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Morocco pardons 10,000

http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,17284968-5001028,00.html

King Mohammed of Morocco has pardoned or reduced
the prison sentences of 10,000 people to mark the 50th
anniversary of independence, Justice Ministry officials
said. It was the largest ever number of prisoners involved
in a royal pardon, which is customary in the North African
kingdom to mark national and religious holidays.
Local media said the widely expected move was also
aimed at relieving the country's overcrowded prisons.
A total of 5000 prisoners will be released immediately
and a further 5000 will have their sentences reduced,
state news agency MAP said, quoting a statement from
the Justice Ministry.
They included 336 foreigners and 25 detainees who had
their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
A senior ministry official said there were no Islamic militants
jailed on terrorism charges among those pardoned. He
had no details on the nationalities of foreigners affected.
"The list is drafted by the royal palace, it did not include
any Islamists this time," he said.
Morocco's prisons are often criticised by local human
rights groups over their desperate conditions, with 60,000
people held in a system designed for half that number.
Earlier this month, more than 100 Islamic militants, most
of them jailed after suicide attacks in Casablanca two
years ago, were released as part of a pardon to mark
the end of Ramadan.
Morocco was a French protectorate from 1912 to 1955
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