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CONTENTSGlossary and abbreviations ............................................................................................. 4Executive summary ....................................................................................................... 6Methodology ............................................................................................................... 111. Abused upon arrest ................................................................................................. 132. Violent interrogations ............................................................................................... 23Isolated and vulnerable ............................................................................................ 24Forced incrimination ................................................................................................ 273. See no evil: investigative failings .............................................................................. 45Burden of proof of torture and other ill-treatement ...................................................... 48Sub-standard medical evidence ................................................................................. 54Investigating suspicious deaths ................................................................................. 61Prosecuted for ‘false reports’, public insult, defamation or slander ................................ 644. Torture-tainted convictions ....................................................................................... 685. Shadow of impunity ................................................................................................ 77Elusive accountability for past abuses ........................................................................ 77Seeking justice abroad ............................................................................................. 846. Conclusion and recommendations ............................................................................. 87Recommendations ................................................................................................... 88Annex: Response from the Moroccan authorities ............................................................. 91