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| Morocco NGO Warns over Islamist Prisoner Hunger Strike |
| 2013-12-27 |
| [An Nahar] A Moroccan rights group warned the government Thursday of a possible "humanitarian catastrophe" over the health of some 30 Islamist prisoners on hunger strike. The Moroccan League for the Defense of Human Rights expressed its concern in a letter to Islamist Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane about the prisoners, held at seven prisons and on hunger strike since the beginning of October. It said they were demanding better prison conditions. On Wednesday, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights also expressed concern ...meaning the brow was mildly wrinkled, the eyebrows drawn slightly together, and a thoughtful expression assumed, not that anything was actually done or indeed that any thought was actually expended... over the state of the detainees. Thousands of Islamists were locked away Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! for alleged links to terrorism after a series of suicide kabooms in Casablanca killed 33 people in May 2003. In the wake of the Arab Spring of 2011, dozens were freed, including four radical Salafist leaders, but many more remain in jail. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 We CAN stop them, hang them, problem solved, and damn few repeaters once this gets around. They want to die, don't stand in their way. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-12-27 14:38 |
| #1 it's a "humanitarian catastrophe" if the Islamists don't die. They're hunger-striking for Allah. Who are we to stop them? Allan Snackbar! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-12-27 13:26 |