Rights and Justice

Articles

• Moroccan Singer Dounia Batma Accuses Husband of Domestic Violence and Infidelity
  11 October 2022, by Said

  The problems of Dounia Batma and her husband Mohammad Al-Turk will go through the justice system. The Bahraini businessman was heard by the police.
  According to testimonies collected by the site Alyaoum24, Mohammad Al-Turk was questioned by the police following a complaint filed by his wife.
  What exactly does Dounia Batma accuse him of? The Moroccan singer filed a complaint for domestic violence, breach of trust and infidelity.
  It will now be up to the police, and then the justice (…)

• Former Moroccan Bank Employee Sentenced for $300,000 Embezzlement Scheme
  18 October 2022, by Ginette

  The criminal chamber near the Court of Appeal in charge of financial cases in Marrakech has sentenced a former Al Barid Bank employee to three years in prison. He embezzled more than three million dirhams.
  The funds were diverted from the bank to the accused’s account, who in addition to the three years of actual imprisonment, was also sentenced to pay a fine of 30,000 dirhams and to repay Al Barid Bank the embezzled amount of 3,082,076 DH, reports Aujourd’hui le Maroc.
  It was the bank (…)

• Domestic Violence Suspect Flees to Morocco, Arrested Upon Return to France
  5 November 2022, by Prince

  A resident of Fortschwihr (France) wanted for domestic violence has fled to take refuge in Morocco. Arrested upon his return three weeks later, he was tried on Friday in immediate appearance.
  The defendant escaped the gendarmes who had gone to arrest him at his workplace, before fleeing to Morocco from where he returned three weeks later, reports L’Alsace.
  He is accused by his wife of domestic violence, including kicks and punches to the head during an argument that occurred on (…)

• Moroccan Billionaires Face Corruption Charges in High-Profile Cases
  5 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  Moroccan billionaires who have been appointed to high positions or elected as deputies or mayors are facing justice. They would be involved in cases of corruption, embezzlement of public funds or mismanagement.
  According to Al Akhbar, the cases are legion. It mentions the case of the Istiqlal parliamentarian from Marrakech, Abdellatif Abdouh, prosecuted in the Saâdi Casino case. He was sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of 50,000 dirhams. The PAM parliamentarian, Abderrahim El (…)

• French Justice Minister Praises Morocco’s Anti-Terror Cooperation During Official Visit
  8 December 2020, by Jérôme

  Eric Dupond-Moretti is pleased with the effective judicial cooperation between France and Morocco. This is what should be remembered from the statement of the French Minister of Justice, as part of his two-day official visit (December 6-7) to the Kingdom.
  "France and Morocco cooperate effectively in the fight against terrorism, including in a framework that also involves Belgium and Spain," the French minister said at a press conference following his meeting with the Attorney General of (…)

• French Man Charged with Murder After Wife’s Death in House Fire
  9 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  The facts date back to July 11, 2016. The firefighters had been alerted, late in the evening, for a fire in a house, in Aunay-sous-Crécy, reports L’Écho républicain. A neighbor had managed to extinguish the fire before their arrival. When they entered the apartment, they found the carbonized body of the septuagenarian’s wife. A woman suffering from multiple sclerosis and confined to a wheelchair. "It’s a gas leak," assures Driss Ben Hammadi, adding that he was doing DIY in the basement of (…)

• Morocco Prosecutes 20 Cases of Public Fund Misuse in 2021
  8 March 2023, by Prince

  The Attorney General has been seized by the Attorney General of the King at the Court of Auditors of 20 cases of embezzlement of public funds for the year 2021.
  The Attorney General of the King at the Court of Auditors led by Zineb El Adaoui, has seized the Attorney General for these 20 cases of embezzlement of public funds so that he can take the measures he deems appropriate against them, reports the daily Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. The facts are related to the use of public goods for (…)

• Moroccan Ex-Mayor Sentenced to 2 Years for Embezzlement and Fraud
  11 January 2024, by Prince

  The former president of the commune of Mechraâ Bel Ksiri, in the province of Sidi Kacem, has just been sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 10,000 dirhams for "forgery, embezzlement of funds and misappropriation of public funds".
  "The former president of the commune of Mechraâ Bel Ksiri, Mohamed Kassouss, was sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of 10,000 dirhams, and the accomplice civil servant was sentenced to two years in criminal detention, including one year (…)

• Moroccan Judge Arrested in Laâyoune for Alleged 130,000 Dirham Bribe
  2 March 2024, by Said

  A judge from the court of first instance of Laâyoune, in southern Morocco, was arrested in flagrante delicto of receiving a bribe of 130,000 dirhams.
  The Attorney General at the Laâyoune Court of Appeal received a complaint against the judge serving at the Laâyoune court of first instance. Following this complaint, the judge was dismissed from his duties and a sum of 130,000 dirhams was found at his home.
  The bribe would have been paid by a family seeking to obtain the release of one of (…)

• Brussels Attacks: Wrongly Accused Suspect Seeks Exoneration After Four Years
  11 December 2020, by Jérôme

  Fayçal Cheffou is one of the three suspects in the March 22, 2016 attacks for whom the Brussels Chamber of Council is invited to pronounce a dismissal. He came forward to clear his name and regain his lost innocence.
  The Brussels Chamber of Council is examining this week the referral to the Assize Court of several suspects in the March 22, 2016 attacks. The federal public prosecutor’s office is sending eight suspects to the Assize Court, two others to the criminal court, and for three (…)