Morocco: Journalist Gets Prison Term in Adultery Case
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Version 0 of 1. A Moroccan court has convicted an investigative journalist of adultery and starting a brothel, sentencing him to 10 months in prison in a verdict that the head of a local media freedom organization said Tuesday was meant to intimidate him. The journalist, Hicham Mansouri, was arrested after the police burst into his home two weeks ago and found him with a woman. Maati Monjib, the head of Freedom Now, condemned Monday’s verdict and said, “The regime is finding new ways to attack its opponents.” Mr. Mansouri, who was also fined $4,340, had been working on a piece about electronic surveillance by the state when he was arrested, Mr. Monjib said. |