Brahim Akrach, partner in prison, dismantles Ali Aarrass' video

Brahim Akrach, a native of the Rif region, revealed in a video he posted on his YouTube channel that all the allegations made by Ali Aarrass in his video were false and that he told him his story and the injustice he believed had been inflicted on him by the Belgian and Spanish governments, and his extradition to Morocco on the grounds that he had been subjected to torture.

Brahim Akrach, a former Islamist prisoner who was charged with terrorist attacks on November 23, 2012 and released on February 18, 2015, emphasized that the publication of this video came after he was surprised by the publication of a video on his website in the summer of 2024 Facebook page in which Aarrass appears naked in his prison cell and claims that he was tortured by the staff of Morocco's Salé 2 prison, because he had received a UN envoy concerned about torture.

Akrach confirmed that these allegations were unfounded and that he was the one who helped Aarrass create this fake video, before explaining how he used a special pen to draw fake torture marks on his body, which he then manipulated to make it look like he had been tortured.

“In the video, Ali Aarrass claims to have been tortured in prison, although the marks on his body did not represent the actual wounds of real torture or an act of violence.” I say this because I was the one who helped him make this video has. How can I confirm that everything he says is wrong? The published video and the alleged torture are completely false. “I swear to God,” Brahim Akrach said in the posted video.

“He informed me that an investigation was being conducted into his alleged torture and that he intended to place marks of alleged torture on various parts of his body and that he had already appeared in court to denounce the case. I made it clear to him that I had no idea what was behind it, but he insisted that I help him and promised to cover his tracks as soon as he returned to prison. “One way or another, I finally agreed,” said Akrach, who pointed out that Ali Aarrass took advantage of him to make the video.

“He had taken advantage of me by taking advantage of the relative freedom of movement that I enjoyed as I had been assigned certain tasks by the prison administration.” “He also asked other inmates to help him in such malicious acts,” Akrach explained.

He also pointed out that he was the one who gave the cellphone to Aarrass because he thought he would use it to communicate with his daughter, but he used it to record the fake video. “I repeat that he promised me to erase the marks after I contacted the judge who handled the complaint.” After I finished faking the bruises, he asked me to pass him a phone to contact his daughter because he missed her. He told me he wanted to talk to her via video. After I replied that I didn't know where he could get a phone number. He also told me that he had undergone military training in Belgium. I supported Ali Aarras out of compassion during his military service, especially after rumors of torture began to circulate in prison. Afterwards I could see that he was a great actor and that everything he denounced was nothing more than a set-up. Finally, I gave him Achraf Skaki's phone, not knowing that he would record this fake video. “If I had known, I wouldn’t have given it to him,” he said.

Regarding the cell in which Aarrass appeared naked in the video, Akrach assured that it was not a torture cell, but one of the best cells in Salé 2 prison as it was equipped with all amenities.

“He had one of the best cells and was treated well by the officers.” He also enjoyed some privileges, including a stove for preparing food and a television. “He asked me to take all the soap I could find in the prison and convince the inmates to give him the unused soap in exchange for food,” Akrach said in a video statement.