Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Morocco - Jail terms for king's online critics upheld on appeal

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Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is appalled that an appeal court in Salé (a city near Rabat) yesterday added six months to the one-year jail sentence that 18-year-old student Walid Bahomane received last month on a charge of “attacking the nation's sacred values” for posting content on Facebook making fun of the king. The young netizen will now have to spend a total of 18 months in prison. The three-year jail sentence that Abdelsamad Haydour received last month on the same charge, for criticizing (...)

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