Did Donia Batma receive a royal pardon on the occasion of Eid al-Adha?

In the past few hours, a number of pages on social media have circulated news indicating that the Moroccan artist, Dounia Batma , has benefited from the royal pardon.

The Batma family did not issue any confirmation or denial of these allegations, which were supported by a video tape belonging to her ex-husband, Bahraini producer Mohammed Al-Turk, in which he hinted that the mother of his two daughters would be released from the “Oudayas” prison in Marrakesh soon according to a royal pardon.

It is noteworthy that on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, King Mohammed VI issued his pardon to a group of people, including detainees and those on release, who were sentenced by the various courts of the Kingdom, numbering 1,484 people.

During January 2021, the Marrakesh Court of Appeal convicted singer Dounia Batma to one year in prison and a fine of 10,000 dirhams.

The reason for Dounia Batma’s imprisonment It is noteworthy that the reason for Dounia Batma’s imprisonment is the “Hamza Moon Baby” case, which began when an anonymous person created an account on the Snapchat application, through which he targeted Moroccan female artists, which caused a huge uproar in the country, and Dounia Batma and her sister were accused of managing the account.

Indeed, Donia Batma was convicted , along with her sister and others, of the crime of (participating in accessing the automated data processing system by fraud, deliberately participating in obstructing the functioning of this system, broadcasting and distributing people’s statements and pictures without their consent through information systems, and broadcasting false facts with the intention of infringing on private life. To people with the intention of defaming them, participating in that, and threatening).