Morocco - Another adjournment in appeal by newspaper editor, held for past 140 days

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Another hearing was held yesterday in Casablanca in jailed newspaper editor Rachid Nini's appeal and, after defence counsel submissions, it ended with another adjournment, this time until 27 September. Held since 28 April, Nini has spent a total of 140 days in prison. He is appealing against the one-year jail sentence he received in June. Nini's lawyer submitted another request for Nini to be released provisionally but they expect it to be rejected, like all the others they have made, as the (...)

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