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Moroccan journalist gets 5-year jail term for indecent assault

July 11, 2021 Detained Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni was sentenced on Friday to five years in jail for indecent assault against another man. Raissouni, editor-in-chief of now-defunct newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, denies the charge and has been on a hunger strike for 93 days. He was not present in court for the sentencing. His supporters say the case is politically motivated and part of an official defamation campaign against critical journalists and activists. Morocco says its judiciary is independent. The 49-year-old has been in detention since May 2020 after an LGBT activist accused him of sexual assault. Raissouni began a hunger strike in April demanding to be provisionally released. But Moroccan courts have rejected all his release requests, despite a pressure campaign both locally and overseas. Earlier this week, the judge ordered Raissouni to appear in court to hear Friday’s verdict. The journalist had said he would only come if he was transported there in an ambulan

Five-year jail term for Morocco journalist sparks condemnation

AFP A Casablanca court on Friday sentenced Soulaimane Raissouni after convicting him of indecent assault against another man. Picture: iStock The sentencing of a Moroccan journalist to five years in prison for indecent assault sparked condemnation Saturday, with media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deploring a trial “tainted by irregularities”. A Casablanca court on Friday sentenced Soulaimane Raissouni – on hunger strike for more than 90 days – after convicting him of indecent assault against another man. The latest in a string of journalists critical of Morocco’s government to have been jailed for alleged sex crimes, he maintains his innocence. Raissouni, editor-in-chief of now-defunct Akhbar Al Yaoum, was not present in court to hear the verdict, despite being summoned by the judge. 

Maroc : cinq ans de prison pour le journaliste Soulaimane Raissouni, RSF réclame « un procès équitable »

Maroc : cinq ans de prison pour le journaliste Soulaimane Raissouni, RSF réclame « un procès équitable »
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