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Morocco: Alkarama Asks that Moroccan National Human Rights Institution Be Downgraded to B Status to Mark Lack of Independence
MOR - News | 18 August 2015
In its contribution to the Sub-Committee of Accreditation (SCA) of the International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotions and Protection of Human Rights (ICC) – in view of the ICC's review of the Moroccan national human rights institution, the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), due in November 2015 – Alkarama has recommended the downgrading of the latter from an A to a B status, so as to mark its lack of compliance with the Paris Principles, and in particular its lack of independence from the royal authority.
Morocco: Hamo Hassani Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Complicity in a Murder Without a Victim
MOR - News | 12 August 2015
On 15 July 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concerning the case of a 23-year-old salesman arrested in 2004 and sentenced to 15 years in prison on the sole basis of confessions obtained under torture and following an unfair trial. Hamo Hassani is still currently held it the prison of Tiflet, 50 km east of Rabat.
Morocco: Magistrate at the Court of Cassation Mohamed Anbar's Case Referred to the UN
MOR - News | 16 July 2015
On 30 June 2015, Alkarama sent a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers (SR IJL), Gabriela Knaul, concerning the case of Judge Mohamed Anbar, unfairly removed from office in October 2014 after having suffered both harassment and persecution by the police while he was still President of the Chamber at the Court of Cassation of Rabat, the highest court of the country.
Morocco: Abdessamad Bettar Tortured and Placed in Solitary Confinement in a Cell Infested with Rats
MOR - News | 22 June 2015
On 17 June 2015, Alkarama urgently informed the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (SRT) of the current situation of Abdessamad Bettar, who was tortured and transferred to solitary confinement in the punishment block of the prison of Safi, where he is being held for having begun a hunger strike and demanded his release.
Morocco: URGENT APPEAL – Alkarama Urges UN Committee against Torture to Intervene Urgently to Stop Extradition of Syrian Asylum Seeker to Saudi Arabia Where He Faces Torture
MOR - News | 28 May 2015
On 23 May 2015, Alkarama sent an urgent appeal to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) asking it to urgently intervene with the Morocco authorities so they take interim measures to stop the extradition to Saudi Arabia of Abdul Rahman Alhaj Ali – a Syrian asylum seeker who had fled persecutions in his country in 2014 to take refuge in Morocco with his wife and his children – based on a 2007 arrest warrant which had already been executed and is no longer justified.