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RABAT, Morocco — Three journalists who were sentenced to years in prison after writing about corruption and abuse of power in Morocco were released Monday after receiving pardons from King Mohammed VI. Human rights activists applauded the pardons, but said the move didn’t exonerate what they have called the politically motivated manner in which Moroccan authorities pursued and prosecuted the …

Moroccan ex-minister who defended government critics sentenced to five years

RABAT, Morocco — Mohamed Ziane, an ex-Moroccan minister of human rights, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday in a corruption case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners. The group described the case against Ziane as “purely political, aiming to humiliate and subjugate the man and discourage him from expressing his …

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A military court in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland sentenced to death six Moroccans believed to be foreign fighters for the Islamic State extremist group in Somalia. The individuals entered Somalia to cause harm to Muslims and Somalis and incite unrest in the country, the presiding judge in the Puntland region, Col. Ali Ibrahim Osman, said …

RABAT, Morocco — A Moroccan convicted of belonging to an Islamic State-affiliated ring and sentenced to death for the beheadings of two Scandinavian tourists has killed himself in prison, Moroccan officials said. The prisoner was among convicted ring members jailed in 2019 over the gruesome killings of two young Scandinavian women, Louisa Vesterager Jespersen from Denmark and Maren Ueland from …

Ukraine news from July 1: Foreigners sentenced to death by a Russian-backed separatist court in eastern Ukraine launch appeal, Russian state media reports. 1 Jul 2022 - 11:14 GMT Kremlin: Putin told Modi Russia is reliable supplier of grain, fertiliser, energy Russian President Vladimir Putin told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that Russia is still a reliable producer and supplier …

Moroccan government silent after Moroccan-Ukrainian Brahim Saadoun was sentenced to death by Ukrainian separatists. In the only comments made by Rabat on the issue, diplomatic sources from the Moroccan embassy in Kyiv were quoted late on Monday by the kingdom’s official news outlet as saying that Saadoun was detained while wearing a Ukrainian army fatigue as a member of that …

Father of Brahim Saadoun, who was sentenced to death by a court in self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic, says his son should be treated as a prisoner of war. The father of a Moroccan man sentenced to death on mercenary charges by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine said his son should be treated as a …

Britons and Moroccan captured in Ukraine war sentenced to death by separatist court

Two Britons and a Moroccan sentenced to death by Russian proxy in Ukraine

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine. Key points: The three foreign-born soldiers were captured while fighting for Ukraine against Russia and Russian-back forces The lawyer of the three men said they would appeal …

Britons, Moroccan sentenced to death in separatist-held Ukraine