On the night of 1 October 2011, Mr. Aibous was arrested by agents of the national brigade of judicial police in his family home in Tit Mellil on the outskirts of Casablanca. During his arrest the agents searched the house and confiscated flasks of products, including hydrogen peroxide and nail polish remover. While in custody for 12 days in the notorious Maarif police station in Casablanca, Mr. Aibous was savagely tortured and forced to sign confessions extorted under torture. These confessions were later used in his trial as evidence against him.

Despite the fact that forensic analysis of the confiscated products demonstrated their innocuous nature and the impossibility of manufacturing explosives from just 60 ml of hydrogen peroxide and 65 ml of nail polish remover, Mr. Aibous was sentenced to three years in prison by the Court of Appeal in Salé on 2 April 2012.

On 10 April 2012 Alkarama submitted his case to the Special Rapporteur on Torture, asking that he intervene with the Moroccan authorities and remind them of their international obligations, particularly the ban of torture, the invalidity of all confessions extracted under torture, and the right of victims of torture to seek and receive reparations.