Morocco Good news from Morocco

Recently, Abdellatif Kanjaa informed L4L that he has regained permission to practice as a lawyer. This is the outcome of a judgment of the Court of Appeal in Rabat on 29 October 2009. Kanjaa writes that “the Court agrees that I am again permitted to practice my profession as a lawyer.” He believes the judgment is a “great victory.” In January 2007, Kanjaa was disbarred after he, together with two others, published a letter, in which he criticized the corruption in the judiciary in Morocco, in particular at the Court of Appeal in Tetouan. Because of this, Kanjaa was accused of ‘contempt of the judiciary’, after which he was no longer permitted to practice as a lawyer

Kanjaa thanked L4L and everyone else who has fought for his case.