The Moroccan authorities say they are surprised and firmly deny the statements of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) regarding the violation of the rights of the detainee Mohamed Lamin Haddi imprisoned in the local prison of Tifelt 2.
Aged 45, Yassine B., found guilty in June last year and sentenced to 12 years in prison for four rapes, four indecent assaults, with the aggravating circumstance of sequestration, and for threats with a knife, committed between July 2016 and November 2019, must again answer to similar acts committed in September 2017, the Brussels public prosecutor’s office said this week. He is due to appear in court on April 15.
The Court of Appeal of Marrakech in charge of financial crimes has sentenced the MP Abderrahim El Kamel, who is also the president of the Ouahat Sidi Brahim commune, to six years in prison for corruption, thus confirming the verdict handed down at first instance. He had demanded a sum of 110,000 DH for the issuance of a building permit.
A 26-year-old Moroccan prosecuted for "public apology for an act of terrorism" and "death threats" against three police officers in Verdun during his transfer on December 26, 2020 to the Metz prison was sentenced to 18 months in prison. This is the verdict handed down by the Bar-le-Duc criminal court.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Moroccan authorities to release journalist Mohamed Lamine Haddi, a contributor to the television channel of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (RASD)" imprisoned in Morocco for 10 years. The international NGO says he "is in particularly worrying health."
Barely opened, the Casablanca Court of Appeal suspended and postponed to April 27 the trial of journalist Omar Radi prosecuted for "rape" and espionage, and in prison since late July 2020.
Souleiman Raissouni, editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, who is being prosecuted for "rape" of a young man and his "kidnapping", will remain in detention. This is the decision of the criminal chamber of the court of first instance near the court of appeal of Casablanca, which refused to grant him provisional release.
The trial on the shooting that occurred in 2017 at the "la Crème" café has been postponed to May 18 by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal of Marrakech. In this murder case, two Dutch nationals were sentenced to death in the first instance.
The court of first instance in Agadir this week sentenced the luxury beggar who was driving a 4x4 vehicle to 6 months in prison.
In the Aude, Nabil Soualah, a 39-year-old Moroccan, was incarcerated for domestic violence, after an immediate appearance. His six-month pregnant wife had jumped from the 1st floor balcony to flee him.
The Court of First Instance in Casablanca handed down its verdict on Thursday, March 25, in the case of Moroccan YouTuber Chafik Omerani, alias "3robi F Merican". The man was sentenced to three months in prison with a fine of 40,000 dirhams.
After twelve years spent in prison in Morocco, Ali Aarrass, a 59-year-old Belgian-Moroccan, now free to move around, talks about this difficult period of his life. He mentions episodes of torture in Moroccan prisons.