The demolition of the iconic Assounna Mosque in Casablanca, with a view to its renovation, has sparked many comments from architects and residents of the city, who are calling for a suspension of the work and an investigation.
"Complicity in incitement to racial hatred and racial insult". These are the charges against Eric Zemmour for having made insulting remarks about unaccompanied minors in September 2020 on CNews. "They have no business being here, they are thieves, they are murderers, they are rapists, that’s all they are, they have to be sent back and they shouldn’t even come," the commentator had declared on the channel’s set.
The Lawyers’ Club in Morocco has decided to refer the Executive Directorate of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (DECT) to protest against calls for terrorism against Morocco made by a former Algerian military officer. They denounce biased messages that could threaten security and peace in the region.
The Attorney General of the King near the Court of Appeal of Meknes ordered the arrest of a magistrate prosecuted for corruption.
Moroccan preacher Redouane Benabdeslam is the subject of a complaint for having described the Moroccan school as a "brothel" and a "place of debauchery". Following these remarks, Chakib Benmoussa filed a complaint against the preacher for calling on parents not to enroll their children there.
The Royal Moroccan Wrestling Federation finds itself under pressure since two of its wrestlers secretly left the residence where the Moroccan delegation is staying in Serbia. Morocco is there to participate in the under-23 world wrestling championships. The Serbian police have been informed and are investigating to find the two wrestlers who are said to be in the hands of Serbian traffickers, according to the president of the federation.
A gendarme stationed at the Mohammedia brigade was caught red-handed in an act of corruption , following an operation carried out by the Casablanca Judicial Police Brigade.
The Court of First Instance in El Jadida has sentenced a con man who was posing as an architect and his accomplice to four years in prison and six months suspended for fraud, forgery of administrative documents and participation in a fraud.
A Spanish organization has lent its support to the border workers of Ceuta , initiating a manifesto to obtain more support for this human resource in difficulty since the beginning of the pandemic.
After the auxiliary authorities, it is the turn of the authority agents to be targeted by an investigation linked to the proliferation of anarchic constructions in Marrakech. The sanctions imposed on the auxiliary authorities have shown the commission the need to turn to the authority agents to assess their level of involvement.
The court of first instance in Essaouira sentenced a former councilor to four months in prison with probation for sexually harassing a man via WhatsApp. The case came to light in March following a complaint filed by the victim.
The French justice system has decided to follow up on the defamation complaints filed by Morocco against, among others, Forbidden Stories, Le Monde, Radio France, Mediapart and Amnesty International, who accused it of using the Israeli Pegasus software for espionage purposes. The Paris court will examine the admissibility of the prosecutions on December 6.