Rights and Justice

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• Moroccan Woman Sues French State Over Denied Access to Ex-Partner’s Trial
  10 April, by Prince

  Deprived of her right to attend the trial of her former partner, a victim of domestic violence has sued the State for administrative dysfunction before the Paris judicial court.
  The woman asked the Paris judicial court on Wednesday to condemn the State for depriving her of attending this trial. Khadija believes that her "trial was stolen" from her. "When I filed a complaint, I had faith in justice. I wanted to see him in the dock, I wanted to hear the word ’convicted’. But they stole my (…)

• French Town Sues Tangier Over Alleged Illegal Cemetery on Shared Land
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  The municipality of Tangier is once again agitated by a land issue. This time, a French municipality is accusing it of having transformed a plot of land belonging to it into a cemetery and has taken it to court.
  The municipality of Tangier is once again facing justice. A French municipality has, through its lawyers, filed a complaint against it before the administrative court of the city, reports Al Akhbar. It accuses the municipality of having illegally exploited a property of more than (…)

• Belgian-Moroccan Suspect in Child Kidnapping Case Vanishes Before Trial
  11 April, by Sylvanus

  While he is due to appear before the Tongeren Assize Court on April 22, a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan has disappeared from the radar. This man accused of kidnapping a child is untraceable in Tongeren.
  Will Abderrahman Laktit be present at his trial for kidnapping on April 22 before the Tongeren Assize Court? Nothing is certain. "We think he is on the run," it is said. The units went to Abderrahman’s home and noticed that there was no one there. The thirtysomething is accused of a double (…)

• Morocco Condemns Israeli Minister’s Controversial Visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound
  5 January 2023, by Ginette

  Morocco joins the list of countries that, since Tuesday, strongly condemn the visit to the esplanade of the Al Aqsa Mosque by the new Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir.
  Seen as a provocation, the minister’s visit comes a few days after the UN General Assembly voted a resolution against the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Morocco, which voted for this resolution, and whose king is "the president of the Al-Quds Committee, calls for the preservation of the (…)

• Spanish Court Rules Algerian Migrant’s Expulsion to Morocco Unlawful
  30 March, by Prince

  The High Court of Justice of Andalusia (TSJA) has confirmed the "nullity" of the return by the Moroccan authorities of an Algerian migrant who was trying to reach Ceuta by swimming.
  This "important decision" of the TSJA, which confirms the judgment of September 4, 2024, is welcomed by the associations Coordinadora de Barrios, No Name Kitchen and the Jesuit Migrant Service, who represented the Algerian migrant.
  "Since the Citizen Security Protection Law introduced this legal concept, the (…)

• Moroccan Woman Sentenced to Life for 2012 Murder of Husband Buried in Garage
  23 May 2024, by Prince

  The criminal chamber of the Court of Appeal of Tétouan has just sentenced a Moroccan woman to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband.
  The judicial police of Tétouan announced on May 31, 2023 the arrest of a woman and her brother for their alleged involvement in the murder of the woman’s husband, which occurred in 2012 at the couple’s home in the Oued El Maleh neighborhood in Martil. The two suspects would have buried the victim’s body in the garage of the house before reporting (…)

• Moroccan-Canadian Woman on Trial for Assaulting Local Official in Property Dispute
  28 March, by Sylvanus

  During a brief hearing, the lawyer of the Moroccan living in Canada tried before the court of first instance of Témara for having slapped a caïd tried to justify the act and to get his client out of trouble.
  "My client is a woman who has been a victim of violence," stressed the lawyer of the MRE, Bouchaïb Essoufi, in a brief pleading on Wednesday. He accused the public authorities of "having acted according to negative behaviors". He assured that his client "was assaulted, which led to a (…)

• Teen Dies After Stabbing in Chambéry Street Brawl, Suspects at Large
  8 April, by Sylvanus

  Found unconscious with a stab wound in the back on Sunday evening in Chambéry (Savoie), an 18-year-old Moroccan died shortly after being admitted to the hospital. This death occurred following a brawl, according to the municipality.
  According to the police, the young Moroccan was in an irregular situation on French territory, reports Europe1. He was found unconscious around 9 p.m. with a stab wound in the back and died shortly after arriving at the hospital, the same source specifies, (…)

• Undocumented Workers Sue French Waste Companies for Exploitation
  7 April, by Sylvanus

  In France, around ten undocumented workers, mostly from Morocco and Algeria, are demanding justice from the giants of the waste sector and a subcontractor who exploited them for several years, from 2019 to 2022, during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  "I worked at NTI for three years, without a contract. I sorted waste on the conveyor belt while I was pregnant. I had to work nights until the birth. Today, my daughter is three and a half years old," Hind tells RFI, coming with her little girl to the (…)

• Disputed Election Sparks Legal Battle at Toulouse Mosque
  6 April, by Sylvanus

  Since the contested election of its president, there is a very bad atmosphere at the Es-Salam mosque in Toulouse. The case is being brought before the courts.
  Elected president of the Muslim Association of Toulouse Mosquée Es-Salam on May 1, 2023, Mohamed Makkaoui suffers from a lack of legitimacy? The day after his election, a second report was filed with the prefecture, attesting to a competing leadership, reports La Dépêche, noting that "this double registration triggers a sustained (…)