AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoPrisoner Health Crisis: Sahrawi political prisoner Naâma Asfari’s open-ended hunger strike in Kenitra Prison is now in its fifth week, with multiple rights groups warning of serious deterioration tied to significant weight loss and alleged medical neglect, and calling for independent medical care and transfer closer to families. International Pressure: The National Council, CONASADH, and the International League for Human Rights all place responsibility on Moroccan authorities and urge urgent UN and German government intervention, including access for the ICRC and special procedures. Solidarity Actions: Families of Gdeim Izik prisoners protested in Rabat over alleged forced starvation, torture, solitary confinement, and denial of fair trial rights, while prisoners in multiple Moroccan jails announced warning hunger strikes in solidarity with Asfari. Forensic Care Gap: A Moroccan parliamentary report says the country has only 25 full-time forensic doctors nationwide, leaving judicial districts without specialists and raising concerns about capacity for medical examinations and autopsies. Health-Science Links: Ibn Zohr University in Laayoune signed new partnerships with Canary Islands universities, including cooperation with the Faculty of Health Sciences and work in medical humanities, clinical ethics, and narrative medicine.
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