Group: Morocco activist arrests up since charter

Published May 27, 2013 4:37pm ET



RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Since Morocco’s adoption of more democratic constitution during the Arab Spring, the arrest of political activists has increased, the country’s main human rights group said Monday.

Morocco prided itself for avoiding the turmoil of the Arab Spring by enacting reforms and amending the constitution, but activists say at least 70 members of their pro-democracy February 20 movement remain in prison.

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