HIBAPRESS – Shafiq Anouri
The Attorney General at the Court of Appeal in Casablanca has reopened the file of the prisoner Mohamed Chakouri, detained in the Moulay El Berki Central Prison in Safi, after new evidence emerged in his case.
Sources from Chakouri's family revealed to HIBAPRESS that after referring the file to the Attorney General at the Casablanca Court of Appeal on June 21, 2025, it was recently decided to reopen the file to resume research and deepen the investigation. The same sources confirmed that, concurrently, Chakouri is preparing to go on a new hunger strike to protest against what he describes as "injustice" that has befallen him, especially after the new evidence that he considered sufficient to prove his innocence. The same sources indicated that the prisoner had previously gone on a hunger strike inside the prison for 29 days, which made his case receive the attention of national human rights organizations and bodies. It is worth noting that Chakouri was initially and on appeal sentenced to 10 years in prison, in a case in which he claims he is innocent, and confirms that the new evidence proves it, according to what sources from his family revealed.
