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Non-governmental organization Amnesty International urged the Moroccan authorities, Monday, to «put an end to the harassment campaign and drop all charges» against historian and activist Maati Monjib and his family.
In a statement shared on its Twitter account, the NGO recalled that the academic and human rights activist has gone on a three-day hunger strike to protest against what he considers «repeated harassment by the authorities». On October 7, was accused alongside his family members of alleged money laundering.
#المغرب: بدأ الأكاديمي والمدافع عن حقوق الانسان #المعطي_منجب اليوم اضرابا عن الطعام لمدة ثلاثة أيام وذلك احتجاجا على مضايقات السلطات المتكررة بعد قرار الوكيل العام بالرباط في يوم 7 أكتوبر فتح تحقيق تمهيدي بحقه وبحق أفراد عائلته في "مصدر وطبيعة معاملات وتحويلات مالية".
— منظمة العفو الدولية (@AmnestyAR) October 12, 2020
Maati Monjib has been targeted since 2015, when he «was brought to court because of his activities and journalistic writings», Amnesty recalls, specifying that a new hearing is scheduled for October 29 to examine this case.
It also recalls having published, in 2019, a report «denouncing the targeting by the Moroccan authorities of Maati Monjib and the lawyer Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui through a spyware developed by Israeli company NSO».
Historian and activist Maati Monjib announced, Sunday, that he started a hunger strike.
