Morocco
Moroccan Teen's Trial for Alleged Royal Insult Postponed to March
The appeal trial of the young high school student Ayoub Mahfoud, sentenced to three years in prison at first instance, has been postponed.
Topic
Prison
Morocco
Moroccan Prison Authority Refutes Human Rights Watch Claims on Inmate Conditions
The General Delegation for Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) contradicted, on Friday, the "false allegations" relayed by the organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) on its website, concerning the situation of inmates incarcerated in the local prisons Toulal 2, Ain Borja and Ras El Ma, in Fez.
Morocco
Moroccan Man Gets 10 Years for Fatal Assault on Neighbor After Infidelity Revelation
The criminal chamber at the Casablanca Court of Appeal has sentenced a 31-year-old man, married and father of a child, to 10 years in prison. He is accused of assault and battery resulting in the death of his 28-year-old single and unemployed neighbor.
Morocco
Portuguese National Gets 8-Year Sentence in Casablanca Land Fraud Case
A Portuguese national involved with other individuals in a case of usurpation of other people’s land property has been sentenced to eight years in prison. This is the judgment rendered by the Casablanca Court of Appeal.
Morocco
Moroccan Police Officer Gets 10-Month Sentence in High-Profile "Hamza mon bb" Cybercrime Case
A police inspector serving at the wilaya of the national security in Casablanca was sentenced, on Thursday, January 16, 2020, to 10 months in prison for his involvement in the "Hamza mon bb" case. This is the verdict rendered by the court of first instance in Marrakech.
Belgium
Human Rights Watch Condemns Prolonged Solitary Confinement of Belgian-Moroccan Prisoner in Morocco
The "inhumane conditions" of Abdelqader Belliraj, a Belgian-Moroccan sentenced to life imprisonment in 2009 and "apparently held in abusive isolation" for more than three years" in a prison in Morocco worries Human Rights Watch.
Morocco
Moroccan Rapper L'Gnawi's One-Year Sentence Upheld for Insulting Police
Rapper L’Gnawi will not be able to avoid the one-year prison sentence. The appeal trial only confirmed the verdict handed down by the Salé court for "insulting a public official".
France
French Court Seeks Life Sentences for Absent ISIS Fighters in Landmark Trial
Sentences ranging from 30 years in prison to life imprisonment. This is what the prosecution demanded on Wednesday before the Paris Assize Court against 19 French jihadists, absent from their trial and presumed dead in Syria or Iraq, whom they had joined in 2014-2015 in the name of the "caliphate".
Morocco
Six Arrested in Morocco for Fatal Stoning and Stabbing Over Love Triangle
Elements of the Royal Gendarmerie arrested six individuals in Kelaât Sraghna. They stoned and stabbed to death a 26-year-old man. The origin of this murder was a simple love story.
Morocco
Morocco Considers License Suspension, Passport Revocation as Alternatives to Prison Sentences
The parliamentary groups of the majority, during the debates around the reform of the penal code before the competent commission in the House of Representatives, proposed the expansion of the scope of alternative sentences to detention by the withdrawal of the driver’s license and the passport for a determined period.
Morocco
Moroccan Teen Sentenced to 2 Years for Classmate Rape in El Jadida
A 19-year-old high school student was sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing his classmate. The crime was committed in Oulad Frej, in the El Jadida region.
Morocco
Fake Lawyer in Morocco Sentenced to 5 Years for Fraud and Impersonation
The court of first instance of Inezgane sentenced an individual to five years in prison with a fine of 15,000 dirhams for fraud and usurpation of the title of lawyer.