Calls to prevent the execution of Moroccan fighter Brahim Saadoun have been multiplying in recent days. The latest is from the National Human Rights Council (CNDH).
Going to fight for Kiev, the young Moroccan Brahim Saadoun as well as two Britons were taken prisoner and sentenced to death on Thursday.
Incarcerated in the local Toulal 2 prison as part of a case related to terrorism, an inmate committed suicide by hanging on Saturday morning, according to the prison administration.
In 2020, Morocco had 76 inmates on death row, 9 more than in 2019, according to data from the public prosecutor’s office.
A virtual meeting on Tuesday brought together Moroccan associations advocating for the abolition of the death penalty . Objective: to prepare the plea to future elected officials with a view to definitively abolishing this penalty.
The Tangier Court of Appeal confirmed, this Wednesday, April 7, the death sentence that had been handed down at first instance against the man who coldly murdered Adnane B., an 11-year-old child. The case had caused an immense wave of emotion, anger and indignation throughout the country.
The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of Meknes sentenced a sexagenarian, a repeat offender, to the death penalty for the murder of his two sisters and his nephew.
The President of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) welcomed the fight led by human rights defenders against the death penalty in Morocco. During a meeting held under the theme "human rights violations related to the application of the death penalty, Amina Bouayach recalled the need to protect and ensure the right to life for all Moroccans.
Abdelillah Benkirane , former head of the Moroccan government, says he is in favor of executing those sentenced to death. He claims to owe a debt of gratitude to the Moroccan justice system for maintaining it.
The young man who killed his father in Ouled Frej, in the province of El Jadida was sentenced to death. This is the verdict handed down by the criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of the city.
Laila Kasmi and Ibtissam Haouzi are the latest Moroccan detainees to be sentenced by an Iraqi court. Like them, 17 other Moroccans, detained for many years in the El Hout prison, await the day of their execution.
Said Mansour, the main instigator of the Casablanca attacks , avoids the death penalty. Sentenced to death in the first instance, the 61-year-old man saw his sentence commuted to 25 years in prison.