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  • Moroccan Officer Arrested for Uniform Rental Scheme, Faces Fraud Charges
    22 October 2020, by Bladi.net

    A policeman and his accomplice were placed in pre-trial detention in the local prison El Arjat 1 in Salé by the prosecutor’s office near the court of first instance of Rabat. They are accused of renting the uniform for the purpose of fraud.
    The policeman is accused of having rented his uniform to his accomplice, reports the newspaper Assabah. He then used it to commit his misdeeds in the nightclubs near Tiflet, where his family lives. He also boasted to them of having joined the national (…)

  • Morocco Launches Remote Court Hearings Nationwide, Boosting Judicial Efficiency
    27 April 2020, by Ginette

    Moroccan courts can now hold remote hearings. This measure has been in effect since Thursday, and several courts have adopted it, which satisfies many people awaiting a judgment.
    Mohamed Benabdelkader indicated on Wednesday, before the members of the Justice and Legislation Commission of the first chamber, that "this decision was made in coordination with the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Higher Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ) and the General Delegation for Prison (…)

  • Former Moroccan Official Denies Corruption Allegations, Plans Legal Action
    29 April 2020, by Ginette

    The former government spokesperson returned to his Facebook page to address the accusations made against him by Lahcen Bouarfa of the PAM in a video released this Friday. According to Mustapha Khalfi, the accusation that he "was rehired as an advisor to the Head of Government, Saad-Eddine El Otmani, for a monthly salary of up to 70,000 DH" is pure slander.
    The man defended himself on Monday, categorically rejecting the accusations against him. "Slander," according to the current member of (…)

  • Oxfam: 4.3 Million Moroccan Households Lack Social Protection Amid COVID-19 Crisis
    3 May 2020, by Ginette

    Despite the efforts made to help Moroccans feel less the adverse effects of the crisis related to the coronavirus, 4.3 million households operating in the informal sector do not benefit from any social protection. Oxfam calls on policymakers to work for the effective management of these types of inequalities, at the risk of having to deal with other crises outside of the coronavirus one.
    Oxfam indicates that in Morocco, studies and statistical data confirm an already worrying reality in (…)

  • Belgian Police Arrest Moroccan Man in Ex-Wife’s Murder Case
    4 November 2020, by Jérôme
  • Man Sentenced to 6 Months for Knife Incident at Mosque in Isère, France
    4 November 2020, by Jérôme
  • Brussels Unrest: Protesters Clash with Police After Prosecutor’s Decision in Adil Case
    27 November 2020, by Bladi.net

    Stone throwing, Molotov cocktails, a burned car, no injuries, such is the balance of the first incidents that occurred following the dismissal pronounced by the Brussels Public Prosecutor’s Office, reports La Dernière heure.
    According to the Brussels-Midi police who intervened on the ground, their elements present, although threatened, did not react to the provocations of the protesters. Even the water cannon, often used in such movements, was not used against the group of about forty (…)

  • Morocco Prosecutes Nearly 50,000 for Violating COVID-19 Emergency Measures
    4 May 2020, by Bladi.net

    Nearly 50,000 people are being prosecuted in court by the various public prosecutor’s offices in the kingdom for violating the state of health emergency.
    According to the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, of the total of 49,274 people, the rate of prosecutions in a state of arrest does not exceed 4.83%, while that of prosecutions in a state of freedom is around 95%. It also specifies that the use of pre-trial detention against certain persons (2,379) was justified by the fact (…)

  • Morocco Launches Free Legal Aid Network for Expatriates
    5 May 2020, by Ginette

    The Delegate Ministry to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad is coming to the aid of MREs. It announced on Sunday the availability of a list of lawyer contacts for all Moroccan nationals living abroad who will respond, on a voluntary basis, to all their requests for legal assistance.
    In making this decision, the ministry wants to "support the initiative undertaken by the network of Moroccan lawyers practicing abroad", whose aim is to assist (…)

  • French Driver Faces Trial for Deadly Sheep Rampage in Morocco
    7 May 2020, by Bladi.net

    The trial of the French national, accused of having massacred the sheep of a young shepherd in Mansouria, near Mohammedia, has been postponed to May 11.
    Placed in pre-trial detention after his inhuman act, Michel S. will have to wait until May 11 to find out his fate.
    The latter was the subject of an immediate appearance on Tuesday, May 5, before the court of first instance of Benslimane (the chief town of the province to which the locality of Mansouria administratively belongs). The (…)