Morocco holding independent editor over coverage of al-Qa’ida video

Headline Title:  Morocco holding independent editor over coverage of al-Qa’ida video 18 September 2013 The Moroccan authorities’ detention of journalist and editor Ali Anouzla is an assault on the country’s independent media and he must be released immediately and unconditionally, Amnesty International said today. Plain-clothes police arrested Ali Anouzla at his home in Rabat early on Tuesday, shortly after his outspoken Arabic-language online news outlet Lakome published a story about a video by the armed group al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). He has yet to be charged with…

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