Ain Aouda secret prison is a suspected
black site
In military terminology, a black site is a location at which an unacknowledged black operation or black project is conducted. According to the Associated Press, "Black sites are clandestine jails where prisoners generally are not charged with ...
,
torture
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogational torture, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. definitions of tortur ...
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.]
See also
* Tazmamart
* Temara interrogation centre
References
External links
Suspected location of the prison as it appears on Google maps
{{Human rights in Morocco
Prisons in Morocco
Human rights abuses in Morocco
Black sites
Torture in Morocco
2000s establishments in Morocco