MOROCCO: Human Rights at a Crossroads

I. SUMMARY..

II. RECOMMENDATIONS

To the Government of Morocco

To the Equity and Reconciliation Commission

To the United Nations

To the U.S. Government

To the European Union and its member states

To the Arab League

III. INTRODUCTION: ADDRESSING PAST ABUSES

The Equity and Reconciliation Commission

Limits of the New Commission

2003 Report of the Advisory Council for Human Rights

IV. HUMAN RIGHTS AFTER THE CASABLANCA BOMBINGS

Counter-terror Legislation of 2003

Morocco's Criminal Justice System...

The Judicial Police

The Public Prosecutor

The Investigative Judge

Allegations of Torture and Ill-Treatment in Pre-Trial Detention

Impunity for abuses

The Secret Detention Center at Temara

Access to Legal Counsel

Home Searches

V. CASE STUDIES

Abdelghani Ben Taous

Ahmed Chikou

Abderrezak er-Rtaoui

Aziz Shafai

Mohamed al-Asal

Abdelhamid Yazghi

Mohamed Oussama Boutaher

Issam Khaled

Mohamed Hassan Kittani

ABOUT THIS REPORT..

APPENDIX I: Human Rights Watch Letter to the Moroccan Ministry of Justice

APPENDIX II: Response of the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Morocco as provided by the Embassy of Morocco in Washington, DC..