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  • Morocco Marks 64 Years of Independence with National Celebrations
    18 November 2019, by Ginette

    The 64th anniversary of Morocco’s independence is celebrated by Moroccans this Monday, November 18.
    Morocco, at the cost of heavy sacrifices, freed itself from colonial rule in 1955. Each anniversary, the event is celebrated to allow new generations to measure the full extent of the celebration of the Kingdom’s accession to national and international sovereignty.
    "We are pleased to be able to announce the end of the guardianship and protectorate regime and the advent of freedom and (…)

  • Morocco Announces 2020 Public Holiday Calendar: Key Dates for Religious and National Observances
    5 January 2020, by Ginette

    Like other years, 2020 will be marked by religious holidays and national and international commemorative days. Declared public holidays, the calendar of which is already available. Here is the list of public holidays in Morocco:
    The Manifesto of Independence will be celebrated this year on Saturday, January 11, 2020.
    Labor Day falls on Friday, May 1, 2020.
    Eid al-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday, May 24 (2 public holidays) 2020.
    The commemoration of the Throne Feast is scheduled (…)

  • King Mohammed VI Pardons 637 Moroccan Prisoners on Independence Manifesto Day
    11 January 2022, by Ginette

    637 people convicted by various Moroccan courts have been pardoned by King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the commemoration of the presentation of the Independence Manifesto, celebrated this Tuesday, January 11 in Morocco.
    The royal pardons are distributed as follows:
    • Pardon on the remainder of the prison or criminal sentence in favor of 22 detainees.
    • Remission of the prison or criminal sentence in favor of 473 detainees.
    • Commutation of the life sentence to a fixed-term sentence (…)

  • Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Pardons Nearly 1,000 Prisoners on Independence Day
    11 January 2023, by Ginette

    On the occasion of the anniversary of the Independence Manifesto, King Mohammed VI granted a pardon to 991 people sentenced to prison terms in Morocco.
    The beneficiaries of the Royal Pardon who are in detention number 707 inmates, distributed as follows:
    • Pardon on the remainder of the prison or criminal sentence in favor of 10 detainees.
    • Remission of the prison or criminal sentence in favor of 687 detainees.
    • Commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment in favor of one (…)