Inmate Found Dead in Moroccan Prison: Suicide Suspected in Tetouan Facility
4 May 2019
New suicide in Moroccan prisons with the death of a man who decided to end his life in the local prison of Tetouan, in the north of the country.
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Moroccan Activist Jailed for 3 Years Over Facebook Post on Rif Protests
4 May 2019
A Rif activist has just been sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of a few hundred dirhams (500dh). The cause, a Facebook post where he talks about civil rebellion (…)
Morocco’s Prison Population: Women Make Up Just 2.3% of Inmates
21 April 2019
This is not the news of the century but men monopolize Moroccan prisons. The number of detainees in Moroccan prisons would be around 1900 women. 42 times less than the men who (…)
Moroccan Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Mother’s Fatal Window Fall
20 April 2019
A man has just been sentenced to 20 years in prison in a case that had initially looked like an accident: the death of his mother, which has finally been revealed to be a murder.
France Launches Second Phase of National Anti-Radicalization Plan
17 April 2019
The French state has focused on the second phase of the National Plan for the Prevention of Radicalization, launched in 2018, which aims to prevent the expansion of this (…)
Human Rights Watch Condemns Harsh Isolation of Jailed Moroccan Journalist Bouachrine
13 April 2019
Sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Casablanca Court of Appeal, Taoufik Bouachrine, journalist and former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, is not enjoying (…)
Hirak Protest Leader Zefzafi Moved to Al Hoceima Prison Amid Calls for Release
11 April 2019
While several NGOs and other associative, political, or even entertainment actors are calling for the release of the Hirak detainees, the latter, including Nasser Zefzafi, were (…)
Morocco Considers Privatizing Conjugal Visits for Inmates Amid Resource Constraints
24 March 2019
Intimate visits for inmates should soon disappear due to lack of financial and logistical resources. But the prison administration is not against the idea of opening this door (…)
Moroccan Soldiers Jailed for Social Media Criticism of Military Leadership and Government
17 March 2019
It’s not good to criticize and defame on social networks when you’re a soldier. Four Moroccan soldiers have just been sentenced to 5 months in prison for publications that were (…)
Rif Protest Leader’s Mother Resumes European Tour, Defies Arrest Warnings
8 March 2019
Mother and son probably resemble each other, to the point that Nasser Zefzafi would have warned his mother, Zoulikha Si Haddou, that she risked "joining" him in the Oukacha prison.