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• Mother’s Trial for Throwing Children from Building Delayed in Casablanca
  20 January 2020, by Ginette

  The tragedy took place on October 23, 2019. Three children were thrown out of a five-story building by their mother, who was arrested and held in pre-trial detention until her trial, which began on January 20 before the Court of Appeal near the Court of First Instance of Casablanca.
  The trial was adjourned to February 10. The defendant’s husband decided to withdraw the complaint he had filed against his wife, which allowed the defense lawyer to sharpen his arguments.
  According to sources (…)

• Dubai Emir Intervenes: Moroccan Actress Mariam Hussein Released from Custody
  11 February 2020, by Kamal

  It was Kuwaiti artist Mohamed Maha who announced the good news in the Story section of his Instagram account. "I would like to announce the good news of the release of Mariam Hussein, who, thank God, has just reunited with her little girl, whose joy cannot be described."
  The intervention of the Emir of Dubai in this case was communicated by the local press, without specifying whether the decision to deport the Moroccan actress has been canceled or not.
  To recall, Mariam Hussein was (…)

• Moroccan Inmate Among Three Found Dead in Spanish Prison, Investigation Launched
  13 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  A Moroccan national in Spain, who was serving his sentence in the Segovia prison, was found dead.
  The Segovia prison, located in Salamanca, in northwestern Spain, recorded the death of a Moroccan national as well as two Romanian and Peruvian nationals, reports the Spanish media.
  For now, the causes of death of these prisoners remain unknown. The prison administration is still awaiting the forensic report to be informed.
  For its part, the Attorney General’s Office has opened an (…)

• Moroccan Businesswoman Released After Paying $4.2 Million for Bounced Check
  7 March 2019, by Said

  The Moroccan businesswoman Hind Achabi left the prison where she has been incarcerated for nearly a month for a dark story of a bounced check.
  Cited by the Goud site, her lawyer says that his client left the Oukacha prison in Casablanca after paying the sum of 42 million dirhams, the amount of this check that would have been signed in 2016 in the name of her company, the "Dalia Company" and not in her personal name. At that time, Achabi had just given birth and had entrusted, she says, (…)

• Rif Protest Leader’s Mother Resumes European Tour, Defies Arrest Warnings
  8 March 2019, by Amine

  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.
  After an absence for health reasons (the treatment of breast cancer), Zoulikha Si Haddou, the mother of the leader of the Rif Hirak Nasser Zefzafi, has just started her European tour again, which aims to support her son as well as all the convicted Hirak activists.
  At a meeting held last Thursday in Paris, (…)

• Moroccan Soldiers Jailed for Social Media Criticism of Military Leadership and Government
  17 March 2019, by Amine

  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 deemed defamatory towards the "generals and the government".
  It is the military court of Rabat that is behind this conviction of four soldiers to 5 months in prison each. According to Assabah, they would have undermined the army and important officers as well as the Ministry of National Education, and therefore the (…)

• Morocco Considers Privatizing Conjugal Visits for Inmates Amid Resource Constraints
  24 March 2019, by Amine

  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 to private promoters.
  The idea is crazy! The "khalwa charîya" (legal intimacy) allowing a detainee (male or female) to have, among other things and especially, sexual relations with his (or her) legitimate spouse could well become an economic niche. The prison administration is thinking of attracting investors who, (…)

• Moroccan YouTuber Sentenced to Prison for ’Offensive’ Content Against State
  23 February 2020, by Sylvanus

  Rachid Tahiri, 39, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for broadcasting on the video hosting platform YouTube content deemed offensive. This is the verdict handed down by the Settat court.
  The Settat court found Rachid Tahiri, alias "Bassirou", a bus driver, guilty of "offense to state institutions" and "the flag and symbol of the kingdom".
  This conviction follows the complaint filed by a local association called "Royal Youth". This association demanded that the public (…)

• Tragedy in Tétouan: Recently Released Inmate Dies in Fatal Fall from Building
  9 March 2020, by Sylvanus

  A young man committed suicide in the Jamaâ Mezouak neighborhood, in Tétouan, a few days after his release from prison. He made a fatal fall.
  The young man threw himself from the 2nd floor of a building. Since he had returned home, he had never left his room until the day of his suicide, says a local source cited by Barlamane.
  Alerted, the local and security authorities went to the scene. On their arrival, the young man was still breathing. It was decided to rush him to the nearest (…)

• Hirak Protest Leader Zefzafi Moved to Al Hoceima Prison Amid Calls for Release
  11 April 2019, by Amine

  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 transferred to the prison of Al Hoceïma on Thursday, in order, it is said, to bring them closer to their families.
  Sentenced to sentences of up to 20 years in prison, Nasser Zefzafi and other Hirak detainees have just left one prison for another, according to the website Article19, saying it is based on the words (…)