On the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, King Mohammed VI granted his pardon to 1,533 people, convicted by various courts in the kingdom, some of whom are in detention and others at liberty. The Belgo-Moroccan Abdelkader Belliraj, convicted of terrorism, who was serving a life sentence (reduced to 25 years) in the Loudaya prison in Marrakech, is among the beneficiaries.
Moroccan singer Dounia Batma is not wasting any time and is already back in the music spotlight, just a few weeks after her release.
Prosecuted for having used the clients’ money to illegally bet huge sums in games of chance, specifically on an international sports betting platform, a bank executive who worked in an agency located in Ksar El Kébir, was sentenced by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Rabat, in charge of financial crimes.
The trial of the Moroccan mother sentenced in June 2024 to a lengthy prison term for the murder of her two severely disabled daughters in Barbaste continues before the Gers assize court in Auch.
A lawyer from Rabat, a legal assistant and two intermediaries have been placed in pre-trial detention in the El Arjat prison following the dismantling by investigators from the National Brigade of the Judicial Police (BNPJ) of a vast fraud network.
The trial of the Moroccan mother sentenced in June 2024 to a heavy prison sentence for the murder of her two disabled daughters in Barbaste will open before the Gers Assize Court in Auch next week.
The Casablanca Court of Appeal has confirmed the prison sentence imposed on Reda Bouzidi, known by the pseudonym "Oueld Chinwiya" by the court of first instance of Aïn Sebaâ.
The Rennes judicial court sentenced a resident of the small town of Gévezé (Ille-et-Vilaine) to 18 months in prison with a suspended sentence for using the data of a driver’s license of a friend, residing in Morocco, in order to avoid receiving fines after road offenses.
The fiancé of the French lawyer, who accused three sons of businessmen of having raped her in Casablanca, and who is currently in prison, knows the date of the verdict of his trial.
The annual report of the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Morocco presents the figures of judicial proceedings related to certain specific offenses, including public breaking of the fast during Ramadan and attacks on the symbols of the Kingdom.
Gérald Darmanin, the French Minister of Justice, stated on Thursday that he will work to ensure that foreigners, including Moroccans, detained in French prisons can serve their sentences in their country of origin.
Prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds, the Istiqlal party deputy and former president of the Sidi Kacem municipal council, Mohamed El Hafid, was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison, including one year firm, as well as the payment of a fine of 10,000 dirhams and damages of two million dirhams to the municipality.