Talk:Human rights in Morocco

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  • I think this topic deserves its own article. It certainly makes it easier to reference human rights by country as a topic unto itself. This is also consistant with other human rights related articles. Rklawton 05:35, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
  • I disagree with a merge too. This article can be expanded. And the Morocco article doesn't need this as a section. Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countries has set up guidelines for the structure of country articles and these guidelines do not include a human rights section. [This unsigned comment was written by User:Bkwillwm]
  • I agree with both of you, its an interesting subject which should have its own article (especially since there is a similar one on Western Sahara). Ideally, I think every country and territory should have a human rights entry. (I took the liberty to edit the post above.) Arre 06:25, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
*There is no reason for a merger. Electionworld = Wilfried (talk 22:31, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

These are some of the remarks I had on the article:

  • Judging that Morocco is undemocratic is not clear and is anyway not a matter of human rights. Human rights can be abused in the most democratic countries.
  • Mixing social problems with human rights issues: child labor, violence against women and human trafficking don't fall in the category of abuses

commited by the state against its citizens, and are not occuring in Morocco more than any other African country.

  • The attacks in Casablanca are terrorism and not to be linked to any religion. The majority of the victims were Muslims.
  • The Equity and Reconciliation Commission did not protect nor allowed anyone to continue in office. Its mission was not to mention the names of individuals, because the outrages were commited by the state, and letting the guilt on individuals will excempt the state of it.
  • Most of the "Years of Lead" fall in the sixties and the seventies and to a lesser degree the eighties.
  • Are considered victims even the putshists that spent more time in jail than their sentences. They were the majority of Tazmamart detention centre.
  • Most of the abuses attributed to the reign of King Mohammed V, are related to the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Casablanca.
  • Independent press (Le Journal Hebdomadaire, Assahifa, TelQuel, AlJarida Alokhra, ...) do debate many of the things mentionned in the article as prohibited, such as restricting the powers of the King, the reform of the monarchy, the official approach of The Sahara problem, and the role of political Islam in politics. --SteveLo 20:49, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Youtube

Youtube was blocked for a couple of days by one of the three operators of the country. The state does not own Meditel, but is actionary in it as Vivendi is. During the three days of block, Moroccans have all the time been able to access Youtube through the other operators. So, firstly, there is no proof that the governement of Morocco was behind the block. Secondly, how can the state of Morocco block a site through one operator knowing that people will still access it through the other operators as if there were no block. People can in these situations jump to different conspiracy theories, but this is an encyclopedia based on facts, not on "jumps".--A Jalil 08:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks Jalil for this.
  • This is also just a non-event frankly.
wikima 19:48, 12 June 2007 (UTC)