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During its 105th session on 24 March 2026, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) adopted Opinion No. 8/2026, finding that the detention of Moroccan activist Saida El Alami is arbitrary. 

On 2 February 2026, Alkarama submitted a communication to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls concerning the situation of Ms. Kholoud MOKHTARI, a Moroccan national subjected to reprisals linked to her peaceful activism. 

Gender-based violations 

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. 

Morocco
Our concerns
  • Lack of independent and effective torture prevention and complaints mechanisms as well as continuing impunity for perpetrators of abuses.
  • Lack of independence of the judiciary leading to numerous unfair trials ;
  • Violations of the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly as well as freedom of the press.

 

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