• Morocco: Repression Undercuts Reform Pledges
    Press release
    Jan 22, 2012

    Morocco’s new government should overhaul repressive domestic laws, curb police violence, and enhance judicial independence if it is to realize the human rights promises contained in the country’s new constitution, according to Human Rights Watch World Report 2012.  

  • Morocco: Free Popular Columnist
    Press release
    Dec 6, 2011
    Moroccan authorities should void the conviction of a journalist who is serving a one-year term for “gravely offending” public officials and disparaging the courts. Rachid Nini’s incarceration belies the commitment of Moroccan authorities to freedom of expression as affirmed in the country’s new constitution.
  • Morocco: Stop Harassing Election Boycott Advocates
    Press release
    Nov 23, 2011

    Moroccan authorities should stop harassing people campaigning to boycott the November 25, 2011 parliamentary elections. Since October 20, police around the country have brought in more than 100 Moroccans to police stations to question them about the distribution of pro-boycott leaflets or other efforts to urge voters not to cast a ballot.

  • Morocco: Allow Political Exile to Return Home
    Press release
    Aug 22, 2011
    The Moroccan government should renew the passport of Abdelkrim Mouti’ and allow him and his family to end their political exile. Moroccan officials have refused repeated requests to issue him a passport, as recently as in January 2011.
  • Letter to Moroccan Minister of Interior Regarding Abdelkrim Mouti'
    Letter
    Aug 22, 2011
    I write this letter to call your attention to the case of Abdelkrim Mouti’, one of the few remaining political exiles from “the Years of Lead” whom the government continues to prevent from returning to Morocco, possibly along with members of his family. In the case of his relatives, there appears to be no reason for obstacles to their return to Morocco other than their kinship with Mouti’, now 77 years old.
  • Morocco: Police Violence a Test for Revised Constitution
    Press release
    Jul 11, 2011
    The constitutional revisions approved in the July 1, 2011 referendum can significantly advance Moroccans' rights, but only if authorities use these new constitutional principles to reform repressive laws and practices.
  • Morocco May not be Changing Much
    Commentary
    Jul 1, 2011
    Ultimately, the real test of Morocco's reform will be whether ordinary Moroccans can speak out without fear and participate in decisions that affect them, and whether they can count on their institutions of justice to operate independently and hold accountable those who use violence against Morocco's people.
  • ILO: Adopt New Treaty to Combat Child Labor
    Press release
    Jun 9, 2011
    Governments, trade unions, and employers' organizations should combat child labor by adopting a new international treaty on the rights of domestic workers.
  • Morocco: Marrakesh Bombing Abhorrent
    Press release
    Apr 29, 2011
    The bombing in Marrakesh on April 28, 2011, was a heinous attack on the population and an assault on basic human rights.
  • Morocco: Free or Re-Try Champion Boxer
    Press release
    Apr 25, 2011
    Moroccan authorities should free or grant a new and fair trial to Sidi Zakaria Moumni, a champion boxer. A Rabat court of appeal convicted Moumni of fraud in January 2011 after trials that gave him no opportunity to confront his accusers and used a confession allegedly coerced by torture.