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Morocco – Authorities keep media in check and reinforce online crackdown
Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by Morocco’s recent newspaper censorship and attempts to suppress online free expression. Distribution of the leading Spanish daily El País was again banned on 26 February while two netizens have been given jail sentences in the past few weeks for criticizing the king on social networks. “Morocco has taken the road of political reform, holding a constitutional referendum in July and parliamentary elections in November, but freedom of information is still (…)
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Morocco – Moroccan appeal court upholds editor’s prison sentence
Reporters Without Borders deplores the ruling by a Casablanca appeal court yesterday upholding a one-year prison sentence and fine of 1,000 dirhams (90 euros) imposed on Rachid Nini, editor of the daily Al-Massae for disinformation. The journalist, who has served half the sentence, and his legal team refused to attend the hearing, recalling that his original conviction was based charges under the criminal code, not on press law. Nini, held since 28 April, was convicted on 9 June (see (…)
Morocco – Another adjournment in appeal by newspaper editor, held for past 140 days
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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Yemen – Crackdowns on pro-democracy protests continue to affect journalists, Morocco and Tunisia still try to gag information
SYRIA Ahmed Bilal, a producer with Falesteen TV who is known to be a supporter of democratic change, was arrested yesterday in the Damascus suburb of Mo’adamieh. Reporters Without Borders fears that he could suffer the same fate as Ghiyath Matar, a pacifist who was arrested in a Damascus suburb on 6 September because of his role within the Darayya coordination committee. He died on 12 September as a result of being tortured while in detention. Reporters Without Borders is also concerned (…)
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Yemen – Violence, blocked websites and prosecutions – anti-media offensive continues
Yemen Reporters Without Borders condemns the attempted assassination of deputy information minister Abdu Al-Ganadi. A bomb exploded outside his home on the morning of 18 August without causing any casualties. An investigation is under way to identify those responsible and their motives. Suhail TV cameraman Ahmad Firas was arrested by soldiers from Daylami airbase on the afternoon of 12 August as he was driving towards Sanaa with his wife and children, who were released a few hours later. (…)
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Yemen – Arab Spring and repression continue from Rabat to Manama
While Bahrain and Saudi Arabia use mainly technical means (including satellite jamming and website blocking) to obstruct media freedom, Yemen and Syria continue to resort to violence. Blogger and reporters covering pro-democracy demonstrations have also been roughed up in Morocco. BAHRAIN Lualua TV, a satellite TV station launched by 15 members of the Bahraini opposition on 17 July in London, has been jammed since the first day despite changing frequency regularly. According to Eutelsat, (…)
