Morocco’s King Mohammed VI granted a royal pardon to 542 convicts in commemoration of the Morocco’s Revolution of the King and the People of 1956.
The Justice Ministry issued a press release on Friday stating that the list of beneficiaries of the royal pardon includes 433 detainees, 12 of who benefited from pardon over their remaining prison terms, 419 prisoners who had their prison terms reduced, and two inmates who had their prison sentences commuted from life imprisonment to fixed prison terms.
The pardon also included 109 convicts with a provisional release, 37 of who benefited from pardon over their prison sentences or remaining prison terms, four benefited from pardon over their imprisonment terms while their fines were maintained, 63 had their fines annulled and five who benefited from pardon over their prison terms and fines as well.
Commemorated on August 20, the Moroccan revolution of the King and the People celebrates the national anti-colonial struggle to end the French Protectorate in the kingdom.
