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File · Mohammed VI: activities, speeches and Royal Office statements
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Unity Day: Justice Ministry announces royal pardon for 907 people

Morocco’s Justice Ministry announced on October 30, 2026 a pardon by Mohammed VI covering 907 people, including 613 prisoners and 294 people at liberty, for Unity Day.

Archive portrait of Mohammed VI.
Mohammed VI, November 26, 2004. Illustrative archive. U. Dettmar/ABr; retouched by Quibik, CC BY 3.0 BR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/. — U. Dettmar/ABr ; retouche Quibik / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY 3.0 BR https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/br/ — archives du 26 novembre 2004.

For prisoners, the statement lists 17 pardons for remaining sentences, 595 sentence reductions and one commutation from life to a fixed term. The other measures concern prison sentences, fines or both. The total therefore does not mean 907 releases.

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