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Morocco: President of Moroccan League for Citizenship and Human Rights arrested and mistreated for his participation in a peaceful protest
MOR - News | 21 December 2012
Driss Sedraoui, the 37-year-old president of the Moroccan League for Citizenship and Human Rights, was arrested for having attended and given his support to a protest against unemployment on 19 December 2012. He expressed his disapproval following the violent intervention of the police.
Morocco: The UN declares the detention of Mohamed Hajib to be arbitrary and calls on the Moroccan government to release him immediately
MOR - News | 23 November 2012
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, alerted to the case of Mohamed Hajib by Alkarama, declared his detention to be arbitrary, as his "conviction was based on a confession obtained under torture", and calls upon the Moroccan Government to "release him immediately and award him appropriate compensation".
Morocco: Fiancée of human rights defender mistreated, released by the intelligence services
MOR - News | 09 November 2012
Last November 1, Kima El Berhihi, the fiancée of a human rights defender, was arrested, tortured, and released by the Moroccan intelligence services in Larache in northern Morocco. Once released, she filed a complaint with the nearest police station despite having been threatened with a further arrest by the intelligence services officials. The police have refused to register her complaint.
Morocco: Director of Tiflet prison threatens detainees once Special Rapporteur on Torture leaves
MOR - News | 27 September 2012
"Your protector Mendez has gone now...," threatened the governor of Tiflet Prison... Less than a week after the end of the UN Special Rapporteur's - Juan E. Mendez - official visit to Morocco, a high ranking prison official threatened inmates at Tiflet Prison. While Mr Mendez's visit appeared to be a promising sign that Morocco is willing to cooperate with the UN, Alkarama is alarmed by these words uttered by such a high-ranking official.
Morocco: Visit of the Special Rapporteur on Torture from 14-22 September 2012
MOR - News | 14 September 2012
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The Special Rapporteur of the United Nations on Torture, Mr. Juan E. Méndez, will visit Morocco from 14-22 September 2012. Alkarama was pleased to see Morocco invite the UN expert to visit the country, in particular to visit places of detention and to hold a dialogue with the authorities regarding these locations. Our organization, however, denounces the pressure exerted on human rights defenders and victims by the authorities since the announcement of this visit. These practices are in contradiction to the will expressed by the authorities to fight against the most serious human rights violations.