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Casablanca – The trial of the Hirak activists accused of involvement in the Al Hoceima demonstrations has been postponed to January 12, 2018, according to the public prosecutor of the Court of Appeal in Casablanca.
A hearing was held on Tuesday in the presence of all of the defendants who are standing trial for several charges, including “plotting to undermine internal state security” and undermining “citizens’ loyalty to the Moroccan state.
At the hearing, the public prosecutor responded to the motions and legal technicalities raised by the defense counsel, denying the suspects’ allegations of torture as groundless.
No trace of violence was evident on the defendants when they appeared at the public prosecutor’s office or at their preliminary hearing before the investigating judge, nor did the suspects report such acts, according to the prosecutor.
“The Medical examinations and expert analysis carried out at the request of the public prosecutor and the investigating judge did not reveal any indications of violence,” he added.
The public prosecutor also recalled that the defense lawyers made 64 visits to the suspects while they were being held in custody and made no comments or complaints of abuse.
The public prosecutor asserted that all interrogations, telephone tapping, and searches and seizures were conducted in strict compliance with the law, the source added.
