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Alarming prison conditions of political prisoners in Morocco

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Africa Health Violence Morocco

Sahrawi prisoners’ health put at risk

November 4, 2017

Maroc : suicide d'un détenu à la prison locale El Arjat 2

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Africa Suicide Morocco

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June 25, 2017

Maroc : direction de la prison d'Al Hoceima: "Il n'existe pas un imprimé de demande de grâce royale"

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Africa Morocco

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June 25, 2017

Morocco: king pardons 562 convicts on Eid Al Fitr

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Morocco

HM King Mohammed VI has pardoned 562 convicts on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, to be celebrated on Monday 26 June in Morocco, Justice Ministry said in a statement.

May 26, 2017

Morocco needs more prisons to accommodate soaring number of inmates, official says

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Morocco

Prisons in Morocco no longer have the capacity to accommodate the soaring number of inmates, Mohamed Saleh Tamek, the Delegate General of the Penitentiary and Reintegration Administration, has said.

April 28, 2017

Morocco: Human Rights Council debates pre-trial detention and prison overcrowding

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Overcrowding Morocco

The National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) organized on Tuesday a symposium on pre-trial detention, which leads to overcrowding in prisons.

January 19, 2017

L’Observatoire marocain des prisons s’inquiète de la proportion des détenus préventifs

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Africa Morocco

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January 8, 2017

Maroc : la prison de Qara de Meknès, un lieu chargé de légendes

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Africa Culture Morocco

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November 3, 2016

Maroc et Sahara occidental : à l’ONU, le Maroc est requis de libérer Abdelkader Belliraj et de lui accorder réparation

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Africa Morocco

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July 29, 2016

Morocco and Western Sahara: nine injured in Morocco juvenile prison riot

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Morocco

Moroccan police have crushed an escape attempt by inmates at a juvenile detention centre in Casablanca, resulting in nine detainees being injured, the prison service said on Friday. “The Ain Sebaa rehabilitation centre was the scene of rioting” by prisoners on Thursday night, the General Directorat…

July 19, 2016

Maroc et Sahara occidental : les jours de la peine de mort sont-ils comptés ?

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Africa Death penalty Violence Morocco

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April 27, 2016

Morocco and Western Sahara: authorities attribute prison crowding to pretrial detentions

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Overcrowding Morocco

Mustafa Ramid, the Moroccan minister of justice and liberties confirmed the continued overcrowding of the kingdom’s prisons and attributed the phenomenon to the now-common practice of pretrial detention and the delayed start of cases involving the prematurely arrested detainees.