COMMUNIQUE

THE AMDH CENTRAL BUREAU
STARTS A SYMOBIC HUNGER STRIKE

TO SAVE THE LIFE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS
LEADING A HUNGER STRIKE

In order to save the lives of political prisoners and victims of unfair judgments that lead a hunger strike in several Moroccan prisons, and in protest against the policy of "deaf ears" adopted by the responsible face to the strikers legitimate and fair claims and to the many AMDH (Moroccan Association for Human Rights) writings related to the subject, and to denounce the arbitrary arrests, torture, unfair judgments and inhuman conditions in Moroccan prisons, the central Bureau of the AMDH decided to conduct a symbolic hunger strike on Wednesday, February 22^nd, 2012 and a sit-in the ACHOUHADA square opposite to the headquarters of National Council of Human Rights in Rabat from 9 am to 5 pm.

On this occasion, the central Bureau appeals to all people with political awareness in Morocco and abroad to safeguard the right to life of hunger strikers, and put pressure on the Moroccan State to respect the rights of the detainees and their dignity and to respond promptly to their legitimate demands and to guarantee their right to life and physical integrity and for the release of political detainees.

The central Bureau

RABAT, on  February 18th, 2012