A Moroccan entrepreneur, who appeared before the investigating judge at the Court of Appeal in Rabat at the end of the week, was placed in pre-trial detention in the Laarjat prison. The accused is being prosecuted for death threats against an Iraqi businessman.
Many fighters from the terrorist organization Daesh, including dozens of Moroccans, are leaving the conflict zones in Syria, Iraq, Somalia and the Sahel to join Libya.
Morocco must consider making a decision on the repatriation of the many Moroccan women from the terrorist organization Daesh, held in Turkey and Syria. The families of these detainees are calling on the Moroccan authorities to speed up the procedure for the return to the homeland of these women who "would no longer pose any danger".
The families of French jihadists, sentenced to death in Iraq, have denounced "torture, abuse, and physical and psychological mistreatment in the Al Rosafa prison in Baghdad".
The Directorate General of Internal Security (DGSI) arrested, on Monday, January 20, seven individuals in Brest and in the Finistère department, as part of a judicial investigation for "criminal and terrorist conspiracy".
While Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet advocates the repatriation and trial of French jihadists in France, the position of her entourage on the subject remains unchanged.
The cry for help from certain deputies as well as from families of Moroccans living in Iraq and Syria has received a favorable response from the government. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad has announced that these citizens will now benefit from consular protection.
At the request of the deputy and leader of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM), Abdellatif Ouahbi , an information parliamentary mission will be set up in the coming days. It will travel to Iraq and Syria to inquire about the situation of Moroccan women and children trapped in conflict zones.
The Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), in coordination with the General Intelligence (RG), the judicial police and the Royal Gendarmerie of the province of Sidi Slimane, recently carried out a wave of arrests in Salafist circles.
Belgian politicians are divided on the issue of repatriating or not the jihadists imprisoned in the camps in Iraq and Syria. Many think that their return to their homeland would allow them to reconnect with their terrorist activities.
Moroccan women whose husbands are jihadists who fought for Daesh in Syria and Iraq will not be prosecuted by the justice system. They will therefore be able to return to the country without fear of legal troubles. This decision by Morocco was confirmed by Abdelhak Khiame, Director of the Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), on Monday, October 28.
The trial of European jihadist nationals in Iraq is the subject of discussions between a small group of European countries and the Iraqi authorities. Iraq would have demanded an astronomical sum to carry out the work.