Ila al-Amam (Morocco)
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Ila al-Amam was a Marxist group in Morocco
founded by the Moroccan engineer Abraham Serfaty
and other left-wing activists in 1970. It was an underground movement whose members lived in hiding and distributed political leaflets. Most of its members were arrested and imprisoned in 1974 and received heavy prison sentences. Despite being short-lived, the movement was considered an essential cornerstone of Moroccan Marxism and in 1995, the left-wing party Annahj Addimocrati
was constituted as a continuation of Ila al-Amam.
One of the members of Ila al-Amam was Driss Benzekri
, who directed the Equity and Reconciliation Commission
(IER) in 2003. Another is Abdelhamid Amine, vice-president of the Moroccan human rights organization AMDH.
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
founded by the Moroccan engineer Abraham Serfaty
Abraham Serfaty
Abraham Serfaty was an internationally prominent Moroccan dissident, militant, and political activist, who was imprisoned for years by King Hassan II of Morocco, for his political actions in favor of democracy and development’s regime, during the Years of Lead...
and other left-wing activists in 1970. It was an underground movement whose members lived in hiding and distributed political leaflets. Most of its members were arrested and imprisoned in 1974 and received heavy prison sentences. Despite being short-lived, the movement was considered an essential cornerstone of Moroccan Marxism and in 1995, the left-wing party Annahj Addimocrati
Annahj Addimocrati
Annahj Addimocrati in Arabic) is a Marxist political movement officially recognized in Morocco. Constituted in 1995, it is the successor to the Marxist-Leninist Moroccan Movement and principally the organization "Ila Al Amame" , which militated clandestinely.The MMLM, born at the beginning of the...
was constituted as a continuation of Ila al-Amam.
One of the members of Ila al-Amam was Driss Benzekri
Driss Benzekri (activist)
Driss Benzekri was a Moroccan left-wing political and human rights activist.Benzekri was born into a modest Berber family in Aït Ouahi, near Khémisset. Quite young, he participated in the short-lived marxist-leninist movement Ila al-Amam and was arrested in 1974, at the age of 24, and sentenced in...
, who directed the Equity and Reconciliation Commission
Equity and Reconciliation Commission
The Equity and Reconciliation Commission is a Moroccan human rights and truth commission created on January 7, 2004 by King Mohammed VI in order to reconcile victims of human rights abuses, such as torture and atrocities committed by Makhzen during the Years of lead, with the State.IER is...
(IER) in 2003. Another is Abdelhamid Amine, vice-president of the Moroccan human rights organization AMDH.