April 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
This Tuesday, King Mohamed VI of Morocco granted a royal pardon to more than 2,000 people on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr, the 'festival of breaking the fast', which celebrates the end of the month of Ramadan.
“On the occasion of the happy Eid al Fitr (…) his majesty the king, may God preserve him and grant him victory, has issued his sublime and obedient order to pardon a group of people, including those detained and released. tata of 2,097 people,” reads a statement from the Ministry of Justice collected by the Moroccan state news agency, MAP.
Of the total number of people pardoned, 1,809 are detained, of which 131 will be released while 1,674 will have their sentences reduced, while three prisoners will have their life sentences commuted to sentences with time limits. In addition, a person sentenced to death will benefit from a commutation to a sentence of life imprisonment.
Among the 270 individuals released who will receive a royal pardon, 80 of them will not have to go to jail, of which thirteen will have to pay a fine. Eleven other people will be spared both the prison sentence and the administrative sanction. The monarch has also forgiven the fines of 179 people.
