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Morocco: Abdelrahim Lajouli, abducted from his home in Casablanca
MOR - News | 11 April 2010
On 30 March 2010, 21 year-old Abdelrahim Lahjouli, a resident of Casablanca, was abducted from his home by anonymous gang of six individuals who presented themselves as police officers. Following his abduction he was taken to an unknown destination and has since disappeared.
Morocco: Otman Babi reappears before judge at Rabat's Court of Appeals
MOR - News | 26 March 2010
Otman Babi, who was disappeared by security services officers after his arrest on 10 March 2010, has reappeared after being transferred to Salé and then appeared before the Investigating Judge at Rabat's Court of Appeals on 22 March 2010.
Morocco: Imminent risk of forced return of three Algerians to their country of origin
MOR - News | 20 October 2009
Sidi Mohamed Bourouis, Sadji Ouassini and Khaled Al Laidaoui, all Algerian nationals, have served a sentence of 14 years in Morocco and have just been released. The Algerian authorities have asked that they be returned to Algeria, where they were sentenced in absentia. Morocco has signed the Convention against Torture, which stipulates that no person may be extradited to a country that practices torture. The Committee against Torture found that torture continues to be practiced in Algeria.
Morocco: Abdelkarim Azzou, tortured in Ait Melloul prison
MOR - News | 29 September 2009
While studying in his home in Agadir, Abdelkarim Azzou was arrested on 21 June 2003 by police and security services. He was forcibly arrested by four officers dressed in civilian clothing who took him into custody without providing a warrant. His family was only able to re-establish contact with him a month later. He suffered serious torture while in detention and continues to suffer ill-treatment in Ait Melloul prison.
Morocco: Mr Britel, Italian victim of “extraordinary rendition” still detained
MOR - News | 09 July 2009
On 25 June 2009 Alkarama and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the UN Special Rapporteur to investigate the case of Abou Al Kassim Britel, an Italian citizen victim of the illegal CIA "extraordinary rendition". He is currently being held in a Moroccan prison on the basis of confessions obtained under torture.