Morocco
Moroccan Teen's Trial for Alleged Royal Insult Postponed to March
The appeal trial of the young high school student Ayoub Mahfoud, sentenced to three years in prison at first instance, has been postponed.
Topic
Rights and Justice
Morocco
Moroccan Police Officer Gets 10-Month Sentence in High-Profile "Hamza mon bb" Cybercrime Case
A police inspector serving at the wilaya of the national security in Casablanca was sentenced, on Thursday, January 16, 2020, to 10 months in prison for his involvement in the "Hamza mon bb" case. This is the verdict rendered by the court of first instance in Marrakech.
France
Business School Graduates Expose Culture of Discrimination at Top French Institutions
Mediapart published an investigation that lays bare the sexual humiliations, homophobia and sexism in France’s top business schools. More than 500 graduates, both men and women, are complaining in a letter about these kinds of practices. They demand that this stop definitively out of respect for their rights as human beings.
Morocco
Moroccan Expats Urge Boycott of Overseas Real Estate Fairs Amid Fraud Concerns
Moroccans residing abroad have called for a boycott of SMAP IMMO and all real estate fairs abroad, in response to the Bab Darna scandal, which has caused unprecedented damage.
Morocco
Morocco's Anti-Corruption Hotline Logs 117 Cases in First Year, Including Government Officials
A total of 117 cases of reporting fraud and corruption have been recorded by the anti-corruption hotline set up by the Attorney General’s Office.
Belgium
Belgian Lawmaker Urges Right to Renounce Dual Citizenship Amid Detention Concerns
Deputy Nahima Lanjri, from the Christen Democratisch en Vlaams (Christian Democrats and Flemish, CD&V) party, wished that Belgium would plead for its citizens, holding dual nationality, to be able to renounce one of them so as not to be bound by obligations in one of the two countries.
Morocco
Moroccan Judges Protest Government's Unilateral Decree on Allowances
Judges are angry. They have manifested it by the outright rejection of the decree setting their allowances. According to them, the text does not meet their expectations, as it does not respect any criteria of objectivity.
Morocco
Moroccan Real Estate Fraud Widens: New Suspects Named in 'Bab Darna' Scandal
Several people have been further cited in the "Bab Darna" real estate fraud case.
Morocco
Moroccan Police Officer Charged in "Hamza mon bb" Blackmail Scandal
A police officer is being prosecuted at liberty by the Marrakech Public Prosecutor’s Office for his alleged involvement in the "Hamza mon bb" case.
France
French Customs Seize 32 kg of Cannabis from Moroccan National Returning from Vacation
An individual was arrested on Saturday, January 4, by the Millau customs officers for transporting 32 kg of cannabis resin from Morocco. His trial is scheduled for February 12.
France
Toulouse Man Sentenced for Kidnapping Woman Who Refused Marriage Proposal
A man had kidnapped a young woman in his home in Toulouse for hours, in a car because of her refusal to marry him. The Evry-Courcouronnes criminal court sentenced him to 10 months in prison with a suspended sentence.
France
French Police Officer Sentenced for Planting Evidence and Falsifying Report
A municipal police officer was sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, in Clamart, France. This former air force soldier, highly regarded by his superiors and decorated several times, is accused of forgery in public writing, after falsifying, at the end of 2018, a report in Clamart (Hauts-de-Seine).