Hirak - Protests in Al Hoceima

Morocco22 Dec 2018

Hirak Protester Sentenced to 20 Years for Torching Police Building in Morocco

The 20-year prison sentence has just been confirmed by the Court of Appeal of Al Hoceima against a man accused of having set fire to a police building in Imzouren.

Morocco17 Dec 2018

Amnesty International Calls for Fair Retrial of Moroccan Hirak Protesters, Citing Rights Violations

The organization Amnesty International (AI) has just published its report on the trial of the Hirak activists of Al Hoceima in which it denounces the serious procedural irregularities as they "were deprived of their right to a fair trial" by the court of first instance in Casablanca.