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Fes Court acquits Hamiidine in Aït Jdid case
The Court of Appeal in Fès has acquitted Abdelilah Hamidi, a leader of the Justice and Development Party, of the charge of killing leftist student Mohamed Benyassin Ait Jdid. This comes after the court had previously sentenced Hamidi in July 2023 to three years in prison for participation in assault and battery resulting in death without intent to kill. The ruling was made following legal discussions on the matter, during which Hamidi’s defense argued that the case had already been prosecuted in the 1990s, asserting that retrial violates the principle against being tried twice for the same facts. In contrast, the defense of Ait Jdid’s family maintained that new evidence justified reopening the case. This verdict marks a significant milestone in a case that has sparked political and human rights debate in Morocco for over three decades. The incident relates to acts of violence at Fès University in 1993 and is connected to Hamidi’s political position as a former parliamentarian from the Justice and Development Party.
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