Morocco

The Moroccan activist Saida El Alami, currently detained at El Oukacha Prison in Casablanca, has recently been subjected to serious ill-treatment by prison staff, in a context revealing acts of reprisals linked to her recourse to United Nations mechanisms. 

By a judgment rendered on 17 December, the Casablanca Court of Appeal upheld the three-year prison sentence imposed on Ms. El Alami at first instance. 

On 16 October 2025, Alkarama referred the case of Ms. Saida EL ALAMI to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), a Moroccan blogger and human rights activist actively engaged in defending fundamental freedoms. Very active on social media, she regularly denounces human rights violations and comments on political and social developments in Morocco. 

Alkarama received a report from the lawyer of Mr. Mohamed Ziane — former Minister of Human Rights, former President of the Rabat Bar Association, and founder and leader of the Moroccan Liberal Party — who has been detained for nearly 30 months in Arjate prison. The report confirms that Mr. Ziane has filed a cassation appeal against Decision No. 8 issued by the Financial Criminal Appeals Chamber of the Rabat Court of Appeal on May 7, 2025, which sentenced him to three years of effective imprisonment.