Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Morocco: Torture Suspicions Mar Mass Trial Verdicts

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Expand Rabat, Morocco, July 15, 2018: demonstrators protest heavy jail sentences on imprisoned activists by wearing masks showing their faces. © 2018 Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images (New York) – The Casablanca Court of Appeals should weigh evidence that the police tortured the defendants when it reviews the convictions of protesters and activists from the Rif region, Human Rights Watch said today. The appeals case began on November 14, 2018. A lower court convicted all 53 defendants on June 26, sentencing them to up to 20 years in prison after admitting their “confessions” into evidence and…

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