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Prosecutor General Reveals Details in Sion Assidon Case
Marrakech – The King's Prosecutor General at the Casablanca Court of Appeal issued a statement on Tuesday, providing details about the case of activist Sion Assidon, who was found unconscious at his home.
According to the statement, two employees reported to police on August 11 that their employer, Sion Shimon Harim Baroch Assidon, had not shown up for work and was not answering their calls. They noted his car was parked outside his house.
Judicial police immediately went to the residence. After opening the locked door with specialist assistance, officers found several gardening tools in the yard: a ladder, saw, pickaxe, and pruning shears, along with freshly cut vegetation. Inside the ground floor, Assidon was discovered unconscious on a couch, still breathing. He was immediately transported to a hospital.
Investigators found personal belongings inside the home, including his phone, sandals with grass traces, keys, two laptops, and neatly arranged books and items. There were no signs of forced entry or disturbance.
A surveillance camera located about 300 meters from Assidon's home showed him arriving alone in his car on August 9 at 10:36 a.m. He parked opposite his house and entered wearing the same clothes he was found in later. The vehicle remained parked in the same spot until police arrived on August 11.
Biological samples and fingerprints collected from the tools and home revealed only Assidon's prints.
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A construction worker from the neighboring house testified seeing Assidon on a ladder pruning trees around 2:00 p.m. on Saturday (August 9). The worker left around 5:00 p.m. while Assidon continued working. When returning to work Sunday (August 10) morning, the worker noticed the ladder still on cut grass clippings.
The neighbor who owns the adjacent property confirmed asking Assidon to trim his garden plants. They had agreed to do this work on Saturday, and the neighbor verified seeing him perform this task that day.
The King's Prosecutor General stated that the investigation is ongoing, and appropriate legal measures will be taken once completed.
Assidon, born in 1948, is a historic figure in Moroccan activism. A former political prisoner and co-founder of the March 23 Movement in the 1970s, he is also one of the most recognized faces of the BDS movement and radical left in Morocco.
He remains in a coma at Sheikh Khalifa Hospital in Casablanca following emergency head surgery due to serious injuries to his head and face.
The Moroccan Front for Palestinian Support and Against Normalization organized a silent solidarity sit-in on Monday evening outside the hospital.
The Front had previously released a statement expressing concern about the prolonged silence from judicial and security authorities regarding Assidon's critical condition. They had called for the mobilization of all state resources for his care and survival.
A strong police presence from various units was reported around the clinic where the anti-normalization activist is being treated. Before the Prosecutor's statement was issued, the Front had announced plans to implement an action and advocacy program to fully clarify the circumstances of this event, which they described as still unclear.
The Moroccan Observatory Against Normalization also issued a statement wishing a speedy recovery to Assidon, whom they called one of Morocco's great activists for the Palestinian cause.
