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The Moroccan Association for Human Rights painted a bleak picture of the human rights situation in Morocco in its 2023 annual report. It stated that the deliberate excessive use of power by public authorities, their systematic contempt for judicial rulings when these go against them, their restriction of public space, their suppression of minds, and their undermining of any attempt at free civic participation in public affairs - along with accompanying violations of economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights, and the dismantling of public institutions and services - have all become supra-constitutional constants that the state expects everyone to accept and submit to.
The association added that to cover all this up, the state «does not hesitate to falsify facts, silence voices, fabricate charges, and set up trials for activists regardless of their positions, using defamation to turn public opinion against them and justify their arrest and prosecution. Meanwhile, it has no qualms about blatantly lying to the international community whenever called upon to abandon these violations and transgressions, claiming bias against it and uncritical acceptance of claims and reports hostile to it».
According to the association, 2023, which this report covers, «did not witness, like previous years, the desired improvement regarding the general human rights situation in Morocco». It added that the state did not comply with the due respect for citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms, as required by its international commitments under UN covenants and conventions it has ratified.
Regarding violations of the right to life and personal safety, the report recorded continued violations related to the right to life, documenting numerous deaths in prisons and hospitals due to medical negligence, as well as in workplaces due to lack of safety standards.
The report also confirms the continuation of political detention in Morocco during 2023, discussing the state's ongoing detention of human rights defenders, journalists, and bloggers due to social media posts or participation in peaceful protests.
It noted that six Rif Movement activists remain in prison, along with the continued detention of several detainees related to the «Gdeim Izik» camp events, in addition to many detainees in cases related to Jihadist Salafism...
The association clarified in its report that it followed up on the so-called pending cases of kidnapped and missing persons, confirming that «the file has not seen any progress or development since the publication of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission's recommendations».
It added that based on reviewing previous lists, their number approaches 60 cases, plus 111 students from the former Ahermoumou Military School who disappeared on the eve of 07/10/1971, whose fate remains unknown, along with many victims of social events whose identities or burial places have not been revealed.
