Abbreviations
| AfD | Alternative for Germany party |
| aims | American Institute of Maghrib Studies |
| aiu | Alliance Israélite Universelle |
| akp | Justice and Development Party (ak Parti) |
| aln | Armée de libération nationale (National Liberation Army) |
| amdh | Association Marocaine des droits humains (Moroccan Association for Human Rights) |
| auk | American University in Kuwait |
| bamf | Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees) |
| caorc | Council for American Overseas Research Centers |
| ccdh | Commission consultative des droits de l’homme (Consultative Human Rights Commission) |
| cdu | Christian Democratic Union (Germany) |
| cndh | Conseil national des droits de l’homme (National Council of Human Rights) |
| eec | European Economic Community |
| EU | European Union |
| fetö | Fetullahçı Terör Örgütü (Fetullahist Terrorist Organization) |
| ier | Instance équité et réconciliation (Equity and Reconciliation Commission) |
| is | Islamic State (formerly isis) |
| mesa | Middle East Studies Association |
| pkk | Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) |
| pve | Partij voor de Vrijheid (Party for Freedom) |
| pyd | Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat (Democratic Union Party) |
| rsf | Reporters sans frontières (Reporters Without Borders) |
| ssrc | Social Science Research Council |
| talim | Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies |
| unfp | Union nationale des forces populaires |