Abdelkader Belliraj

Convicted Terrorist Granted Belgian Passport, Sparking Security Concerns

24 April 2025

Abdelkader Belliraj, 67, Belgian-Moroccan sentenced to life for terrorism in Morocco in 2010, has received a Belgian passport. He was released at the end of March from Oudaya (…)

Moroccan King Pardons Convicted Terrorist Among 1,500 Prisoners for Eid al-Fitr

31 March 2025

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 (…)

Belgian Court Declares 1980s Political Assassination Case Expired After 30 Years

27 December 2020

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 (…)

Morocco’s King Pardons Two Convicted in High-Profile Terrorism Case

7 April 2020

King Mohammed VI pardoned, on Sunday, two inmates sentenced to imprisonment in the "Belliraj case".

Wife of Convicted Terrorist Alleges Inhumane Treatment in Moroccan Prison

21 January 2020

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 (…)

Human Rights Watch Condemns Prolonged Solitary Confinement of Belgian-Moroccan Prisoner in Morocco

18 January 2020

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 (…)