Moroccan human rights lawyer Mohammed Zian sentenced to three years in prison
Timeline
December 21, 2022: MENA Rights Group and the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) send a letter of allegation to several Special Procedures mandate holders, including the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers.
November 21, 2022: His three-year prison sentence is upheld on appeal and Zian is arrested.
March 31, 2022: Zian is suspended from the bar for three years.
February 23, 2022: The first instance tribunal of Rabat sentences Zian to three years in prison.
November 30, 2021: The Rabat Prosecutor files criminal charges on 11 counts.
January 2021: The Ministry of Interior presses charges against Zian.
November 2020: Zian publicly criticises the head of the General Directorate of National Security and the General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST).
July 2020: Zian is suspended from the bar for one year.
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