فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
Rabat – November 25, 2025
The King’s General Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal in Rabat issued a clarification statement today, Tuesday, responding to allegations circulating on social media, attributed to the family of prisoner Mohamed Ziane, claiming that he has begun a hunger strike in protest of what was described as “arbitrary detention” following the end of his first sentence on November 21, 2025.
The statement clarified that Ziane, 81 years old, who previously held prominent positions as former Minister of Human Rights and President of the Rabat Bar Association, has been convicted in two completely separate criminal cases:
- First Case: He was sentenced to three years of effective imprisonment, which began on November 21, 2022, and this sentence ended on November 21, 2025.
- Second Case: Related to charges of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds, where the investigating judge at the Rabat Court of Appeal issued an order for his pretrial detention on January 10, 2024. The appellate court upheld a trial court sentence of three years effective imprisonment on May 7, 2025, a decision that remains subject to appeal by cassation from the defense.
Accordingly, the General Prosecutor confirmed that Ziane’s continued detention after November 21, 2025, is “entirely legal,” as he is currently in pretrial detention status in connection with the second case, without any arbitrariness or abuse.
In a related context, the statement indicated that Ziane’s defense, convinced of the existence of two separate judicial grounds for detention, submitted a request for sentence consolidation on November 4, 2025. The request was presented to the competent judicial body in a hearing on November 12, 2025, and consideration was postponed to the hearing of November 26, 2025, at the request of the defense itself.
The General Prosecutor concluded the statement by emphasizing the Public Prosecution’s full commitment to precise application of the law, stressing that all measures taken are in accordance with applicable legal procedures, without any deviation from the principles of justice and equality before the law.
This clarification comes following previous statements from the Arjat 1 Prison administration, which also denied that Ziane was conducting a hunger strike, considering the allegations unsupported by evidence. These developments are part of an ongoing series of controversies surrounding Ziane’s legal status, who is considered a symbol of human rights advocacy in Morocco.
