{"id":34056,"date":"2017-07-25T12:22:43","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/34056-moroccan-journalist-jailed-over-rif-protests.html"},"modified":"2017-07-25T12:22:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T10:22:43","slug":"moroccan-journalist-jailed-over-rif-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/34056-moroccan-journalist-jailed-over-rif-protests.html","title":{"rendered":"Moroccan journalist jailed over Rif protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"txt-textContent\">\n<div class=\"text fontsize_0 jq_Content jq_langdir\">\n<p>A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced to three months in jail a journalist accused of having \"invited\" people to take part in banned protests in the restive north, his website said.<\/p>\n<p>Hamid El Mahdaoui was arrested on Thursday at the start of a banned demonstration in the northern city of Al-Hoceima, during which protesters clashed with police.<\/p>\n<p>El Mahdaoui, who heads the Badil online news site, was found guilty of helping to organise \"a non-authorised march\" as well as having \"invited\" others to take part in the protest, the website said.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to three months in jail and fined 20,000 dirhams (1,800 euros), Badil said, adding that he could appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist, known for criticising authorities particularly in videos posted on YouTube, was already facing prosecution after two government ministers accused him of defamation.<\/p>\n<p>Media watchdogs have denounced his arrest and accused Morocco of hindering the coverage of unrest in the Rif region, where Al-Hoceima is located, which has been shaked by protests for months.<\/p>\n<p>The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called for his release and urged authorities to drop all charges against Badil.<\/p>\n<p>Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement Saturday said the situation for Moroccan and foreign journalists covering events in northern Morocco \"keeps on getting worse\".<\/p>\n<p>\"By trying to prevent coverage of the Rif protests, the Moroccan authorities are gradually turning this region into a no-go zone for independent media,\" it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Al-Hirak al-Shaabi protest movement was born last October after a fishmonger was crushed to death in a rubbish truck as he tried to retrieve swordfish confiscated for being caught out of season.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for justice later snowballed into a wider social movement demanding jobs, development, and an end to corruption in the mainly Berber region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Moroccan court on Tuesday sentenced to three months in jail a journalist accused of having \"invited\" people to take part in banned protests in the restive north, his website said. 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