Illegal Detentions under the Counterterrorism Law
This report documents a pattern of abuse under Morocco's counterterrorism law, which was adopted 12 days after coordinated suicide bombings in Casablanca on May 16, 2003, took 45 lives. Many of these abuses violate the progressive legislation Morocco adopted to safeguard against torture and illegal detention, as well as international conventions that Morocco has signed. The report is based in part on interviews conducted with persons detained under the counterterrorism law between 2007 and 2010 and their relatives. It includes a response from the Moroccan government, which Human Rights Watch welcomed.
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ISBN: 1-56432-700-0
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- Morocco: “Stop Looking for Your Son”
- Summary
- Recommendations to the Government of Morocco
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Preventing Torture and Ill-Treatment: Morocco’s Legal Obligations and Verbal Commitments
- Arrests and Detentions in Disregard for the Law
- Secret Detention, Allegedly by Domestic Intelligence
- The Cases of Seven Men Detained in March and April 2010
- Other Cases Involving Allegations of Illegal Arrest and Detention
- Continuing Abuses and the Failure to Implement Recommendations of Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix 1: Letter from Human Rights Watch to Minister of Justice Naciri requesting information for this report
- Appendix 2: Moroccan authorities’ response to a request by Human Rights Watch for clarification of the status of the DGST
- Appendix 3A: Letter from Ministry of Justice in response to inquiry concerning the alleged abduction of Abdelkrim Hakkou (French original)
- Appendix 3B: Letter from Ministry of Justice in response to inquiry concerning the alleged abduction of Abdelkrim Hakou (English translation)
- Appendix 4: Response of the Government of Morocco to Human Rights Watch Letter sent September 13, 2010






