in the Driver’s Seat
Interview with Madawi al-Rasheed.
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A Ghost Army of Workers Is Paid to Do Nothing in the Gulf | Bloomberg
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Why Russia’s Middle East Gamble Has a Limited Payoff | WSJ
Yaroslav Trofimov.
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