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Rabat - Promoting human capital "is not a circumstantial slogan", but a "strategic choice" that requires public authorities to prioritize human aspect and reduce inequalities, the president of the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH), Amina Bouayach, stressed Tuesday.

Nairobi - The Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Kenya have agreed to strengthen cooperation ties between the public prosecutors' offices of the two countries, especially in the judicial field.

Rabat - The President delegate of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary Power (CSPJ) Mohamed Abdennabaoui discussed during a meeting, Tuesday in Rabat, with the chairman of the Independent Permanent Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mohamed Lawal Sulaiman, the Moroccan experience in terms the Judiciary independence and the CSPJ efforts to develop training programs in various specialties, especially in the field of human rights.

M'diq - The operation to protect the coastline against the risks of pollution continued, Sunday at the "Marina Smir", following the grounding the day before of a commercial vessel off the coast of the M'diq-Fnideq prefecture.

Skhira - Chairman of the Permanent Arab Commission for Human Rights, Ambassador Talal Al-Mutairi, commended Monday in Skhirat Morocco’s numerous initiatives in the field of human rights.

Rabat - The Ras El Ma local prison administration in Fez refuted on Sunday the torture allegations made in statements to a website by the lawyer of the detainee (Y.W) and involving an official of this institution.

Salé - The Rabat World Human Rights Pre-forum, which ended on Saturday in Salé, called for a South-South approach to address issues related to transitional justice and the protection of migrants, in addition to promoting human rights in relation to climate change phenomena.

Rabat - Morocco has met the three basic requirements necessary to fight terrorism and violent extremism, said El Mostafa Rezrazi, Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South (PCNS).

Rabat - International experts commended, Friday in Rabat, Morocco's continuous efforts in the field of migration on the occasion of the World Human Rights Pre-Forum, in the presence of representatives of national and international human rights organizations.

M'diq - A merchant vessel, coming from the port of Uruguay and bound for Lebanon, ran aground on Saturday off the coast of Marina Samir in M'diq (Northern Morocco), according to the local authorities of the M'diq-Fnideq prefecture.