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Ain Aouda secret prison

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Background

Ain Aouda secret prison is a suspected black site, torture and detention centre operated by the Directorate for the Surveillance of the Territory (Direction de la surveillance du territoire, DST), the Moroccan domestic intelligence agency implicated in past and ongoing human rights violations. During the Arab Spring protests, the inmates of the Temara interrogation centre were transferred to Ain Aouda. The United States reportedly paid the Moroccan state $20 million for the building of the prison.

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Capacity

Current population

Occupancy

Year opened

2004

Operational

Facility profile

Operator

Abdellatif Hammouchi

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

2004

Region

Security level

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

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Visiting

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Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

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Known issues

No major issues documented in our database.

Contact & address

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Data completeness

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