More than a year after a Dublin fight that led to the death of Moroccan teenager Azzam Raguragui, the teenager who stabbed him was found guilty of manslaughter and not murder. Azzam’s family has rejected the verdict, launched an online petition and promised to appeal the decision.
The Al Hoceima court of first instance sentenced on Thursday Hirak lawyer, Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui, to 20 months in prison. The latter explained to Yabiladi the circumstances surrounding such a verdict.
Is Morocco on the verge of winning the post-verdict battle of the Court of Justice of the European Union pronounced on the 21st of December 2016. The Secretary General of the Ministry of Fisheries announced in Vigo, Galicia that in two weeks negotiations will be launched to discuss a new EU fisheries agreement with Morocco.
The new EU-Moroccan trade negotiations have been targeted by a group of MEPs and the Polisario Front. Both believe that these talks would be in conflict with the CJEU’s verdict pronounced on the 21st of December 2016. The Front even called for the organization of a separate agreement with the EU.
Following the Gdim Izig trial, Amnesty International has published an article reacting to the verdict pronounced today by the Sale court. The organization states that the Moroccan court «marred by failure to adequately investigate torture claims».
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