The eleven students detained in the Kenitra civil prison will remain in prison... even without a trial. The Court of Appeal in Kenitra decided on Monday morning to postpone their trial, along with two students prosecuted while on provisional release. The next hearing will take place on 10 September, and no one knows if it will be the last in this eventful judicial saga, which has as its backdrop the events that occurred within the Kenitra university campus on 27 and 28 March. They were refused provisional release without any valid argument.

These students are accused of vandalism of public property, obstruction of the public highway, attempted arson of public places, illegal and armed assembly, and assault and battery against law enforcement... The thirteen UNEM activists were arrested along with 37 other students, following a violent intervention by law enforcement against students who were demonstrating peacefully for legitimate demands, according to the defence, essentially including the right to healthy and potable water.

At the time, the judicial police had forced all the students to sign reports drawn up under illegal conditions, according to the defence.

During a press briefing, the defence for the accused made it known that the students had suffered physical violence on several parts of their bodies. A doctor had issued them certificates of incapacity ranging from fifteen to twenty days. "The number of days is not as interesting as the fact itself, proven by these certificates, namely that the students were beaten by police forces after their arrest, which is a serious violation of the rights of any detainee," asserts their lawyer, Mohamed Haddach.

The police indicate, according to the official MAP agency, that "the students had occupied the administrative premises and the infirmary of the campus, which they vandalised after chasing away the security guards, which necessitated the intervention of law enforcement." The students filmed police officers forcing a passage into the campus using a large bulldozer and vandalising everything in their path (doors, tables, beds, chairs...). One of the students (A-K) had even been transported to the hospital in serious condition following this violent intervention, which was "unjustified" according to the defence.