Rights and Justice

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• Gold Mine Attack in Morocco: 9 Suspects Detained as Investigation Unfolds
  8 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  4 people were placed in pre-trial detention on Wednesday following the instructions of the investigating judge at the Court of Appeal of Ouarzazate. They are accused of being involved in the attack on a gold mine in the province of Tinghir.
  These four accused join five other people already incarcerated in the same prison and for the same case. According to Hespress, this pre-trial detention of the 9 people is a decision of the prosecutor of the Ouarzazate Court of Appeal. The magistrate (…)

• Teenage Rape Victim Attempts Suicide After Lenient Sentence in Fez, Morocco
  9 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  A 13-year-old teenager attempted to take her own life, to protest against the verdict handed down against her rapist by the Court of First Instance of Fez. Justice has not been served, she believes.
  Abused a year ago, the young girl did not appreciate the one-year custodial sentence handed down against her rapist. Deeply affected by this sexual assault, she had to undergo a surgical procedure.
  Dissatisfied with this verdict, she preferred to end her life by jumping from the three-story (…)

• Tetouan Sextape Scandal: Partner Sought as New Details Emerge
  9 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  Many revelations have been made in the case of the young woman in the full veil ("Moulat el khimar"). Arrested at the end of last week, her partner is actively being sought to answer for his actions.
  According to the preliminary investigation by the judicial police in Tetouan, it is a young divorced woman with two children. She lives with the family that had adopted her in the Hachmi neighborhood in Tetouan. Her custody has been extended pending the completion of the investigation. (…)

• Jailed Moroccan Journalist’s Prison Conditions Disputed by Authorities
  9 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  Contrary to the allegations of the family of the detainee Soulaiman Raissouni, prosecuted for sexual assault with violence and kidnapping, the management of the local prison Ain Sebaâ 1 indicated that the defendant is placed in an isolation cell at his request, equipped with all the sanitary conditions. Since his isolation, the accused has not filed any complaint about his detention conditions.
  In a post on her Facebook account, Khouloud Mokhtari, wife of the Akhbar Al Yaoum columnist, (…)

• Former Moroccan Official Sentenced to 6 Years for Embezzlement and Fraud
  10 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  The president of the commune of Mrirt (province of Khénifra) Mohamed Adal was sentenced, Thursday, to 6 years in prison by the Criminal Chamber of First Instance in charge of financial crimes at the Court of Appeal of Casablanca. He is accused of "participating in the waste and embezzlement of public funds entrusted to a public official" and "creating and selling real estate areas without authorization".
  In addition to these charges, the former mayor of the Constitutional Union (UC) is (…)

• US Blocks Moroccan Fertilizer Giant OCP from North American Market Amid Trade Dispute
  10 January 2021, by Jérôme

  Tough times for the boss of the Moroccan giant of phosphate fertilizers OCP. The group led by Mostafa Terrab is prohibited from continuing its exports to the North American market. This is the beginning of an unprecedented battle for the strategic North American market.
  The United States, the country where Mostafa Terrab was trained, is not doing him any favors. Since July 2020, the Moroccan group, one of the 5 major global producers with American Mosaic, the Russian PhosAgro and the two (…)

• Casablanca NGOs Rally to Aid Homeless Migrants After Camp Dismantling
  16 January 2021, by Jérôme

  The Protection Working Group (GTP) is concerned about the fate of homeless migrants, after the dismantling last week of their camps in Casablanca. This group of associations and organizations engaged in the protection of human rights intends to mobilize as many NGOs as possible for this purpose.
  At the initiative of the Bank de Solidarité association and the Solidarité accompagnement initiative développement (SAID) Foundation, this collective of associations and human rights organizations (…)

• Moroccan Court Investigates Major Real Estate Fraud in Cabo Negro Project
  12 January 2021, by Sylvanus

  The court of first instance of Témara is examining the case of the "Les jardins de Cabo Negro" real estate project. A large-scale fraud that has victimized many people.
  The owners of this real estate project are being prosecuted at large. They are accused of having defrauded about sixty people. "The promotion and marketing of this project have been carried out by the association office (Wydadia) since 2015 on the basis of an overall plan of the project and apartment plans in addition to (…)

• Moroccan Interior Ministry to Sue Lawyer for Defamation Against Intelligence Agency
  12 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  The Ministry of the Interior wants to prosecute lawyer Mohamed Ziane for his defamatory remarks against the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
  This decision of the ministry was taken in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Kingdom, particularly those relating to the guarantee of the rights of litigants, individuals and institutions, and in the context of the will to activate the legal requirements governing the rule of law, indicates a statement (…)

• Morocco Proposes Stricter Penalties for Private Schools Selling Textbooks Illegally
  14 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  A bill has been presented by the PJD parliamentary group. It aims to toughen sanctions against private school officials who (still) engage in the trade of books and school supplies.
  This practice, although recurrent, is prohibited by law No. 06-00, forming the status of private school education. It condemns any offender to the payment of a fine ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 dirhams, indicates Al Massae.
  With this new bill, the fine goes from 20,000 to 100,000 DH in case of recidivism. (…)