Ahmed Marzouki (; born 1947 in Bouajoul, Commune of
Sidi Yahya Bni Zeroual,
Taounate Province) is a former military
Moroccan officer who was
forcibly disappeared
An enforced disappearance (or forced disappearance) is the secret abduction or imprisonment of a person with the support or acquiescence of a state followed by a refusal to acknowledge the person's fate or whereabouts with the intent of placing ...
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
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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
*
Tazmamart
*
Ali Bourequat
Ali Bourequat is a Moroccan/Tunisian businessman who was secretly arrested and incarcerated for years by the Moroccan government in the infamous secret prison Tazmamart.Alain Brossat, Jean-Louis Déotte, ''La mort dissoute: disparition et spect ...
*
Years of lead
*
Human rights in Morocco
Further reading
* ''Tazmamart Cellule 10'', Editions Paris Méditerranée;
Casablanca
Casablanca (, ) is the largest city in Morocco and the country's economic and business centre. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the Chaouia (Morocco), Chaouia plain in the central-western part of Morocco, the city has a populatio ...
: Tarik Editions ()
External links
International Human Rights Federation (FIDH) - Interview with Mr. Marzouki.
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Living people
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