Omar Benjelloun
Omar Benjelloun (* 1936 in Oujda ; † December 18, 1975 in Casablanca ) was a Moroccan journalist and trade union activist. He was murdered by the Chabiba Islamiya .
Life
Omar Benjelloun was an activist of the Union nationale des étudiants du Maroc . Benjelloun graduated from Paris with a law degree and a degree in telecommunications . In 1959 he was a co-founder of the Union Nationale des Forces Populaires . He was the editor of the Al-Mouharrir of the party organ . In the early 1960s he headed the Casablanca Telephone Authority. Omar Benjelloun was a union member of the Union marocaine du travail . As a result of the July plot against Hassan II in 1963 , Omar Benjelloun was sentenced to death and pardoned in 1964 by Hassan II. Omar Benjelloun was arrested in 1966 and tortured several times in 1973. On January 13, 1973, he was the recipient of a parcel bomb . Another UNFP activist was severely disabled by a similar type of package bomb at Mohammed El Yazghi . The investigations of the Instance équité et réconciliation later identified the Direction générale de la surveillance du territoire as the originator of these mail items. He was murdered on December 18, 1975.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gilles Perrault Our Friend the King of Morocco, Abysses of a Modern Despotism. Kiepenheuer: Leipzig + Weimar 1992, p. 127
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benjelloun, Omar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan trade union activist, lawyer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oujda |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th December 1975 |
| Place of death | Casablanca |