Back then, Jawad and Omar presented a publication by Attac analysing the Rif Movement within the context of the political situation in Morocco. Omar Radi is an investigative journalist and human rights activist. Omar Radi was detained by the police on 29 July 2020 on charges of espionage and rape, as Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International reported. The CPJ and the Europe-based Bertha Foundation, a human rights group, reported that Omar Radi’s arrest interrupted an investigation he was conducting, with funding from Bertha, on corrupt land expropriations in Morocco. Omar has been held in solitary confinement, without trial, at the Oukacha prison in Casablanca since his arrest.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 31, 2021 08:26 UTC