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Amazigh activists criticize “booby-trapped” questions in the census, and demand protection of the true identity of Moroccans

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Agadir24

The Loyalty to the Amazigh Alternative Group denounced the Planning Commission’s continued “ignorance” of the Amazighs’ demands and aspirations regarding the census, calling for “a structural change in the census form and the way questions related to identity, culture and the language spoken” are included.

The group expressed its fears that the census process expected at the beginning of next month will be similar in form and content to the census conducted in 2014, the results of which showed the Amazighs as a minority in the country not exceeding 27 percent, due to the census form whose questions were prepared according to “a purely ideological standard that is hostile to the Amazighs.”

Based on this, the group announced in a statement its “rejection of the formula on which the census form was built,” stressing that it “contains booby-trapped, inaccurate questions that include Moroccan colloquial language within the category of the Arabic language.”

The same source considered that this formula “aims to assess the process of ‘brutal Arabization’ in which the state and parties have been involved for half a century, and is not a real, objective census based on scientific standards that do not evade highlighting the true identity of Moroccans.”

In the same statement, a copy of which is available to Agadir 24, the group condemned the delegation’s continuation of its “discriminatory policy towards the Amazighs,” considering that “it is unreasonable to consider millions of Amazighs who speak the vernacular language but do not master the Amazigh language as ‘Arabs’ even though their fathers, mothers and grandfathers are Amazigh.”

Accordingly, the Loyalty to the Amazigh Alternative Group called on all Moroccan citizens who speak the colloquial language or Amazigh to “affirm their Amazigh origin and their Amazighness as the mother tongue and the language of origin despite the use of the colloquial language in daily communication,” and to “be careful to express and answer in Amazigh the questions of census workers as it is an official language of the Moroccan state.”

In addition, the group called for “employing Amazigh speakers in the census process in all major cities across Morocco to question citizens in the Amazigh language, while adopting regional expressions in this regard.”

#Amazigh #activists #criticize #boobytrapped #questions #census #demand #protection #true #identity #Moroccans
2024-08-26 21:40:15

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Nearly 800 cabin crew will go on strike from Wednesday – the national mediator has spoken to the parties

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

– I have spoken to both parties this morning. There are no new meetings planned yet, but I hope that the parties will soon be ready to talk again, wrote national mediator Mats Ruland in a text message to NRK Sunday afternoon.

Fellesforbundet and Parat confirm to NTB that they have had contact with the Riksmekleren over the phone on Sunday.

– Telephone contact is the only thing we’ve had, wrote leader Jørn-Henning Eggum in the Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions to NTB at 1.30pm.

– We have no meetings with the Ombudsman or SAS so far, he added.

155 cabin crew are on strike

The unions Parat and Fellesforbundet have informed NTB that 155 members have been called out on strike this weekend. Fellesforbundet has withdrawn 115 people, and Parat has withdrawn 40 people. This makes up 20 per cent of the cabin crew who are members of these unions.

As planned, the strike will be stepped up sharply from Wednesday at 6 a.m. There will then be 550 striking SAS employees organized in the Fellesforbundet and approximately 240 organized in Parat, both parties confirm to NTB.

– There is no basis for having another meeting now. Then there must be a new offer from the employer, says manager Martinus Røkkum for the SAS Norge cabin association in Parat at 18:00 on Sunday to NTB.

Parat believes SAS is engaging in strike-breaking

According to Parat, SAS must have sent information to its employees that they must use cabin crew who are not members of the SAS Norway Cabin Association in Parat or the Fellesforbundet. Parat believes this is strike-breaking and warns of international action.

They are critical of SAS using employees from neighboring countries to replace strikers and warn of consequences for the company beyond Norway’s borders.

– The definition of strike-breaking is that tasks that are usually carried out by people on strike are carried out by someone else, Parat leader Unn Kristin Olsen points out in a press release.

This is planning to break the strike, says leader Martinus Røkkum for the SAS Norway Cabin Association in Parat.

– Almost all cabin crew in Norway are organised. In practice, this means that SAS is now planning to use Swedish and Danish employees to carry out the tasks of those of us who are on strike, he says.

SAS: Does not recognize himself in the accusations

SAS press manager Øystein Schmidt does not recognize the accusations from Parat.

– We can reject that in cash. We do not engage in strike-breaking, he says to NTB.

He claims that the company does not reallocate more than usual.

– Redeployment of crew is a normality in the company. We have authority for this in the collective agreement, says Schmidt.

SAS Norge says that they recognize that the cabin crew have low wages, and that they are determined to give them real wage growth, although they cannot go into details outside of the negotiations.

– We are positive about the signals from the national mediator before the weekend. We want to return to the negotiating table. Nobody wants a strike, says Øystein Schmidt to NTB.

The LO leader meets SAS strikers

SAS canceled over 40 departures on Sunday due to the strike, both domestic and international routes. Also on Monday there are already some settings. According to TV 2, 21 of Monday’s departures have been canceled for the time being.

At Gardermoen, LO leader Peggy Hessen Følsvik will meet striking cabin crew on Monday morning.

The leader will meet the strike guards between 7.30 and 8.30, LO informs NTB.

#cabin #crew #strike #Wednesday #national #mediator #spoken #parties
2024-08-26 21:37:13

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2 terrorists of Fitnah al-Khawarij killed during police encounter in Tunsa – Pakistan

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

The law enforcement agencies against Fitnah-ul-Khawarij got a great success, 2 terrorists of Fitnah-ul-Khawarij were killed during the encounter with the police in the limits of Thana City Taunsa.

According to police sources, on August 24, a group of Fitnah-ul-Khawarij was present near the City Food Club in the limits of Thana City Taunsa for a major act of terrorism. But an immediate raid was conducted.

As soon as the police arrived, the terrorists started firing on the police party, where the police retaliated and killed 2 foreign terrorists.

According to the police, SHO Wahwa, Sub-Inspector Sadiq and Constable Muzmar Nazir were injured in the fierce exchange of fire while the injured policemen were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Taunsa where they are being given medical aid.

BLF split, most wanted terrorist killed by his own accomplice

The details of Fitna-ul-Khawarij’s widespread robbery and extortion are now in the public domain

This action of the law enforcement agencies dealt a severe blow to Fitnah-ul-Khawarij, the local people encouraged the policemen to fight the terrorists manfully.