Moroccan Pop Star’s Rape Appeal Trial Set to Begin in Paris
4 May 2025
After a long series of postponements, the appeal trial of Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred, sentenced in 2023 to six years in prison for rape and aggravated violence against a (…)
Rights and Justice
Moroccan-Born Prosecutor Leads Investigation into Fatal Mosque Stabbing in France
2 May 2025
Of Moroccan origin, Abdelkrim Grini, 54, is the prosecutor who led the first three days of investigation after the murder of Aboubakar Cissé, a Malian stabbed to death in a (…)
Moroccan Islamist Activist Jailed for Facebook Posts Critical of Saudi Arabia
1 May 2025
The Khouribga Court of Appeal has upheld the one-year prison sentence of an Islamist activist for "defamation". The accused receives this sentence for his publications on the (…)
Trial Begins for ’Turbo’ in Moroccan Singer’s Husband Murder Case
1 May 2025
The examination of the Reda Abakrim case, nicknamed "Turbo", the main accused in the kidnapping and murder of artist Rym Fikri’s husband, begins before the criminal chamber of (…)
Fugitive Sentenced in Morocco for 2011 Paris Murder After Faking Own Death
29 April 2025
The criminal chamber of the Rabat Court of Appeal has just sentenced Hassan Benhamza, 34, to 20 years in prison and nearly 50,000 euros in damages for the murder of Mehdi (…)
Moroccan Drug Trafficking Suspect with Cancer Denied Release from French Prison
28 April 2025
In pre-trial detention awaiting his trial scheduled for June, Driss, accused of drug trafficking, requested his release on Friday to treat a cancer relapse. The Montauban court (…)
Moroccan Court Sentences Man to Life for Teacher’s Murder Amid Sexual Assault Claims
27 April 2025
The young man in his twenties admitted to the facts and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Rabat Court of Appeal. He had slit his language teacher’s throat on the (…)
Belgian Drug Lord ’Freaks’ Captured in Antwerp After Evading Authorities
27 April 2025
While they thought he had fled to Morocco, Belgian investigators finally arrested Ali O., convicted in two separate trials for drug trafficking and membership in a criminal (…)
Former Wydad Casablanca President Demands Key Witnesses in Major Drug Trafficking Trial
26 April 2025
The behavior of Saïd Naciri, former president of Wydad Casablanca, prosecuted in the "Desert Escobar" case, nicknamed after Malian drug trafficker Mohamed Benbrahim, has (…)
Moroccan Man Sentenced to Death for Brutal Patricide Over Money Dispute
26 April 2025
The Al Hoceima Court of Appeal has sentenced a man to death for the murder of his father. The accused had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the first instance.