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• 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 (…)

• Former Macron Aide Benalla Detained for Violating Court Order in May Day Protest Case
  20 February 2019, by Said

  Alexandre Benalla, the former collaborator of the French President Emmanuel Macron, was placed in detention on Tuesday for not respecting his judicial supervision imposed as part of the investigation into the violence against demonstrators on May 1st.
  Benalla was prohibited from contacting another defendant in this case, his friend Vincent Crasse, but on January 31, Mediapart had published the transcript of telephone conversations that would have taken place last July.
  This conversation (…)

• 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, (…)

• French Terror Suspects on Death Row in Morocco Since 1994 Hotel Attack
  21 May 2019, by Kamal

  Several French nationals are on the waiting list of those sentenced to death penalty around the world. In Morocco, two Frenchmen have been languishing on death row since 1994.
  Incarcerated in Fez and then in Salé before being transferred to the Kenitra prison, the two French of Algerian and Moroccan origin had been behind the attack carried out at the Asni hotel in Marrakech in 1994. They had burst into the hotel, killing two Spanish tourists and seriously injuring a French tourist on (…)

• Fugitive Drug Lord Faces 15-Year Sentence as French Authorities Crack Down on Cannabis Ring
  11 November 2020, by Sylvanus

  The deputy prosecutor of the Republic of Nîmes requested, on Tuesday, November 10, up to 15 years in prison and issued an arrest warrant against a Nîmes man on the run in Morocco. This man would be the head of a major drug trafficking network.
  In June 2019, the Nîmes Research Section in coordination with the GIGN had arrested a team on the A9 during a go-fast. More than 100 kilos of cannabis had been seized.
  The prosecution has demanded sentences ranging from 4 to 15 years in prison for (…)

• Bank Director and Accomplices Jailed for Forging Army Credentials in Moroccan Loan Scam
  19 June 2019, by Kamal

  Four individuals, including the Director of a "Barid Bank" agency, were sentenced to prison terms, following the counterfeiting of stamps and signatures of Moroccan army colonels, and the usurpation of their identity, to take out bank loans.
  The criminal chamber of the Court of First Instance in Rabat sentenced the four individuals to prison terms ranging from 2 to 3 years, with a flat fine of 5,000 dirhams for each of the defendants.
  According to Assabah, the credit institution, "Barid (…)

• Morocco’s Death Row Population Rises to 76, Including Terrorism Convicts
  11 December 2021, by Armel

  In 2020, Morocco had 76 inmates on death row, 9 more than in 2019, according to data from the public prosecutor’s office.
  Among them, two women and 19 were convicted of terrorist attacks that caused the death of 158 people, the latest report from the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office published this week said.
  The report stresses that the judiciary only resorts to this sentence in "cases of extreme necessity", when the crime has a significant impact on the safety and security (…)

• Moroccan Teacher Sentenced for Bigamy After Marrying Second Husband
  3 July 2019, by Amine

  The case had caused a scandal. A woman had married a second man, taking advantage of the fact that her first husband was in prison, by falsifying documents. She has just been sentenced to two years in prison. But she was also ordered to pay damages to her first husband.
  The famous bigamous teacher, aged 30, was sentenced by the Court of First Instance in the city of Meknès, on Monday, July 1, 2019, to serve a two-year prison sentence and to pay the sum of 100,000 dirhams in damages to her (…)

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