Morocco: Abandon Attempts to Dissolve Cultural Group

Expand Screenshot from an episode of the online show “1 Dîner 2 Cons”, recorded in Casablanca, Morocco. © 2018 1D2C / YouTube (Tunis) – Moroccan authorities should immediately abandon attempts to dissolve the cultural group Racines, over critical comments made by guests on an online talk show it hosted, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. Racines, a Casablanca-based association, was targeted because its office was used as a venue to record an episode of the talk show ‘1 Dîner 2 Cons’ (One Dinner, Two Fools) on August 5, 2018. Human Rights Watch’s Ahmed Benchemsi was…

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