Reformist King Regrets Rights Abuses Under Father
The Washington Times › January 09, 2006
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Moroccan King Mohammed VI in a nationally televised address yesterday expressed sympathy for thousands of victims of human rights abuses committed under the long reign of his father, King Hassan II.
In a move Moroccans say is unprecedented in the Arab world, the reformist 42-year-old monarch embraced the findings of an "equity and reconciliation commission" he established to look into reports of state torture and abuse between 1956 and 1999, when Hassan died.See the full content of this document
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Reformist King Regrets Rights Abuses Under Father
The panel, chaired by former political detainee Driss Benzekri, reported last month it had confirmed some 593 Moroccans killed by th...
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