Morocco: Public Hearing About Human Rights Abuses
Morocco began Tuesday, December 21, 2004, a public hearing about widespread human rights abuses in the Muslim kingdom during a 43-year period that followed independence from France in 1956. The hearings have been organized by the Equity and Reconciliation Commission. This is a state body empowered by King Mohammed VI to look into rights violations prior to his accession to power in 1999. The commission is expected to hear testimony from some 200 people in 10 cities during a period of 10 weeks.