Moroccan Human Rights Activist Sentenced to 4 Years in "Hamza Mon bb" Case

Mohamed Madimi is accused "of having undermined a constituted body, of inciting against the territorial integrity of the Kingdom through written and digital means of a public nature."

After 12 hours of trial, the court handed down its verdict: four years in prison. "The sentence of four years in prison, pronounced against Mohamed Madimi, is severe," said Maître Abdel Fattah Zahrash, coordinator of the defense lawyers, who assured his intention to appeal this decision.

The legal troubles of the president of the National Center for Human Rights in Marrakech began on Thursday, November 26, 2020, when the criminal chamber of the court of first instance in Marrakech had sentenced him to a prison term of 22 months, accompanied by a fine of 3,000 dirhams, for fraud, blackmail and defamation.