Lakome Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Moroccan court orders news website to shut for three months, fines editor

August 14, 2015 9:15 AM EDT

New York, August 14, 2105–A Moroccan criminal court on Monday ordered the independent news website Badil to suspend operations for three months and handed a harsh fine to its editor-in-chief, according to news reports and the journalist who spoke to CPJ. Hamid al-Mahdaoui was convicted of criminal defamation.

Aboubakr Jamai, left, says the Spanish prosecutor's investigation will embold the Moroccan government in its case against Ali Anouzla. (AFP/Fadel Senna)

Morocco accuses Spain’s El País of inciting terrorism

April 2, 2014 3:27 PM EDT

Morocco’s inclination for wielding terrorism accusations against journalists and news outlets who report on extremist groups has extended to Spain, where authorities are investigating El País newspaper and one of its journalists at the behest of the Moroccan government.

Ali Anouzla still in jail as government blocks Lakome

October 24, 2013 10:42 AM EDT

Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla’s arrest on September 17 in connection with an article published on his website has prompted an unprecedented wave of regional and international solidarity with a jailed Arab journalist.

Moroccan editor arrested for publishing link to video

September 18, 2013 3:21 PM EDT

New York, September 18, 2013–Authorities in Morocco should release an editor who was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an article published on his website, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.