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Ai launches world anti-torture campaign in Morocco
Morocco, Culture, 11/3/2000
The world anti-torture campaign, sponsored by the London-based Amnesty International, was officially launched in Morocco, it was announced Thursday in Rabat.
The campaign, dubbed "Contribute to Eradicating Torture," revolves around three major axes: prevent torture, struggle against impunity, fight discrimination.
The World human rights watchdog defined certain basic guarantees against torture and called governments to implement a 12-item program to avert torture acts committed by state agents.
The organization called governments to officially denounce torture, abolish the practice of secret detention and take penal sanctions against torture acts.
Secretary-General of Amnesty International in Morocco, Mohamed Sektaoui, called for harmonizing national laws with international charters banning torture.
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