“Morocco and Spain are complicit in this massacre”

He assures that in recent weeks the bodies of victims have been buried in “semi-secret”

June 24 () –

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights-Nador has reproached this Monday, two years after the death of at least twelve immigrants due to the intervention of the security forces during an attempt to jump over the Melilla fence, that Morocco and Spain They are “complicit” in this “massacre” and assures that the Moroccan authorities are hiding the total number of deaths.

“Morocco and Spain are complicit in this massacre, in the refusal to open an investigation and in this silence in the face of serious violations” of Human Rights, the Nador section of the organization noted in a statement published on social networks.

Both countries “continue their coordination and refuse to open an independent investigation.” Instead, they promote “the definitive closure of this case without any investigation or determination of responsibilities.” “Many questions about this massacre still remain unanswered,” she stressed.

The AMDH-Nador has also assured that in recent weeks the bodies of immigrants who had been in the Nador funeral home for two years have been buried “in a semi-secret and non-transparent manner” in the Sidi Salem cemetery “in the presence of only some agents.” .

“Authorities and members of the Judicial Police have buried at least five bodies in the absence of representatives of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights and the National Human Rights Council,” he assured.

The AMDH asks that “the real and total number” of the deceased who have been buried in the Sidi Salem cemetery be published, many of them buried without having been identified, and that the total number of missing people be revealed.

It also demands the release of all migrants imprisoned in relation to this incident and assures that many of them are registered with false names to avoid being linked to what happened. Many of them suffer permanent disabilities.