Under pressure from pro-Palestinian groups in Spain, the Danish-flagged cargo ship Marianne Danica has altered its route, choosing to refuel in Casablanca instead of Gibraltar while transporting arms to Israel. The diversion highlights ongoing tensions as activists and human rights groups in Morocco and Spain protest against the shipment of weapons to the region.
Some sixty Moroccan politicians, intellectuals, journalists, and activists have signed an open letter to King Mohammed VI backing the Generation Z protests. They called on him to end the ongoing crackdown and to initiate broad reforms of the country’s power structure.
Un détenu marocain de 33 ans, accusé d'agression sexuelle, s'est échappé d'un tribunal à Trente, dans le nord de l'Italie, mardi après avoir simulé une crise, selon la police locale. L'homme, qui était détenu à la prison de Spini di Gardolo, a été conduit aux toilettes après avoir affirmé se sentir mal, où il a réussi à s'enfuir par une fenêtre. La police a ensuite
Un marroquí de 33 años, detenido por cargos de agresión sexual, protagonizó una fuga audaz de un tribunal en Trento, al norte de Italia, el pasado martes, tras fingir una crisis, según informó la policía local. El hombre, que se encontraba bajo custodia en la prisión de Spini di Gardolo, solicitó ir al baño alegando sentirse mal. Fue allí donde logró escapar a través de una ventana. Las autoridades
A 33-year-old Moroccan inmate accused of sexual assault escaped from a courthouse in Trento, northern Italy, on Tuesday after faking a seizure, according to local police. The man, who had been held at Spini di Gardolo prison, was taken to the restroom after claiming to feel unwell, where he managed to flee through a window. Police later found his handcuffs near the courthouse — one wrist had been unlocked, while he freed the other himself. A large-scale search has since been launched
The Criminal Chamber of the First Instance Court of Appeal in El Jadida has handed down an eight-year prison sentence to a man in his forties for violently sexually assaulting a minor. The arrest was made by the judicial police in the Sidi Bennour security district, who apprehended the suspect in his residence following a complaint lodged by the victim and her sister. According to the victim, as reported by the newspaper Assabah, she is a 14-year-old student residing in a rented apartment
According to Al Akhbar newspaper, the investigative judge for financial crimes at the Rabat Court of Appeal has ordered the freezing of assets and bank accounts belonging to several elected officials, engineers, and technicians from the regional and municipal councils of Sidi Kacem. The decision comes as part of a judicial probe into allegations that a publicly funded reception and training center was misappropriated and turned into a private hotel. The National Brigade of Judicial Police has
A Moroccan student in China is in urgent need of blood donations, the Kingdom’s Embassy in Beijing announced Wednesday. The student, Mohamed Ali Jaafari, was seriously injured in a traffic accident in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and requires immediate surgery, the embassy said. pic.twitter.com/ueULEMcVjJ — Morocco in China (@MoroccoInCHN) October 8, 2025 Calling for solidarity from the Moroccan community in China, the embassy urged those with blood type A-, especially residents
The Support Committee for Ibtissame (Betty) Lachgar expressed its «outrage and bewilderment» on Wednesday following the appeal verdict delivered on October 6 in Rabat. The ruling upheld a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a fine of 50,000 dirhams against the feminist activist for remarks deemed offensive to divinity. Last summer, Lachgar posted a photo taken abroad in which she wore a T-shirt bearing an expression perceived as blasphemous in Morocco. In a statement, the
Farida Amrani, Member of Parliament for Essonne and Vice-President of the France–Morocco Friendship Group, was intercepted by the Israeli navy in the early hours of October 8, 2025, while sailing in international waters. She was aboard the humanitarian flotilla «Thousand Madleens», which was headed to the Gaza Strip. The French-Moroccan lawmaker from La France Insoumise was among nearly 120 people of various nationalities detained across nine vessels. According to a statement
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