Al Hoceima March 21, 2018
Lawyer of the long-detained Hirak Rif activists & Human Rights defender, Abdessadek El Bouchattaoui, has reportedly left Morocco to seek asylum in Europe due to various types of harassment and bullying behaviors he was facing on a daily basis, his lawyer wife in a statement yesterday.
For the record, El Bouchtaoui was sentenced on February 8 to 20 months in prison by the Al Hoceima Court of First Instance on several charges that include “insulting officials and representatives of the authority while on duty” and “threatening public bodies.”
