Morocco’s King Slow to Deliver on Pro-Democracy Vows
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/world/africa/moroccos-king-slow-to-deliver-on-pro-democracy-vows.html?_r=1
Mounia Bennani-Chraïbi, a professor of international studies at the Institute of Poltical and International Studies at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, who has researched Moroccan democracy movements, said, “The regime goes after opposition figures for common crimes, or terrorism in the case of Anouzla, to remove their political opponent status and to prevent them from becoming heroes.”
“Morocco is one of those regimes that are in a gray zone — not completely authoritarian nor democratic — where repression is done selectively and punctually,” Ms. Bennani-Chraïbi added. “As the movement was strong and the regime was uncertain, security forces were walking on eggshells because they knew that massive repression is what lights the fire and would amplify the movement.”