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  • Moroccan Man Jailed for Online Threat Against Prime Minister Following Tourist Murders
    17 January 2019, by Said

    The court of Al Hoceima has just sentenced a young man to a sentence of five months in prison for calling to "slit the throat" of the Head of Government Saâdeddine El Othmani and his entourage.
    This call had been published on Facebook just after the discovery of the bodies of the two Scandinavian tourists near Mount Toubkal, which he attributes to El Othmani and his entourage, reports the site Alyaoum24.
    Immediately after the dissemination of this message, the police had gone to the (…)

  • Moroccan Activist Jailed for Facebook Post Calling for Prime Minister’s Death
    20 January 2019, by Said

    Back to square one for the former founder of the February 20 movement Oussama El Khlifi, who has just been sentenced to a prison term for calls for murder broadcast on Facebook.
    The Court of First Instance in Salé sentenced the young man to a three-month prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 dirhams for "public incitement to murder." He had described the PJD leaders as "terrorists" before continuing on Facebook: "I wish that all members of the PJD die, and that their heads be hung on (…)

  • Hirak Leader Zefzafi Accused of Disruptive Behavior in Moroccan Prison, Transferred to Hospital
    28 January 2019, by Said

    The leader of the Hirak movement in Al Hoceima, Nasser Zefzafi, is accused by the management of the local Ain Sebaa 1 prison of "sowing trouble and anarchy through behavior contrary to the law."
    The latter has, according to the prison administration, been transferred to the hospital to "receive the necessary care due to a swelling of the hand resulting from an injury that he inflicted on himself."
    On Saturday, he requested care for foot pain, the administration specifies, according to (…)

  • Morocco Introduces Jail Time for Dodging Mandatory Military Service
    29 January 2019, by Said

    Announced for the end of this year, compulsory military service provides for heavy fines and prison sentences for those who refuse to join the barracks.
    According to the Dahir just published in the Official Bulletin, in addition to a fine ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 dirhams, young people are liable to a sentence of one month to one year in prison if they refuse to perform their military service.
    The law specifies in its article 16 that the same penalty applies to any person who has (…)

  • Hirak Leader Zefzafi’s Health Stable, Prison Denies Stroke Claims
    30 January 2019, by Said

    The information that the leader of the Hirak movement Nasser Zefzafi suffered a stroke is false, the administration of the local Ain Sebaa 1 prison has just indicated.
    Wanting to put an end to these "allegations" published in particular by his father, the administration affirms that the detainee underwent a series of medical examinations, including an MRI and an electroencephalogram, which showed that he suffered from a "minor congenital anomaly".
    And to deny that the prison (…)

  • Morocco: Man Jailed for Bathing on Public Bus in Viral Video Incident
    24 June 2019, by Said
  • Salé Prison Refutes Inmate’s Viral Social Media Claims as Unfounded
    15 August 2019, by Sylvanus

    Faced with statements attributed to an inmate on social networks, widely relayed, the administration of the local prison of Salé 2 sets the record straight.
    In a statement, it hammers that these statements are "devoid of any foundation".
    It also assures that "his family is the only party with whom he has been in contact, in accordance with the law".

  • Moroccan Court Fines Cocaine Ring $150,000, Leader Jailed for 8 Years
    12 November 2019, by Ginette

    The 4 cocaine traffickers were arrested during a large-scale operation carried out by the police targeting hard drug traffickers operating in the rural commune of Ait Youssef Ou Ali, under the Cercle of Beni Ouriaghel, in the province of Al Hoceima.
    It is Aujourd’hui le Maroc that provides the information according to which the gang leader received the heaviest sentence, namely 8 years of criminal imprisonment accompanied by a fine of 2,000 dirhams.
    The three others get off with, (…)

  • Morocco Launches Massive HIV and Syphilis Screening for 20,000 Prisoners
    9 December 2019, by Ginette

    The AIDS screening campaign launched in Moroccan prisons ends on December 25. According to the General Delegation for Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR), 20,000 inmates will benefit from it.
    This screening campaign was launched as part of World AIDS Day celebrated every December 1st. The DGAPR, in a press release explaining the rationale for this action, indicated that syphilis screening is also underway for the benefit of 2,000 prisoners.
    The Association for the Fight against (…)

  • 18-Year-Old Moroccan Inmate Found Dead in French Prison Near Lyon
    2 February 2019, by Said

    The body of a young Moroccan was found lifeless by guards during the night from Friday to Saturday in his cell in a prison in France.
    Barely 18 years old, he hanged himself in his cell at the Villefranche-sur-Saône penitentiary center, near Lyon, reports the newspaper Le Progrès. The guards and firefighters who arrived quickly on the scene were unable to revive the young man.
    It was during a round that the death was noted around 1 a.m., indicates the spokesperson for the prison (…)