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Morocco: Jail sentences for blogger and Internet café own...
So, what did happen in Taghjijt and why is the government of Morocco imprisoning people for talki...
Fulup over 2 years ago. | 0 comments
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Moroccan ban for French magazine
The magazine are saying they were sensitive to Islamic markets and took steps in those areas to m...
fionamc over 3 years ago. | 0 comments
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Breaking News... Moroccan blogger Mohamed Erajji released...
It is good to hear that a court has ordered the release of Mohamed Erajji, convicted of expressin...
Fulup over 3 years ago. | 2 comments
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Morocco jails king insult blogger
Sinister news if you care about freedom of expression in general and freedom on the internet in p...
Niluccio over 3 years ago. | 3 comments
This seems like a step in the right direction.
wonderful!
Mohammed Erraji was freed on a technicality and still faces the same charges. There is more background on what is happening to bloggers in Morocco from the Menassat news web site at http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/4611-turning-point-internet-freedom-morocco.
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Wily Fox
over 3 years ago
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Wily Fox
over 3 years ago
View all comments (2 more)The Court of Appeal of Agadir decided Thursday to grant the bail to the bloguor Mohamed Erraji, condemned Monday in first firm authority at two years of prison for failure with the respect of to the person of the King and the royal family.
The Court justified its decision by the fact that the continuation did not respect certain basic procedural provisions envisaged by the code of the press, in particular nonthe respect of the procedure of sasine of the court and the direct periods of notice.
The parquet floor had announced, at the time of the meeting of this Thursday morning, which it did not have of objection so that the bail is granted to the defendant Mohamed Erraji.
source - FaceBook - should hit the Media soon
I can recommend the Open Net Intiative's Research Study/Book "Access Denied" for a sober(ing) persepctive.