Ain Aouda secret prison is a suspected
black site,
torture
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including corporal punishment, punishment, forced confession, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimid ...
and detention centre operated by the
Directorate for the Surveillance of the Territory (Direction de la surveillance du territoire, DST), the Moroccan domestic intelligence agency implicated in past and ongoing human rights violations.
During the Arab Spring protests, the inmates of the
Temara interrogation centre
The Temara interrogation center, also known as Temara secret detention center (), is an extrajudicial detainment and secret prison facility of Morocco located within a forested area of Rabat, Morocco. It is operated by the Directorate for the Sur ...
were transferred to Ain Aouda.
[
The United States reportedly paid the Moroccan state $20 million for the building of the prison.]
See also
*Tazmamart
Tazmamart () was a secret prison in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco holding political prisoners. The prison became a symbol of oppression in the political history of contemporary Morocco. It is located near the city of Er-Rich, between Errachid ...
*Temara interrogation centre
The Temara interrogation center, also known as Temara secret detention center (), is an extrajudicial detainment and secret prison facility of Morocco located within a forested area of Rabat, Morocco. It is operated by the Directorate for the Sur ...
References
External links
Suspected location of the prison as it appears on Google maps
{{Human rights in Morocco
Prisons in Morocco
Human rights abuses in Morocco
Black sites
Torture in Morocco
2000s establishments in Morocco