Aujjar: Security Institution Is Acting with Professionalism and in Full Respect for Human Rights

The security institution in Morocco is acting with professionalism, and in full respect for human rights and commitment to international conventions, said former minister of human rights Mohamed Aujjar, stressing that the Kingdom has developed a distinguished and respectable experience in human rights.

Aujjar, who was the guest of the web program “Niqach fi siassa” (debate in politics) of the electronic website Hespress, noted that “the security institution works with professionalism, believes in the culture of human rights and the commitment to international conventions”, welcoming the efforts undertaken to promote this culture within the security services. “Something that must be respected”, according to him.

The news website reported that Aujjar noted during this program, which will be broadcast on YouTube and Facebook on Sunday evening, that it is outrageous in today’s Morocco to speak of the existence of a so-called “political police”.

“Being a human rights activist, I reject these exaggerations which speak of the existence of a political police or political security”, affirmed Aujjar, member of the political bureau of the National Rally of Independents (RNI), stressing that after having spent decades in defending human rights, he is proud of the work done by the security services.

The former minister said that it is not conceivable to speak of the existence of a regression in terms of human rights in Morocco, noting that it is necessary to insist on the fact that the Kingdom has produced a distinguished experience in the field of human rights which should be a source of pride for all.

For Aujjar, who is also a founding member of the Moroccan Organization for Human Rights, Morocco has made considerable progress in the area of ​​human rights, underlining that this progress has been achieved thanks to the political courage of HM King Mohammed VI and to the sacrifices of the human rights movement.