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  • Human Rights Watch Condemns Prolonged Solitary Confinement of Belgian-Moroccan Prisoner in Morocco
    18 January 2020, by Sylvanus

    The "inhumane conditions" of Abdelqader Belliraj, a Belgian-Moroccan sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 and "apparently held in abusive isolation" for more than three years" in a prison in Morocco worries Human Rights Watch.
    According to the detainee’s wife, Rachida Hatti, the sexagenarian is "locked in his cell 23 hours a day and deprived of all contact with his fellow inmates" since May 2016 at the Toulal 2 prison in Meknes (center), says a statement from the Middle East and North (…)

  • Wife of Convicted Terrorist Alleges Inhumane Treatment in Moroccan Prison
    21 January 2020, by Bladi.net

    The wife of the Belgo-Moroccan, Abdelqader Belliraj, came out of anonymity on Friday to denounce the "abusive isolation regime" in which her husband has been living for more than three years. In her remarks relayed by Human Rights Watch, Rachida Hatti accuses the Moroccan authorities of inflicting inhuman treatment on her husband.
    The arrest of Abdelqader Belliraj dates back to 2008. The Belgo-Moroccan had been cited in the so-called "Brabant killers" case, and was arrested with 34 other (…)

  • Morocco’s King Pardons Two Convicted in High-Profile Terrorism Case
    7 April 2020, by Bladi.net

    King Mohammed VI pardoned, on Sunday, two inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the "Belliraj case".
    On his Facebook account, Rachida Hatti, the wife of Abdelkader Belliraj, announced the release of the two people prosecuted with her husband in the same case. They are Loqman and Abdellah Rammach, who were sentenced to 15 and 30 years in prison respectively. As for the mastermind of the group, Abdelkader Belliraj, sentenced to life imprisonment, no details were given about his release. (…)

  • Belgian Court Declares 1980s Political Assassination Case Expired After 30 Years
    27 December 2020, by Sylvanus

    The Belliraj case, named after the leader of the terrorist network sentenced to life imprisonment in Morocco, has taken a new judicial turn. The indictment chamber in Brussels has noted the prescription of public action in the criminal case concerning six political assassinations committed in Belgium in the late 1980s.
    In the absence of sufficient evidence, the federal prosecutor’s office had requested a dismissal, as well as prescription. Following this decision, the indictment chamber (…)

  • Moroccan King Pardons Convicted Terrorist Among 1,500 Prisoners for Eid al-Fitr
    31 March, by Sylvanus

    On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, King Mohammed VI granted his pardon to 1,533 people, convicted by various courts in the kingdom, some of whom are in detention and others at liberty. The Belgo-Moroccan Abdelkader Belliraj, convicted of terrorism, who was serving a life sentence (reduced to 25 years) in the Loudaya prison in Marrakech, is among the beneficiaries.
    Abdelkader Belliraj had been arrested in 2008 with 34 other men, accused of making up a terrorist organization. This is known as (…)