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  • Belgian-Moroccan Man Released After 12-Year Terrorism Sentence in Morocco
    3 April 2020, by Ginette

    Good news for the Belgian-Moroccan, Ali Aarrass. Imprisoned in Morocco for 12 years for terrorism, he was released on Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m.
    It was on August 1, 2008 that Ali Aarrass was arrested in the Spanish enclave of Melilla and extradited two years later to Morocco, where his trial took place. At the end of the trial, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for "belonging to a group intending to commit terrorist acts". But he appealed his conviction and his sentence was (…)

  • Belgo-Moroccan Prisoner’s Release Complicated by Coronavirus Border Closures
    21 March 2020, by Sylvanus

    While the Belgo-Moroccan, Ali Aarrass, will have to leave the Tiflet prison on April 2, the spread of the coronavirus could be a source of trouble for him. His family, relatives and friends will no longer be able to give him a dignified welcome as planned.
    The conditions for Ali Aarrass’ release from prison will not be the easiest, especially since this release from prison comes in a context marked by the spread of the coronavirus. Morocco has completely suspended its air links and closed (…)

  • Belgian-Moroccan Prisoner Ali Aarrass Released, Awaits Repatriation to Belgium
    1 May 2020, by Ginette
  • Freed Terrorism Suspect Stranded in Morocco, Awaits Return to Belgium
    17 May 2020, by Bladi.net

    "I still feel locked up," we can read in the letter from Ali Aarrass, sent to Rabat. Due to the closure of borders by Morocco, Ali Aarrass, released from prison on April 2, has not been able to join his family in Belgium. He has been hosted since that day by a family in the Moroccan capital, awaiting his repatriation to Belgium. In his letter, Ali Aarrass does not hide his distress after twelve years of incarceration for acts of terrorism that he has always denied. His only desire is to (…)

  • Belgian Man Released After 12-Year Imprisonment in Morocco Returns Home
    19 July 2020, by Ginette

    According to a member of the Free Ali Aarrass committee, it was on Wednesday, July 15 that the former prisoner "landed at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. There, his family members were waiting for him to take him back to Belgium." His return to the country was celebrated by the committee formed for his release, reports rtbf.be.
    Ali Aarrass was arrested on April 1, 2008 in Melilla, and was handed over two years later to Morocco for a trial at the end of which he was sentenced to 15 years (…)

  • ECHR Rejects Belgo-Moroccan Terror Suspect’s Claim Against Belgium for Lack of Consular Aid
    2 October 2021, by Ginette

    The Belgo-Moroccan Ali Aarrass, detained for 12 years in Morocco for belonging to a terrorist group, filed a request in 2018 with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), in which he believes he did not have the necessary consular assistance throughout this period. The request was rejected.
    It was unanimously that the seven judges of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled "inadmissible" Ali Aarrass’ complaint against Belgium, filed in March 2018. In a decision rendered on (…)

  • UN Experts Confirm Torture of Belgian-Moroccan Man in Terrorism Case
    4 June 2022, by Armel

    Imprisoned for 12 years for terrorism, the Belgian of Moroccan origin Ali Aarrass would have been a victim of torture in Spain and Morocco, according to an international expert assessment. His lawyers are demanding justice.
    Ali Aarrass had been extradited to Morocco by Spain on December 14, 2010, in violation of a provisional measure ordered by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, recalls Belga, specifying that he was detained in Témara, where, according to his defense, he suffered (…)

  • Spain Ordered to Pay €3 Million to Belgian-Moroccan in Torture Case
    11 April 2024, by Prince

    The Spanish Constitutional Court has granted protection to Ali Aarrass, a Belgian-Moroccan who claims to have suffered torture and inhuman and degrading treatment in Morocco after being extradited by Spain.
    According to the opinion of the UN Human Rights Committee, which Europa Press had access to, the facts date back to 2006, the year in which the National Court ordered the opening of an investigation on Aarrass, suspected of having participated in the May 1, 2003 attacks in Casablanca, (…)