Moroccan human rights violations on the rise
September 25, 2012 Leave a comment
“Severe beatings, sexual violence, and other forms of ill-treatment [against migrants] appear to be on the rise,” United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, said Saturday after returning from an eight-day mission to Morocco.
The mission included a two-day visit to El Aaiun, in occupied Western Sahara, where Méndez said he was “overwhelmed” by hundreds of victims and civil society representatives who wished to report to him on Moroccan human rights violations. Read more of this post
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