In Morocco, 59 people sentenced to death are languishing in prison, awaiting the execution of the sentence. Of these death row inmates, half are between 20 and 40 years old, according to a study published by the Moroccan Coalition against the Death Penalty.
A complaint was filed on Monday, October 7, before the Attorney General at the Court of Cassation by the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) regarding "allegations of torture of Hirak el Rif detainees". In the absence of a resolution, it plans to refer the matter to international bodies.
The long-awaited decision of student associations and teachers’ unions was ratified on Friday, October 11 with the principle of free university education. Issued by the Constitutional Council, it comes seven months after the French Government adopted new decrees increasing the registration fees for foreign students.
Roberto Blanchedent has been on the run again since September 19. Placed under judicial supervision, he had the obligation to report once a day to the police station, after the release he benefited from on September 12.
The bus company, Karama bus, was fined 100 million dirhams by the Kénitra City Hall. It is accused of numerous dysfunctions in the management of public transportation, causing inconvenience to the city’s citizens.
In 2018 and 2019, 18,800 street demonstrations took place in various cities in Morocco and attracted more than 2.7 million citizens. These figures were provided by the Inter-Ministerial Delegate for Human Rights, Ahmed Chaouki Benyoub, at the meeting organized as part of the Open House Days of the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) in Tangier.
The Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH) has looked into the journalist’s statements during her trial, particularly regarding the "torture she suffered" while in pre-trial detention, and demands her "immediate release".
A "Code of Conduct and Professional Obligations of Personnel" has just been published by the Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR).
Nine individuals were sentenced by the Court of Appeal to a total of 51 years in prison in eight separate cases related to terrorism. The defendants were prosecuted on several counts.
Present in the stands with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) supporters, during the Parisian club’s victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League (3-0) on September 18, comedian Malik Bentalha was fined and banned from the stadium for having lit a smoke bomb.
The French justice annulled, on Friday, September 27, the first name "Jihad" which it considers as a "pejorative meaning".
The Belgian jihadist, Anouar Haddouch, suspected of having financed the terrorist attacks in Brussels and Paris, wants to return to Belgium to be tried there.