Rabat – Morocco’s government has responded to allegations introduced in the Human Rights Watch’s (HRW) new report, in which the NGO criticized the country’s human rights approach.
In the report, the NGO claimed that Moroccan authorities “are using indirect and underhanded tactics to silence critical activists and journalists.”
The Moroccan government responded to the organization’s allegation, saying that HRW will not “deter Morocco from continuing to build the rule of law and institutions and defend rights and freedoms.”
Spokesperson of the Moroccan government Mustapha Baitas conveyed Morocco’s response on Thursday.
Describing the report as a “compilation of allegations,” the Moroccan government said that HRW is “accustomed to evoke against Morocco”
He said that HRW’s approach reached the point of “ peddling realistic accusations” against the north African country, stating that the HRW report “undermines the symbols of the Kingdom.”
Morocco’s government has been calling on HRW and other rights advocacy groups to adopt new approaches, describing their current approach as one of a continued discourse of allegations without providing sufficient evidence.
In a previous response to HRW’s reports, the North African country accused the NGO of persistently adopting an “inappropriate approach” to assess the situation of human rights in Morocco.”
Commenting on one of the NGO’s 2021 report, the Moroccan government stressed that HRW allegations reflect the organization’s readiness to “embrace ideology over objectivity.” The Moroccan government argued that “instead of objectively assessing the country’s human rights record, HRW is increasingly interested in confirming its preconceived conclusions about Morocco’s politicized judiciary.”
