A sergeant from the Royal Gendarmerie brigade in Oulmes has been placed in pre-trial detention in the Salé prison, after being caught in the act of corruption. He is accused of having received a bribe of 5,000 dirhams.
A moving appeal for help has been launched to King Mohammed VI by a Tunisian woman begging him to free her brother detained in Morocco since 2006.
After his arrest on November 1, the rapper Gnawi , co-author and performer of the song, "3acha cha3b" ("Long live the people"), appeared before the Prosecutor of the King near the Court of First Instance of Salé on Monday. He is being prosecuted for "contempt and insult towards public officials in the exercise of their duties" and "insult towards a constituted body". He faces up to one year in prison.
The judges of the Rabat Court of Appeal have retained voluntary homicide against the driver who fatally hit a gendarme on Friday, October 4, on the road connecting Rabat to Harhoura.
On Wednesday, September 25, in Salé, the Minister of State in charge of Human Rights, Mustapha Ramid, speaking at the opening of the 7th session of the Autumn University, highlighted a flagrant increase in cases of recidivism. According to him, this phenomenon is not limited to criminal policies but also concerns the various public policies to combat crime and its phenomena.
Three students were placed in detention at the Salé, El arjat prison, following the complaint filed by the former Head of Government, Abdelilah Benkirane. They are being prosecuted for defamation and insult.