Morocco Slams Algeria's Attitude on Human Rights in Moroccan Sahara

Geneva - Morocco condemned, here Thursday, Algeria's position on human rights in the Moroccan Sahara, criticizing its "hostile and irresponsible attitude".

 

"We reject Algeria's false allegations concerning alleged violations of human rights in the Sahara," chargé d'affaires of Morocco in Geneva Hassan Boukili said before the UN Human Rights Council in a reaction to the statement of the Algerian ambassador in which he accused Morocco of human rights violations in its southern provinces.

 

Boukili reminded the Algerian delegation that the neighboring country has refused, for years, to grant access to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) "fearing that it reveals the bitter reality of arbitrary detention in Algeria".

 

"Before criticizing Morocco in light of the WGAD visit report, Algerian authorities should at least let this UN mechanism visit the country as did the Kingdom," he noted.