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Casablanca rights group raises death penalty abolition with students

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The Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights organised a debate on abolishing the death penalty with students at Mohammed V High School in Casablanca. The 15 October meeting addressed the right to life and issues surrounding capital punishment, according to the organisers.

The Casablanca section of the Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights (OMDH) organised an awareness-raising meeting on the abolition of the death penalty at Mohammed V High School in Casablanca on Thursday 15 October. Students debated the right to life and issues linked to capital punishment, according to Libération.

The school’s head, Abdellah Rguibi, welcomed the initiative and thanked representatives of OMDH Casablanca for their commitment, the media outlet reports.

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