Ahmed Marzouki ( ar, أحمد المرزوقي; born 1947 in Bouajoul, Commune of
Sidi Yahya Bni Zeroual,
Taounate Province) is a former military
Moroccan officer who was
forcibly disappeared after the
failed coup attempt of 1971.
Marzouki was a prisoner in
Tazmamart, a notorious former secret
detention centre in
Morocco
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during the reign of
Hassan II Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to:
People
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. First arrested in 1973, he was finally released in 1991, but faced state harassment for years after. He is the author of a book about his experiences, ''Tazmamart Cellule 10'' (Tazmamart Cell 10).
Works
* Tazmamart cellule 10, Gallimard, 13 septembre 2001
* La peine du vide, Éditions Tarik, 2012.
* Les bonnes nouvelles, Éditions Tarik, 2016.
*Tazmamart cella 10, Csa Editrice, 2018.
See also
*
Ali Bourequat
*
Years of lead
*
Human rights in Morocco
Further reading
* ''Tazmamart Cellule 10'', Editions Paris Méditerranée;
Casablanca: Tarik Editions ()
External links
International Human Rights Federation (FIDH) - Interview with Mr. Marzouki.
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1947 births
20th-century Moroccan people
21st-century Moroccan people
Living people
Politics of Morocco
Moroccan prisoners and detainees
Moroccan writers
Moroccan writers in French
Moroccan military personnel
People from Taounate
Moroccan escapees
Moroccan military officers
Moroccan mutineers
Moroccan torture victims