Is allAfrica financed in part by Algeria?

Morocco is a constitutional monarchy, led by our benevolent, philosopher king, empowered by our ulama, supported by our elected premier and government. Unlike the French "republic" which is by no means a democracy, rather a quasi-dictatorship run by bureaucratic elites hiding under the cloak of "representative democracy", in Morocco we have the basis for the greatest system of governance as envisioned by Plato-Socrates and as realized by many of the great Islamic caliphates. Additionally, whilst the oppressive French state imposes its "secularism" on all its citizens, Morocco is pursuing its pluralistic ambitions. Long live the king. Down with the French oppressors and their atheist, secularist francophone agents in and out of Morocco, whose aims and objectives are purely to destabilize our ancient Kingdom. Long live Morocco, the fountain of freedom, source of light.

(I first wrote this comment on the original RFI article, but they are yet to publish it. So much for freedom of speech in the Republic of France. Likewise Press TV never publishes comments critical of Iran, nor has it published comments I've written exposing the lies of certain propaganda pieces they've published. France and Iran have a lot in common.)

This is indeed a tremendously biased article. There are undoubtedly humanitarian issues in Morocco - but it is the Monarchy and the King specifically which is driving reform and progress on that front. The Moroccan King is domestically known as the King of the Poor, for his very strong attachment to social and humanitarian progress. One of the first things he did when he became King was to break with his father's tradition of oppression, set up commissions to investigate past abuses and attempt to recompense those who suffered.

Additionally, this article makes it seem like torture is exclusively used in the Western Sahara - this is simply false. The UN investigation has ruled that there is no difference in the amount of torture used in the Western Sahara, versus the rest of Morocco. This is not a case of singling out a population and oppressing it - it's a general scourge that needs to be wiped out universally from Morocco.

Err, the RFI story bears little resemblance to the hatchet job that this arty does. Morocco certainly isn't as rosy as the Royalists pretend, but this article is laughable in the other direction.

Well, regarding the Mr Mendez report on torture, I have to remind you all that Mr Mendez visited the Kingdom of Morocco, Sep 2012, at the request of the Kingdom: praising it for its "full cooperation" and hailing the emerging "culture of human rights" in our nation. (http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=12569&Lan gID=E) Mr Mendez also praised the Kingdom's legal framework, stating "while the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure criminalized torture before 2011, I welcome the introduction of these principles in the new Constitution and the demonstrated will of the authorities to accord them primacy". His criticism, however -on the back of what he called "credible testimonies" (from separatists, anarchists, communists etc, no doubt)- was of an apparent "excessive use of force", "amounting [emphasis on amounting] to torture". In this respect, the languaging is of paramount importance, what exactly "amounts" to torture and by whose reckoning? On top of that, what is being said is seemingly far different from what is often asserted in foreign reports; this "apparent" excessive use of force is committed by individual persons (enforcement agents), it is not state sanctioned. The language used by Mr Mendez is itself already prejudice against Morocco when compared to the language used in similar reports regarding Western countries. Recently, for example, the CPT released its report on the situation in France (which, as with most Western nations, is certainly not as rosy as eurocentrists pretend) and highlighted the "excessive use of force by staff members", yet for all the police brutality and "inhumane treatment", the language stopped short of declaring outright "torture". Inhumane treatment, acts of violence, police brutality are themselves tantamount to acts of "torture". We're playing with words here. Yet the implicit only becomes explicit when Morocco is in question; a sentiment and inherent bias undoubtedly bred from the supremacist attitudes of eurocentrists, if not more cynically, an intentional manipulation driven by the pawns of the Algerian DRS. Irrespective, the Kingdom of Morocco is marching toward its pluralistic ambitions, in accordance with the holy Quran, our guide. The Kingdom of Morocco has a centuries old history of tolerance, pluralism and coexistence and it has little to learn from many Western nations (www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWxpQ87C4t4), who up until the 20th Century were persecuting various religious minorities and slaughtering each other en masse; and it certainly has nothing at all to learn from most other nations elsewhere.