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• Barcelona Real Estate Agency Fined for Discriminating Against Moroccan Tenant
  6 August 2021, by Sylvanus

  The facts date back to early 2020. According to municipal sources in Barcelona, Redouane Mehdi, a computer engineer of Moroccan origin, was a victim of discrimination when he expressed his wish to rent a property from a real estate company and proved sufficient solvency. His request was rejected. Reason given: another application had been validated. Except that it was found that the property was still empty and available for weeks.
  Some time later, an individual close to the victim asked (…)

• 60 Arrested at Luxury Villa Wedding Party for Violating COVID-19 Restrictions in Morocco
  11 August 2021, by Sylvanus

  In Témara, the gendarmerie services accompanied by officials and representatives of the local authorities proceeded to arrest 60 people in a luxury villa transformed into a banquet hall, where a wedding party was taking place. A fine was imposed on them for violating the restrictive measures enacted to curb the spread of the coronavirus in the kingdom.
  The gendarmerie services of Tamesna and Sidi Yahya Zaïr carried out a raid on a luxurious property, covering several hectares and housing (…)

• European Court Upholds Conviction for ’Jihad’ T-Shirt Given to Child
  3 September 2021, by Sylvanus

  Bad news for the uncle who had given his three-year-old nephew a t-shirt in 2012 in Sorgues, in the Vaucluse, bearing the inscriptions "I am a bomb" and "Jihad, born on September 11". The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has confirmed the decision of the French justice which had sentenced him to two months in prison with probation and a fine of 4,000 euros.
  The facts date back to September 25, 2012. A three-year-old boy had gone to the nursery school with a t-shirt that his mother (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences Five in Harhoura Land Fraud Case
  20 December 2021, by Sylvanus

  The five people prosecuted in the case of land spoliation in Harhoura were sentenced to various prison terms and fines at first instance.
  After three years of trial, the judgment was handed down in the case of land spoliation in Harhoura. The main defendant, a businessman, was sentenced to six years in prison and a fine of 10,000 dirhams, while his assistant was sentenced to five years in prison and the same fine, reports Al Akhbar. Two years in prison and a fine of 1,000 DH for the (…)

• Former Moroccan MP Sentenced to 8 Years for Drug Trafficking
  13 May 2022, by Sylvanus

  Prosecuted in particular for "participation in the possession of a narcotic substance and export of drugs without a permit or license from the customs administration", a former MP from the National Rally of Independents (RNI) was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 100,000 DH by the court of first instance in Zagora.
  In addition to the former MP, two accomplices were sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of 50,000 DH each, reports the Arabic-language daily Assabah. As (…)

• Morocco Jails Two for Killing Endangered Hyena in Viral Video
  19 May 2022, by Ginette

  Two people have been convicted for killing an animal belonging to an endangered species. Their crime was captured in a video that went viral on the Moroccan web.
  The case is unprecedented. The court of first instance in Béni Mellal on Tuesday sentenced two people accused of killing a wild animal in the Tagzirt forest, in the province of Béni Mellal, reports Alyaoum24. The animal in question is a hyena, whose species is endangered. Their crime was recorded in a video widely shared on the (…)

• Morocco Considers Decriminalizing Alcohol Sales and Consumption for Citizens
  8 November 2022, by Sylvanus

  The Moroccan Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Ouahbi, is expressing his willingness to repeal the 1967 law prohibiting any establishment from selling or offering an alcoholic beverage to Muslims. A constraining law whose non-observance exposes offenders to up to six months in prison and 140 euros in fines.
  Abdellatif Ouahbi is making the decriminalization of the sale and consumption of alcohol - reserved for tourists - his hobby horse. He intends to "review certain liberticide provisions (…)

• Moroccan Man Jailed for Forcing Family to Convert to Shiite Islam
  9 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  A man was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine for "forcing" his family to embrace the Shiite religious doctrine.
  An Ahl al-Bayt adherent was convicted in Beni Mellal for having forced his small family to follow the Shiite religious doctrine. His conviction follows a complaint from his wife. She had complained that her husband "had shaken her faith and the faith of her children" and claimed that he "had forced her to embrace Shiism."
  In court, the defendant was found guilty of the (…)

• Tourist Files Complaint Against Agadir Taxi Driver for Overcharging Scam
  11 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  In Agadir, a petit taxi driver defrauded a tourist who filed a complaint against him. In addition to a possible fine that will be imposed on him, he could have his driver’s license revoked.
  Another fraudulent taxi driver! In a press release, the professional association of owners, users and drivers of petit taxis announced that a taxi driver is the subject of an investigation after a tourist filed a complaint against him for fraud. The driver would have demanded 150 DH for a taxi ride (…)

• French Journalists on Trial for Alleged Blackmail Attempt Against Morocco’s King
  14 January 2023, by Sylvanus

  The trial of two French journalists suspected of trying to blackmail King Mohammed VI will open on Monday, January 16 in Paris. They face up to five years in prison and a fine of 75,000 euros.
  Eric Laurent, 75, former reporter for Radio France and Le Figaro Magazine, also a columnist for France Culture, and Catherine Graciet, 48, author of books on the Maghreb, both authors in 2012 of a book on Mohammed VI banned in Morocco, "The Predator King", will be tried in Paris on Monday, January (…)