Dar El Mokri, Rabat

“Anyone who was once in Dar El Mokri must have lengthy stories to tell about the issue of torture.” – Ahmed Al Mansour Dar el Mokri (in translation: House of El Mokri)
 Located in the district in Rabat known today as Al Yossoufia, it was a luxurious castle situated on over 8,722 square meters of land. It featured a parlor, a pavilion, and gorgeous gardens; its domes, fountains, and colorful wall designs were made of the finest wood. A work of art, it brought together the best of Moroccan Turkish and Andalusian architecture and design. This would all change in
the early 1960s after the Ministry of the Interior moved its headquarters from Casablanca to Rabat and confiscated the property to use as a police station.

After the events of 1963 and 1965 in Casablanca, General Ofkir used the building as a center of torture. Opposition members and political enemies of the regime, including political, media, and union leaders or even mere sympathizers, were detained there.
This would all change in the early 1960s after the Ministry of the Interior moved its headquarters from Casablanca to Rabat and confiscated the property to use as a police station. Many sources also report that during the 1963 War of Sands between Morocco and Algeria, former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, was imprisoned in Dar El Mokri.

Ahmed Al Mansour, arrested in 1970 and jailed at the center for 40
days, later testified in front of the Moroccan Committee of Justice and Reconciliation.