King grants free pardon to 425 persons

King Mohammed VI has granted free pardon to 425 persons on the occasion of the commemoration of the revolution of the king and the people, celebrated by Morocco on August 20, a statement by the justice department said. Some of the concerned persons will be released while others will have their prison term commuted.

Last July 30, on the occasion of his accession to the throne, King Mohammed VI pardoned 46,212 prisoners, out of whom 7,988 (ill persons, elderly, young, disabled and pregnant women) were granted free pardon while the others had their prison terms reduced.

The late King Hassan II also used to amnesty detainees on the occasion of religious and national days.