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2 Inmates Speak of Life in Morocco Prison

Thursday, May 11, 2006 12:40:08 AM
By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI

Abdelkabir Goumarra is seen in a family photo reproduced Thursday, May 4, 2006 in Sidi Taieb, 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Rabat, Morocco. Goumarra is serving a life sentence at Kenitra, one of Morocco's most notorious prisons, accused of belonging to Salafiya Jihadiya, the name used by the government for the Islamic group blamed for the May 2003 suicide bombings in Casablanca that killed 33 people. Up to 3,000 people were arrested after the blasts, and human rights groups say many of those arrested for the bombings had no connection to it; Goumarra claims innocence and said after being tortured, he was made to sign a document, even though he cannot read. (AP Photo)RABAT, Morocco (AP) - "This is Omar Maarouf calling from Kenitra Central Prison," said the dejected voice on the other end of the line.

The bizarre phone call was the second in two days from a prisoner inside the high-walled Kenitra, one of Morocco's most notorious lockups. It holds several death row inmates like Maarouf, who the government links to violent Islamic groups.

Fellow prisoner Abdelkebir Goumarra, serving a life sentence at Kenitra, called a day earlier, also without notice.


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