Temara interrogation centre
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| Location | Directorate for the Surveillance of the Territory |
|---|---|
| Country | Morocco |
The Temara interrogation center, also known as Temara secret detention center (
Directorate for the Surveillance of the Territory (Direction de la surveillance du territoire, DST), a Moroccan domestic intelligence agency implicated in past and ongoing human rights violations,[1]
which continues to arrest, detain and interrogate individuals suspected of involvement in terrorism-related activities outside of the Moroccan legal framework.
History
The first known detainee was Mohammed Mossadegh Benkhadra (
extrajudicial detainment and without trial. And later when he was released 1993, he wrote the book "Tazmara 234",[2] contraction from words Temara and Tazmamart another popular prison and as a sign of continued abuse from the Years of Lead (Morocco) to present days. More recently, Zakaria Moumni
claimed to have been tortured there when he was arrested in 2010.
CIA black site
The
CIA, which in late 2002 handed Binalshibh over to Moroccan custody and kept him there for five months. The Moroccan government has never acknowledged the facility's existence, despite allegations by freed Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed[5]
Temara interrogation centre and others that the CIA relied on Morocco as a secret proxy detention site during the period after September 11, 2001.
Torture of detainees
Members of the DST are not considered to be part of the judicial police and as such should not arrest and hold suspects.[6] Frequently reported methods of torture include beatings, the suspension of the body in
non-government organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have denounced reports of torture at the facility.[7]
See also
References
- ^ "Document - Morocco: Continuing abuses against individuals suspected of terrorism-related activities in Morocco". 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Tazmara 234 محمد مصدق بن خضراء".
- ^ "Politycy nie pozwolili śledczym tropić lotów CIA – Rzeczpospolita" (in Polish). Rp.pl. 17 April 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
- ^ "Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman, "To keep program secret, CIA whisked 9/11 figures from Gitmo before court ruling," Associated Press, August 6, 2010".
- ^ Sandberg, Britta (23 February 2009). "Released Guantanamo Detainee: What Did Tony Blair Know?". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 15 April 2012.
- ^ "Morocco/Western Sahara: Torture in the "anti-terrorism" campaign - the case of Témara detention centre". 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Moroccan MPs back probe into detention centre". Middle East Online. 16 May 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2012.