Moroccan King underlines challenges facing human rights


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))  King of Morocco Mohammed VI has sounded the alarm bell regarding "unprecedented deviative acts and challenges" facing human rights at the global level.

The Monarch, who was represented by his minister of justice, Mustafa Ramid, at opening of the World Forum on Human Rights that kicked off here late on Thursday, expressed regret at spread of fanaticism throughout the world "due to misleading reading of religious messages or racial motives." He touched on reforms, undertaken by Moroccan authorities in the human rights realm, meeting peoples' aspirations for bolstering "the state of law and democracy." The forum got underway with attendance of over 5,000 politicians, NGOs, experts and Nobel peace prize laureates from 94 nations including Kuwait.

Representing Kuwait at the talks, which ends on November 30, is head of the parliamentary human rights committee MP Abdulhamid Dashti, committee member MP Humoud Al-Hamdan and the Kuwait Embassy's Third Secretary Ibrahim Al-Arfaj.

The talks aim to provide a joint platform for contributors and decision-makers, from the different backgrounds, to discuss issues affecting the matter, and how to hasten reforms pertaining to human rights' affairs.
The forum is observes the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Saturday.


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