The lawyer of Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni, sentenced on July 9 to five years in prison for "sexual assault" , said his client has decided to end the hunger strike he began 118 days ago. He is asking to be hospitalized.
An 18-year-old Moroccan migrant was arrested on Saturday and then detained in the prison in Ceuta. Accused of having attacked his girlfriend with a knife, he is being prosecuted for assault and battery and gender-based violence.
Interpol suspended this Monday the red notice issued by China against Idris Hasan, a Uyghur national arrested at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca and then incarcerated in the Tiflet prison on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization.
The prices of goods and food products in the local prison store in Tetouan are the same as those practiced on the market. There is no overcharging, assures the administration of the penitentiary institution.
Dilnur Reyhan, president of the Uyghur Institute of Europe, is asking the Moroccan government not to extradite Idris Hasan, a Uyghur national arrested at Mohammed V airport in Casablanca and then incarcerated in the Tiflet prison on suspicion of belonging to a terrorist organization. In this regard, she has addressed a letter to Chakib Benmoussa , Morocco’s ambassador to France, on July 28.
The elements of the Meknes police managed to dismantle a network specialized in the counterfeiting of banknotes. In total, three people were arrested.
1,243 people have been pardoned by King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the Throne Feast. These people convicted of various crimes are either at liberty or in detention.
A man of Moroccan origin is accused of having tried to stab another in December 2016 following a dispute in Granada. The public prosecutor’s office in the city has requested seven years and seven months in prison against him. His trial will open on September 16.
The Madrid court sentenced three young Moroccans to seven years in prison and to pay compensation of 4,100 euros for attacking two young militants of an extreme right-wing group in the San Blas neighborhood of Madrid last October. They will be deported from Spain at the end of their prison term.
Some 761 people have been pardoned by King Mohammed VI on the occasion of Eid Al Adha celebrated this Wednesday, July 21 in Morocco. These people convicted of various crimes are either at liberty or in detention.
The Casablanca Court of Appeal sentenced journalist Omar Radi to 6 years in prison on Monday, July 19. Bad news for human rights associations, who have constantly called for his release, denouncing a political trial. The Moroccan journalist was the subject of a double investigation into "espionage" and "rape".
Another consequence of the resurgence of Covid-19 infections, the prison administration has decided to suspend, indefinitely, family visits starting July 19.