Morocco

Active Cases

Morocco: Arrest of human rights defender Hammoud Iguilid

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the arrest of human rights defender Hammoud Iguilid on 10 May 2008. Hammoud Iguilid is a member of the secretariat of the Collectif des Défenseurs Sahraouis des Droits de l´Homme - CODESA (Committee for the respect of liberties and human rights in the Western Sahara) and President of the El-Ayoune branch of the Association Marocaine des Droits Humains - AMDH (Moroccan Association for Human Rights).  

• AMDH
• arrest
• CODESA
• Front Line
• Hammoud Iguilid
• human rights
• human rights defender
• Morocco

• Morocco

Morocco: Sentencing of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari and expulsion from Morocco of 4 international observers of his trial

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the sentencing of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari to two months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 Dirhams on 28 April 2008. Ennaama Asfari is co-president of the Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits humains au Sahara occidental - CORELSO (Committee for the respect of liberties and human rights in the Western Sahara). Front Line is also concerned in relation to the expulsion from Morocco of four international observers who were present at the trial of Ennaama Asfari on 21 April 2008.  

• Ennaama Asfari
• expulsion
• Front Line
• human rights
• Human Rights Defenders
• Morocco
• sentence
• trial

• Morocco

Morocco: Arrest and detention of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari

Front Line is deeply concerned following reports of the arrest and detention of human rights defender Ennaama Asfari, co-president of the Comité pour le respect des libertés et des droits humains au Sahara occidental - CORELSO (Committee for the respect of liberties and human rights in the Western Sahara), on 13 April 2008 in Marrakesh.Ennaama Asfari was reportedly subject to torture and ill-treatment by police officers before being brought into police custody. He is currently being detained at the Boulemharez Prison in Marrakesh.  

• arrest and detention
• Ennaama Asfari
• Front Line
• human rights
• Human Rights Defenders
• Morocco

• Morocco

Freedom of assembly within Morocco is limited, with official pre-authorisation required for public gatherings and alleged violent dispersal of demonstrations (including pre-approved demonstrations) critical of the authorities or the monarchy. Human rights defenders in Morocco have allegedly been subjected to arbitrary arrest, ill treatment while in detention, unfair trials and arbitrary conviction as a result of legitimate non-violent activities in defence of human rights.

Members of Moroccan human rights organisations have been arrested and imprisoned for participating in peaceful demonstrations and police have allegedly used excessive force in the forcible repression of demonstrations in those defenders’ support. Human rights activities risk being further constrained by the broadly defined anti-terrorism legislation in force in Morocco. The Moroccan authorities reportedly continue to suppress Sahrawi human rights defenders: see further <link to Western Sahara country profile>.