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| HRW: Suspects abused in Morocco | |
| 2010-10-27 | |
[Iran Press TV] The Moroccan government denies Human Rights Watch (HRW) allegations that suspects detained under counterterrorism allegations are ill-treated in the country.
... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... violations. The 56-page-long report quotes suspects picked up under the North African nation's anti-terror laws as saying they were tortured or ill-treated in secret detention centers, where they were held without access to a lawyer -- sometimes for up to five weeks. The report is based in part on interviews with suspects detained between 2007 and 2010 and their families, the statement said. The Moroccan government defending itself said: "Allegations of torture made to Human Rights Watch by the suspects jugged in 2010 are not credible, since these suspects had the opportunity to lodge such complaints before the general prosecutor or the investigating judge and failed to do so." | |
| Posted by:Fred |