Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Morocco Intensifies Crackdown on Social Media Critics, Amnesty International Reports

14 February 2020

Amnesty International has deemed the campaign of "repression" led by the Moroccan authorities against opponents, coupled with unfounded arrests, to be an attack.

Morocco Cracks Down on Social Media Critics, Rights Groups Demand Release

6 February 2020

The Moroccan authorities have arrested since September 2019, about ten activists, artists or other citizens for having harshly criticized the government on social networks. A (…)

Wife of Convicted Terrorist Alleges Inhumane Treatment in Moroccan Prison

21 January 2020

The wife of the Belgo-Moroccan, Abdelqader Belliraj, came out of anonymity on Friday to denounce the "abusive isolation regime" in which her husband has been living for more (…)

Moroccan Prison Authority Refutes Human Rights Watch Claims on Inmate Conditions

21 January 2020

The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) contradicted, on Friday, the "false allegations" relayed by the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) (…)

Human Rights Watch Condemns Prolonged Solitary Confinement of Belgian-Moroccan Prisoner in Morocco

18 January 2020

The "inhumane conditions" of Abdelqader Belliraj, a Belgian-Moroccan sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 and "apparently held in abusive isolation" for more than three (…)

France Struggles to Protect Unaccompanied Migrant Children, Report Finds

11 September 2019

In the absence of reception facilities, France is (almost) unable to manage the influx of unaccompanied minor migrants, especially the "lost children of Morocco", left to their (…)

Human Rights Watch Calls for Release of Sahrawi Activists Detained in Algeria

19 July 2019

Three men held captive near Tindouf are the subject of an "investigation", in particular for "treason against the nation", "sedition" and "acts of aggression against the (…)

Human Rights Watch Condemns Harsh Isolation of Jailed Moroccan Journalist Bouachrine

13 April 2019

Sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Casablanca Court of Appeal, Taoufik Bouachrine, journalist and former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, is not enjoying (…)

Moroccan Court Upholds Heavy Sentences for Rif Protesters, Human Rights Watch Condemns Decision

11 April 2019

The NGO Human Rights Watch has just reacted to the confirmation on appeal of the conviction of the 42 activists of the Hirak of the Rif, describing the verdict as "shocking".

Morocco Rejects Rights Groups’ Criticism Over Dissolved NGO Case

2 February 2019

The position of "Human Rights Watch" (HRW) and "Amnesty International" (AI) following the dissolution of the Racines association was categorically rejected by the Moroccan (…)