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Maroc : l'OMP alerte sur la situation alarmante au sein des prisons
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Maroc : L'OMP organise une formation à l’attention des fonctionnaires des établissements pénitentiaires à Meknès
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Morocco: 'De-radicalisation' offers prisoners route to freedom
The former hard-line Islamist, today a bearded prisoner in his 50s, said he once held beliefs that justified violence. I believed Muslims had a duty to fight oppressive rulers who don’t apply Islamic law, and to attack states that fight Muslims,“ he told AFP in the library of Kenitra prison, near R…Source — Africa News
Marruecos: presos saharauis denuncian "deplorable" situación en cárceles marroquíes
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Morocco: le champion mondial de la détention préventive
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Morocco: deux ans et demi de prison pour avoir publié des vidéos "offensantes" sur YouTube
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Morocco: la triste situation des prisons marocaines
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Moroccan: plus de 100% de taux d’occupation dans 12 des 15 prisons marocaines
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Morocco & Western Sahara: la huelga de hambre, única opción de los presos políticos
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the Spanish version.Source — Tercera Informacion
Morocco: one year after, the Saharawi Gdeim Izik political prisoners are still subject to inhuman treatments
19 of the original 24 Saharawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik Group remain in prison, with sentences that range from 20 years to life imprisonment and continue to be victims of torture, ill treatment and intentional medical neglect by the Moroccan authorities.Source — Por un Sahara libre
“Ratas como gatos. Debo pagar para comer”: diario de un español en la prisión de Tánger
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Maroc : 16 nouveaux établissements pour lutter contre la surpopulation carcérale
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Morocco puts Gdeim Izik prisoners in life danger
On the 9th of March, 8 Saharawi political prisoners of the Gdeim Izik group in Ait Melloul and Kenitra prisons entered a hunger strike demanding the respect of their basic rights.Source — Por un sahara libre
Maroc : près de 150 médecins de prison s’initient aux bonnes pratiques internationales en matière de conditions de détention
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Maroc : "le colis refusé", une lettre ouverte de Marie-Jo Fressard au Ministre de la Justice du Maroc
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Maroc : les ONG en viennent à regretter Hassan II
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Maroc : suicide d'un détenu à la prison locale El Arjat 2
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Maroc : direction de la prison d'Al Hoceima: "Il n'existe pas un imprimé de demande de grâce royale"
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Morocco: king pardons 562 convicts on Eid Al Fitr
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.Source — Allafrica
Morocco needs more prisons to accommodate soaring number of inmates, official says
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.Source — Morocco World News
Morocco: Human Rights Council debates pre-trial detention and prison overcrowding
The National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) organized on Tuesday a symposium on pre-trial detention, which leads to overcrowding in prisons.Source — Morocco World News
L’Observatoire marocain des prisons s’inquiète de la proportion des détenus préventifs
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Maroc : la prison de Qara de Meknès, un lieu chargé de légendes
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