The lack of insight into the way democracy functions in Morocco isn't excusable, because there are plenty of organisations around who are trying to tell the rest of us what the situation is like.
And there are plenty of Moroccans in Europe, especially in Brussels. You just have to talk to them... "Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet