Spain’s King Juan Carlos (L) and Morocco’s King Mohammed VI Moroccans, outraged by a royal pardon for a Spanish pedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping 11 children in the North African kingdom, are planning a protest in Rabat on Friday.
The convicted pedophile is among 48 jailed Spaniards who the Moroccan state news agency MAP said were pardoned by King Mohamed VI on Tuesday at the request of Spain\'s King Juan Carlos, who visited Morocco last month.
Hamid Krayri, a lawyer for families of the victims, named the pedophile as Daniel Fino Galvan and said he had been convicted 18 months ago by criminal courts in Kenitra, near Rabat, of raping and filming children aged between 4 and 15.
A number of Moroccan rights organisations have criticised the release Galvan and called upon the royal palace to clarify its decision to free him.
Justice Minister Mustapha Ramid confirmed the pedophile is among the prisoners freed by the royal pardon and said he was expelled from Morocco on Thursday.
\"That person is banned in Morocco\'s territory, he cannot return,\" the minister told Reuters.