Morocco is an open country to international rights NGOs and will not close Amnesty’s office despite the failure of the latter to present evidence for its latest accusations against authorities, minister in charge of human rights Mustapha Ramid said. Morocco has on multiple occasions rejected these unfounded claims saying that journalist Omar Radi failed to update his IOS navigator and acknowledged accessing insecure websites. In an interview with La Tribune de Geneve, foreign minister Nasser Bourita reaffirmed Morocco’s position saying that Amnesty failed to help Moroccan authorities fact check by carrying out their own investigation. Today, It became clear that Amnesty is not capable of presenting evidence. We are not the only ones who said this,” said Bourita.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2020 12:45 UTC