patients. Most patients reported torture, particularly under police custody, repeated beatings, electric shock, suspension with feet and wrists bound, repeated blows on the soles of the feet, insertion of objects in the anus, and cigarette burns, being the most frequent complaints. Some had had their eyes bound for long periods. 52. The alleged ill-treatment and torture had taken place in the second half of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, but there was evidence of tortures inflicted in November 1988, when a young woman had suffered electric shock, blows on the soles of her feet, suspension from a bar, for three days, the marks of which were visible. Others had suffered broken teeth and loss of teeth and damage to their gums as a result of blows. 53. Her organization had acquired conclusive evidence of torture in the country. The expulsion of two of its health professionals who were helping the victims of ill-treatment and, the confiscation of medical documents were further evidence. However, the official press denial of that expulsion suggested that a certain sensitivity on human rights was emerging in Morocco -that was the country concerned -and her organization welcomed the decision of the Advisory Council on Human Rights to consider the problem of police detention which was responsible for most of the cases of which she had spoken. 54. Mr. PAUL (International Educational Development, Inc.) said that in 1987 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States had found that the United States of America had violated the right to life by allowing the death penalty for juveniles and mentally retarded persons. The Commission had also found that the human rights law prohibition against juve~ile execution was a norm of jus cogens in the Americas and E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.26 page 10 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the alleged ill-treatment and torture of patients by the police in Morocco, including physical abuse, electric shock, and suspension. It also mentions the expulsion of health professionals and confiscation of medical documents. The topic is not related to economic development, natural resources, or industry, and it is not about education, employment, or culture. It is more focused on human rights and humanitarian issues.

**Category**
Health, Humanitarian aid and relief