mor120215aa001RABAT — Violent interrogation methods are still widely used by the Moroccan authorities to crush dissent and forcefully extract confessions from detainees, even though the government has pledged for years to eradicate torture, a new report by the human rights group Amnesty International says.

“Morocco’s leaders portray the image of a liberal, human-rights-friendly country,” Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International, said in a statement with the report, which was released Tuesday morning. “But as long as the threat of torture hangs over detention and dissent that image will just be a mirage.”

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