Driss Benzekri Dead at 57

By Bill Day on May 21, 2007 8:27 AM | | Comments (2)

Driss Benzekri, late head of Morocco's Truth and Reconciliation Commision ('L'Instance Equite et Reconciliation (IER)) is dead at 57. He spent 17 years in prison during the "Years of Lead" in the reign of Hassan II, before being appointed to lead the Truth Commission by King Mohammed VI.

Aujourd'hui Le Maroc - D�c�s de M. Driss Benzekri, Pr�sident du CCDH


Washington Moroccan Club

2 Comments

crocro said:

Please help find Madeleine... Possible sighting in Morocco

http://findmadeleine.blogspot.com/

May 22, 2007 10:18 AM
maryam in marrakesh said:

It's a huge, huge loss for the country.:-(

June 10, 2007 7:43 PM

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