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French detained in Morocco: the Committee against Torture seized of the case of Sébastien Raoult

2022-12-29T05:50:29.037Z


Morocco's Court of Cassation issued a "favorable opinion" in August on the extradition of Sébastien Raoult to the United States, where he is notably accused of conspiracy to commit fraud and electronic abuse.


The lawyer for Sébastien Raoult, a French student arrested in Morocco and claimed by American justice for cybercrime, told AFP that he had seized the UN Committee against Torture on Wednesday, December 28, fearing his next extradition to the States. -United.

According to Me Philippe Ohayon, a prison guard notified and translated the extradition decree to Sébastien Raoult on Monday in his cell.

The Moroccan, French and American authorities did not wish to confirm this information to AFP.

Morocco's Court of Cassation issued a "

favorable opinion

" in August on the extradition of Sébastien Raoult, and the final decision on his transfer rests with the Moroccan Prime Minister.

Claimed by American justice

The 21-year-old former computer science student was arrested on May 31 in Tangier on the basis of a red notice issued by Interpol at the request of American justice, as he was about to take the plane to return in France.

He is accused by American justice of conspiracy to commit electronic fraud and abuse, serious identity theft and of being a member of the "ShinyHunters", a group of "

cybercriminals

" suspected by Americans of being behind cyberattacks on the Internet .

companies, which he disputes.

Me Ohayon seized the Committee against Torture to suspend this transfer, relying on “

several extraditions granted in recent years by Morocco

” and which were blocked by this UN body.

"

The Committee considers that Moroccan law does not allow sufficient control against the risk of inhuman and degrading treatment

," the lawyer told AFP.

He asks the Committee "

to have the same position as the European Court of Human Rights according to which there can be no extradition when the person faces a real life sentence, i.e. until his death, without guarantees diplomats of a possibility of sentence adjustment

".

The lawyer points out that

despite 116 years of prison incurred (in the United States), the Moroccan authorities have not requested and obtained these guarantees

”.

The Quai d'Orsay does not confirm the existence of the decree

In his request consulted by AFP, Me Ohayon also asks Morocco to suspend the extradition of Sébastien Raoult until the Committee decides and to release him.

Contacted, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which did not confirm the existence of this extradition decree, assured that the Frenchman had received "

five consular visits since his incarceration which made it possible to ascertain his conditions of detention, his state of health and respect for the rights of the defence

”.

Me Ohayon and Paul Raoult, the father of the student, multiplied the steps with the French authorities in order to have him extradited to France so that he could be tried there.

Without success so far.

Source: lefigaro

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