The number of people prosecuted under arrest does not exceed 5% for a total of 2,379 people since the entry into force of the decree-law and until Friday, May 1 at 4 p.m., according to a statement from the Presidency of the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Arrested in Afghanistan by NATO forces following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Abdellatif Nasser spent 18 years in the American military prison of Guantanamo, without ever having been the subject of a fair trial.
A man incarcerated in the Ain Sebaa prison in Casablanca committed suicide. According to the authorities, he suffered from mental disorders.
Only three penitentiary institutions have been contaminated in Morocco according to the results of analyzes of samples from officials and inmates in the 53 prisons of the kingdom.
In an effort to protect the prison environment against the coronavirus pandemic, the Moroccan Ministry of Justice has suspended the transfer of detainees to the courts, and has decided to experiment with holding remote hearings.
As the draft law 22.20 punishing calls to boycott products on social networks is about to be finalized before being submitted to the House of Representatives, it is already raising heated controversy. The web is ablaze.
The public prosecutor ordered the pre-trial detention of a woman in Tangier, following a video published on social media in which she assaults a disabled teenager.
The results of the analyzes carried out for the samples of prisoners and officials from the 53 penitentiary institutions in connection with the new coronavirus (covid-19) were negative, said Saturday, the General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR)
Two young women were arrested last Wednesday, after posting videos on Snapchat showing them violating the state of health emergency.
Private data targeting the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community have leaked and are causing controversy in the kingdom. The police, who have taken up the case, have opened a preliminary investigation for "incitement to hatred and discrimination".
The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has decided to temporarily prohibit, for at least one month, the transfer of prisoners to the various courts of the kingdom and to coordinate with the competent judicial authority, the holding of remote hearings. This decision is part of the strengthening of efforts to control potential sources of transmission of coronavirus (covid-19) infection in prisons.
Law enforcement officers arrested, in the night from Sunday to Monday, three prisoners presumed to be mentally ill who were trying to escape. They were admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Errachidia.