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Morocco Holds Elections

Morocco holds parliamentary elections (AFP, France 24) today, with some 64 percent of voters expected to abstain, according to a recent poll.

Morocco holds parliamentary elections (AFP, France 24) today, with some 64 percent of voters expected to abstain, according to a recent poll. The moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party, which has governed since 2011, hopes to win a third term. However, many of the country’s most important political decisions are made by the king.
 
Egypt: Between 2015 and 2020, Egyptian security forces repeatedly conducted extrajudicial executions of detainees, falsely classifying them as deaths from shootouts with suspected terrorists, according to a Human Rights Watch report. The U.S. Congress is expected to announce soon whether it will override a hold on $300 million (Guardian) in security assistance to Egypt that was imposed due to human rights concerns.
 
For Foreign Affairs, Sarah Leah Whitson argues that the United States should stop underwriting Egypt’s human rights abuses.

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