UN: Morocco Gets Top-Notch Rating for its Anti-Torture Law

Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]

Eid Al-Adha: King Mohammed VI pardons 1,376 inmates, including convicts in extremism & terrorism cases

On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, celebrated this Wednesday May 27 in Morocco, King Mohammed VI, Commander of the Faithful, granted pardon to 1,376 people, sentenced by the different Moroccan courts, the Justice Ministry said in a statement. The Ministry of Justice unveiled the list of the beneficiaries of the royal pardon, who are either […]

Morocco-Ethiopia military cooperation discussed in Addis Ababa

Means of reinforcing military cooperation between Morocco and Ethiopia were reviewed at a meeting in Addis Ababa between , Inspector General of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the South Zone, Lieutenant General Mohammed Berrid, and Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula. The two officials expressed their […]