The Moroccan government adopted draft law no. 03.23, amending criminal procedure law no. 22.01, which restricts investigations into public property offenses to specific authorities. This has sparked criticism from NGOs, who argue it undermines civil society's role in holding officials accountable for corruption.
Individuals and businesses are among the thousands of victims affected by the debt recovery cases, dealt with in an extremely rapid way and unbeknownst to debtors at the Casablanca Court of First Instance. The practices did not exclude small associations and NGOs that help children, young people and people in need.
Human rights activists have criticized the recent report issued by the National Council for Human Rights on Hirak protests and torture allegations. Moroccan NGOs believe that the report tried to «justify human rights violations».
Moroccan NGOs have denounced the recent crackdown on freedom of speech, referring to the recent arrests and trials that targeted a YouTuber, rapper and journalist.
Jailed over abortion charges, Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni was sentenced to one year in prison and fined alongside her fiancé. International and local activists see the case as a crackdown on journalists and individual freedoms.
The Polisario is intending to impose its own rules on Spanish associations that do not make use of caravans when sending aids to the inhabitants of the Tindouf camps.
About fifty migrants, among those who forced their way into Melilla, were sent back to Morocco. They will be immediately expelled to their countries of origin. According to NGOs, their expulsion is «illegal».
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