Prison

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• Morocco’s Prison Population Hits All-Time High of 85,767 Inmates
  10 November 2019, by Sylvanus

  The number of detainees in Morocco reached a record high in September, according to figures provided by Mohamed Salah Tamek, Delegate General for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR). In total, 85,767 people are incarcerated.
  According to Mohamed Salah Tamek, Delegate General for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), this is an unprecedented record, reports the newspaper Al Massae.
  He also stated that the financial resources allocated to the DGAPR, which should see (…)

• Moroccan Singer Reunites with Daughters After Prison Release
  23 February, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan singer Dounia Batma appeared in a video for the first time since her release. She recently left the Oudaya prison in Marrakech, after serving a one-year prison sentence in the "Hamza Mon Bb" case.
  Dounia Batma appeared in a moving video published on the official channel of her younger sister Imane. The video documents the reunion between the singer and her two daughters at their home in Marrakech after a year of absence. The mother was in tears. This has aroused a lot of emotion (…)

• Moroccan Soccer Star Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Minors
  26 May 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Montpellier criminal court sentenced Moroccan international Youssef El Arabi to one year in prison and a fine of 3,000 euros for his involvement in an assault on two minors.
  The facts took place on June 24, 2017, the day of Eid al-Fitr. That day, Youssef El Arabi, two of his brothers, and their brother-in-law, would have beaten up two minors aged 13 and 16 who had thrown glass bottles on the terrace of a house where the family of the Moroccan international was celebrating the end of (…)

• Moroccan King Pardons Journalist Convicted of Premarital Sex, Ending Controversial Case
  16 October 2019, by Bladi.net

  Sentenced to a term of imprisonment, journalist Hajar Raïssouni, has just been granted a pardon by King Mohammed VI, on Wednesday, October 16, 2019, according to a statement from the Ministry of Justice. This royal pardon has been extended to the fiancé of the accused as well as to the medical team.
  The King has responded favorably to the many calls for the release of the journalist convicted in this case of "sexual relations outside of marriage" and "illegal abortion."
  "This royal (…)

• Five Suspects Jailed in Mysterious Death of 22-Year-Old in Agadir
  12 February 2022, by Sylvanus

  After being placed in custody, the five suspects in the case of Amine Chariz, a 22-year-old man who died under mysterious circumstances in Agadir on February 8, have been transferred to the local prison in Ait Melloul.
  On Friday, the elements of the judicial police of Agadir presented the suspects before the Attorney General of the Court of Appeal of Agadir, at the end of the period of custody and its extension period to which they were subjected as part of the investigations and (…)

• Moroccan Court Sentences 14 in High-Profile Rape and Kidnapping Case
  22 September 2021, by Sylvanus

  The Court of Appeal of Beni Mellal sentenced, on Tuesday, September 21, 14 defendants to various prison terms for charges of "rape, kidnapping, sequestration, tattooing and human trafficking" in the case of Khadija O. alias "the tattoo girl". In total, 226 years of imprisonment were handed out.
  In August 2018, Khadija, then 17 years old, had been kidnapped, sequestered and raped for two months by a dozen men aged 18 to 28 from her village of Oulad Ayad, near Beni Mellal. In a video that (…)

• Béziers Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Smuggling 24 Kilos of Cannabis from Morocco
  4 August 2023, by Prince

  Majid B., a 31-year-old man from Béziers, has just been sentenced to three years in prison by the Montpellier criminal court for cannabis resin trafficking, driving without a license and failure to comply.
  The young man was arrested in Fabrègues on June 24, after a long chase on the A9 motorway. A little earlier, he had managed to escape a police check at the La Palme rest area because he was transporting 24 kilos of cannabis resin, reports Midi Libre. Placed in pre-trial detention

• "Desert Escobar" case: serious charges against Said Naciri and Abdenbi Bioui
  26 March 2024, by Sylvanus

  Serious charges have been brought against the accused -Said Naciri and Abdenbi Bioui, both members of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM)-, in the case of Lhaj Ahmed Benbrahim alias "Desert Escobar", named after the Malian initially detained in the El Jadida prison, before being transferred to the local prison of Ain Sebaâ 1 and then to the local prison of Salé 2.
  The charges brought against Said Naciri, president of Wydad de Casablanca, PAM parliamentarian, and also president of (…)

• Omani Sultan Pardons Moroccan Woman After 7 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking
  8 April, by Prince

  Sentenced to life for drug trafficking in Oman, Fátima Ofkir, a 25-year-old Spaniard today, was granted amnesty after seven years in prison. The young woman returned to Barcelona a week ago.
  Whose father is Moroccan had been recruited by a drug trafficking network in Spain, which had sent her to Oman to retrieve a package containing seven kilos of morphine. Arrested in this country, she will be sentenced to life imprisonment. But after seven years in prison, she was pardoned by the Sultan (…)

• Moroccan Activist Jailed for Calling Government Officials ’Terrorists’ on Facebook
  5 January 2019, by Said

  Back to square one for the former leader of the February 20 movement Oussama El Khlifi who has just been placed in detention at the El Arjat prison in Salé.
  The decision was made on Friday by the court of first instance of Salé following El Khlifi’s remarks on Facebook in which he had described the PJD deputies and the Head of Government Saâdeddine El Othmani as "terrorists", going so far as to talk about "beheading".
  This is not the first time the young man has been incarcerated. He (…)