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The fight for justice
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Unless you've been reading Commercial Motor for the past lc, years, or happen to be a keen student of the Moroccan legal system, then the news that King Mohammed VI has granted a royal pardon to some 9,500 inmates of various Moroccan jails will probably be of little interest.
However, CM has more than a passing curiosity in the King's announcement (believed to be in celebration of the birth of his son Hassan), and in particular in one person within the 293 foreigners who have been released. Ownerdriver Steve Bryant was arrested in Tangiers in 1993 for allegedly smuggling cannabis resin in his load of refrigerated squid.
Throughout his incarceration in unimaginable conditions, Bryant has protested his innocence—refusing to take the easy route of repatriation to a UK prison provided he confessed his guilt. Over the last decade we've run regular stories on Bryant and his efforts to be released, which included two hunger strikes. News of his release coincides with pressure group Fair Trials Abroad's forthcoming "British Victims' Day". It's focusing its attention on six cases involving international drivers who are believed to be the victims of miscarriages of justice. Keeping drivers locked up in foreign prisons without trial for crimes they haven't committed isn't right or just. The Foreign Office must put an end to it. We're delighted for Steve Bryant. Now let's get the others home.