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Urgent Action: Rif protestors in Morocco facing reprisals in detention
Protest leader Nasser Zefzafi and journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui remain in prolonged solitary confinement.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Oct 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Health risks for detainee in isolation for 232 days in Morocco
Following seven months of prolonged solitary confinement, Ali Aarrass' health condition has critically deteriorated. He is currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Tifelt II Local Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 14 Jun 2017 -
Urgent Action update: UN says respect Ali Aarrass's rights in Moroccan prison
The UN Committee against Torture requested the Moroccan authorities to improve detention conditions for Belgian-Moroccan Ali Aarrass, who has been held in solitary confinement for nearly six months. Appeal proceedings in his case are also underway.
Urgent action outcomes 05 Apr 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Hearing set for prisoner tortured in detention in MoroccoMorocco’s Court of Cassation will hear Ali Aarrass on 29 March, four years after he lodged an appeal. He is serving a 12-year prison sentence after being unfairly convicted based on evidence obtained under torture. He has been in solitary confinement…
Urgent action outcomes 28 Mar 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Prisoner in solitary confinement for months in Morocco
Ali Aarrass has been held in prolonged solitary confinement since his transfer to Tifelt II Local Prison on 10 October 2016. His health has sharply deteriorated as a result.
Urgent action outcomes 15 Feb 2017 -
Urgent Action update: Sahrawi defendants granted civilian re-trial in Morocco
Twenty-three Sahrawi defendants, including 21 prisoners sentenced to jail after a grossly unfair trial by a military court in 2013, are to face re-trial before a civilian court.
Urgent action outcomes 11 Aug 2016 -
Morocco: seven on trial for running phone app journalism training coursePress release 28 Jun 2016
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Urgent Action update: Sahwari prisoners stop hunger strike
Thirteen Sahrawi prisoners of an unfair trail have suspended their hunger strike after 36 days as their health worsened.
Urgent action outcomes 08 Apr 2016 -
Urgent Action: Sahrawi prisoners on hunger strike in Morocco
Thirteen Sahrawi prisoners, sentenced by an unfair trial, have been on hunger strike since the beginning of March 2016.
Urgent action outcomes 01 Apr 2016 -
A letter from Ali Aarrass in prisonIn this moving letter, torture survivor Ali Aarrass thanks his supporters, and everyone who has been sending him letters, for giving him continuous strength and hope while he is imprisoned in Morocco.
15 Dec 2015 -
Morocco: Ali AarrassAli was in Spain caring for his elderly father when he was imprisoned and forcibly returned to Morocco. He reported being held in a secret detention centre for 12 days, where he was beaten, given electric shocks to his testicles and burned with a…
14 Aug 2015 -
Two Amnesty staff members expelled from MoroccoPress release 12 Jun 2015
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Morocco's 'liberal' image masks dark reality of torture - new reportPress release 19 May 2015
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Morocco: Getting away with tortureBehind the liberal image of a human rights-friendly country, there is a much darker reality to Morocco. Beatings, asphyxiation, simulated drowning, psychological and sexual violence are among an array of torture techniques favoured by Moroccan security…
Reports and publications 19 May 2015 -
Sexual violence in Algeria,Tunisia and MoroccoIn Algeria and Tunisia, the law allows rapists to escape prosecution by marrying their teenage victims. Morocco recently did away with a similar law, although other laws in the country are still failing survivors of sexual violence.
02 Sep 2014 -
Teenage Victims of Rape Denied JusticeBlog post 10 Jun 2014
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Morocco should drop 'absurd' charges against teenagers arrested for kissingPress release 09 Oct 2013
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Morocco: Child tortured and detained in Western SaharaBlog post 27 May 2013
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Moroccan journalist faces jail for publishing article on minister's £800 champagne dinnerPress release 26 Feb 2013
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Morocco: crackdown on '20 February' protest movement intensifyingPress release 20 Feb 2013
