Morocco is failing to undertake democratic reforms, lobby groups said Wednesday, accusing Rabat of "hypocrisy" on human rights.
Speaking in Geneva during a United Nations Human Rights' Council assessment of the northwest African country's rights record, non-governmental organisations hailed reforms in the fields of family law, the media, criminal procedures and nationality rights.
"But we have worries about the implementation of this arsenal of laws," said Youssef El Bouhairi from the Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH). "Until now, the state has not demonstrated a political will to implement these reforms," he added...
Saida Drissi Amrani, the president of the Democratic Association of Moroccan Women, said she welcomed the reform of the family code, but thought "these achievements are still fragile."
Polygamy continued to be tolerated, she said, while homosexuality and changing one's religion were still penalised.
It's important that these human rights watchdogs are speaking out to the international community. It's also a sign of progress for Morocco. El Bouhairi and Amrani will go home from Switzerland and continue with their outspoken work. If they were Saudi citizens, returning home after saying statements like this in Geneva could involve a one-way trip to the slammer.
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