Moroccan journalist Taoufik Bouachrine, imprisoned since 2018, is suffering "ill-treatment" from the prison administration, his family said on Thursday, who are worried about the deterioration of his state of health and call for "urgent intervention ".
The Amnesty statement said the authorities in Morocco "must release journalists and academics who were imprisoned solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression".
Rights group Amnesty International has accused Morocco of denying jailed journalists and an academic access to materials so they can read and write, and called for their release.