Macron’s visit to Morocco: AMDH demands apology for French colonial past

In an open letter addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron on a three-day state visit to Morocco, the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) demands an official apology from France for its abuses committed during the colonial period.

Arriving in Rabat on Monday, the French president is expected to deliver a speech to both Houses of Parliament this Tuesday, October 29. In its open letter made public on Sunday evening, AMDH specifies that this speech by Emmanuel Macron coincides with the national day of the missing, marking the 59th anniversary of the kidnapping and assassination in Paris of the activist and third-party leader. mondist Mehdi Ben Barka, orchestrated by French agents in coordination with the Israeli and American intelligence services at the request of Morocco.