STUDENT LEADER TORTURED: BY POLICE
a - Despite ‘the sensational and highly damaging publicity. sur— rounding its sinister role in the kidnapping ana possible murder of Ben Barka, the Moroccan government is continuing its” repressive moves: against. the left as can be judged from the following report issued in Paris January 26 by the UNEM (Union Nationale des. Etudiants du Maroc):
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"During 4 the: night last Monday, the Moroccan police arrested our comrade, Hassen Ismail, vice-president of the National Union of Students of Morocco. After having been tortured by the Moroccan - police in Rabat, Hassen Ismail was sentenced yesterday by the habat court. to six: months: in. PEison.
he: Moroccan students in France energetically protest — against this new severe sentence which, through one of our national officials, seeks to. deal another blow against the National Union of Students of. Morocco, and which again shows that the kidnapping of Brother Ben Barka was the signal for a new wave of repression aimed at the progressive Moroccan forces as a whole. ,
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"The National ‘Union of ‘Students of Morocco yesterday called a general strike which was ‘Dbserved one hundred’ per cent in all.-the university centers, Rabat, Casablanca’ and Fez, among all the big’ ‘schools and faculties ,: to " demoristrate once again the--indignation© of the Moz occan students: over ‘the police: politics: of the Moroccan Bovernment. - ; : ot a4
In the vast witch-hunt. that has ‘swept Indonesia -- . perhaps’ the bloodiest. nationwide purge of. political dissidents. since the — time:.of Hitler -- the fate of the leaders of the Communist party. still remains unclear although the evidence is mounting that’ many of them lost their lives before the firing squads of the generals: now .in control of the Sovernment . -
In the case of D. N. aiait, the’ head Of the party, for ins” stance, it is still. not known positively whether he’ is alive or dead but various sources report that he was shot.
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Diplomatic channels in London have affitmed that Aidit was one of the victims of ge BUPee in which as many as 150,000 persons have been butchered.: Cag oe
Reuters ‘reported that the Janusizy 17 issue. of the Christian
newspaper Gnar Harapan of Djakarta published. a photo showing Aidit surrounded by troops. The accompanying, Story said that Aidit had been captured at. Selo on. November el. a: a
The British Guardian published extracts from a letter received from Indonesia’ ‘Stating that ALGLt Was: