Morocco: Up to 5 years in prison against seven people on terrorism charges

Morocco: Up to 5 years in prison against seven people on terrorism charges
Wednesday 27 December 2023 - 21:45

The Rabat Criminal Chamber in charge of terrorism cases on Wednesday handed verdicts ranging from to 1 to 5 years in prison to seven suspects sued in terrorism-related cases.

In the first case, the court reduced the sentence from six to five years in prison and a fine of 5,000 dirhams against N.A, while it confirmed the five-year sentence against A.B and the one-year suspended sentence against A.A who were found guilty of “forming a criminal gang to prepare and perpetrate terrorist acts aimed at seriously undermining public order and apology for terrorist acts”.

Regarding the second case, the same court confirmed the three-year sentence against Y.N and A.C, while it reduced the sentence from two years in jail to two-year suspended prison sentence against another defendant.

The court also confirmed the two-year suspended prison sentence against three defendants prosecuted in separate cases.

The six defendants, released pending sentencing, were found guilty of “forming a criminal gang to prepare and perpetrate terrorist acts and apology for a terrorist organization”.

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