Moroccp issues royal amnesty for 1,304 inmates on national holiday

Royal pardon customary practice in Morocco to mark national, religious holidays

By Anadolu staff

RABAT, Morocco (AA) - A royal decree by King Mohammed VI on Friday pardoned 1,304 inmates sentenced by Moroccan courts on the anniversary of a national holiday for the Kingdom.

The amnesty comes "on the occasion of the Independence Manifesto Day, celebrated on Jan. 11," according to a statement by the Justice Ministry.

The official news agency, MAP, the pardon is a customary practice in Morocco to mark national and religious holidays.

The country's nationalists in coordination with King Mohammed V presented the Manifesto of Independence on Jan. 11, 1944, to French colonial authorities, demanding Morocco’s full independence from colonial rule.

The event is marked as one of the steps in Morocco's path toward independence and liberation.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar

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