RABAT, Morocco -(AP) The leader of a Moroccan human rights group that has spoken out about drug trafficking has been arrested, members of his group said Thursday. Chakib Khiyari, the chairman of the Rif Association for Human Rights, was arrested during a police raid in his house in the northern Morocco town of Nador on Wednesday, said the association's deputy head, Mohammed Hamouchi. About 10 plainclothes officers from the Casablanca-based National Brigade police unit along with police officers searched Khiyari's house and confiscated his computer, Hamouchi said.
Recent Video of Mr. Chakib Khiyari on French TV
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RABAT, Morocco -(AP) The leader of a Moroccan human rights group that has spoken out about drug trafficking has been arrested, members of his group said Thursday.
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