Journalist jailed in Morocco over tweet criticizing judge

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Omar Radi, a journalist and human rights activist who was jailed yesterday in Casablanca for criticizing a judge in a tweet last April. The Moroccan authorities must stop prosecuting journalists under the criminal code, RSF said. Radi was jailed on a charge of “contempt of court” for tweeting criticism of a Casablanca appeal court judge who imposed sentences of up to 20 years in prison on a total of 42 peop

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