Morocco: ANHRI Concerned Over Alleged Targeting of University Students for Peacefully Expressing Their Opinions

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On 24 September 2008, ANHRI reported that Moroccan students are being targeted by the authorities for criticising the discriminative educational policies that some of the faculties and universities use against politically active students. Meanwhile, student Jadda Boubkar who was arrested on 21 July in Taza city remains in prison.

Authorities at Meknes University recently expelled four students. Three students are facing a temporary expulsion of three years while the studies of eight other students have been suspended for one year.

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