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Spotlight: Morocco Digital Rights Attacks

How pro-government media in Morocco use "fake news" to target and silence Rif activists

7 April 2019
Global Voices Advox

Jailed activist Nasser Zefzafi was smeared by Moroccan media.

Morocco Free Expression & the Law

Suspended prison sentences for four Moroccan journalists

Four journalists were handed suspended sentences for covering a parliamentary commission's debate about the Moroccan Retiree Fund's deficit.

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)‎29 March 2019

Morocco Censorship Free Expression & the Law

Trial of Moroccan journalist Tawfiq Bouachrine "unfounded"

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention confirmed that the charges against Bouachrine are in retaliation for his journalistic work and his criticism of the Moroccan government.

‎ Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)‎25 February 2019

Morocco Attacks Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly

Heavy jail sentences for 53 Hirak activists in Morocco despite allegations of torture

"The appeals court needs to examine and discard any tainted confessions and ensure that no one is convicted except for real crimes," said Human Rights Watch.

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)‎30 November 2018

Latest from Morocco

Moroccan journalist Taoufiq Bouachrine's 12 year jail sentence verdict marred by doubt

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 19 November 2018
Western Saharan media activist suspends hunger strike in Moroccan prison

‎ Global Voices Advox

Morocco Attacks Free Expression & the Law 10 November 2018
Morocco: Journalist Convicted on Dubious Charge

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Morocco Attacks Censorship 20 July 2018
Hisham Almiraat: A bitter reward

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Morocco Digital Rights 17 July 2018
Moroccan court sentences two journalists to several years in prison

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 4 July 2018
'We want the world to know': Activists reporting on occupation face legal threats in Western Sahara

‎ Global Voices Advox

Morocco Attacks Freedom of Assembly 13 February 2018
Freedom of association in Morocco: Legal loopholes and security practices

‎ Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS)

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 10 January 2018
Imprisoned Rif protesters mistreated

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Morocco Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 26 November 2017
Moroccan journalists keep fighting to cover the Hirak movement, despite state intimidation

‎ Global Voices Advox

Morocco Attacks 5 November 2017
Morocco obstructs coverage of Rif protests

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Morocco Attacks Censorship 23 July 2017
Moroccan website director held in solitary confinement pending trial

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 20 June 2017
Foreign and Moroccan journalists must be free to cover Rif protests

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Morocco Censorship Free Expression & the Law 7 June 2017
Morocco's red lines remain intact

‎ Human Rights Watch

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 4 May 2017
Moroccan Association for Human Rights faces repeated harassment by regime

‎ Human Rights Watch

Morocco 21 February 2017
A year of reform and repression in Morocco and the Western Sahara

‎ Human Rights Watch

Morocco 17 January 2017
Less news coming from a conflict you never hear about

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Morocco 7 November 2016
Morocco expels foreign journalists investigating child prostitution network

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 4 October 2016
Morocco's new press law undermined by draft penal code

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 3 August 2016
'Red lines are mostly illusions': Moroccan cartoonist on using satire to break taboos

‎ Hiba Zayadin for IFEX

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 28 June 2016
Declining tolerance for dissent in Morocco

‎ Human Rights Watch

Morocco Free Expression & the Law Freedom of Assembly 27 January 2016
NGOs to Morocco: Drop charges against journalist Ali Anouzla once and for all

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Morocco Free Expression & the Law 21 January 2016
Seven activists, five of whom are journalists, on trial in Morocco

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 17 November 2015
Moroccan civil society groups facing greater restrictions

‎ Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 30 September 2015
Monarchy's red lines gag Morocco's independent media

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 18 September 2015
Morocco legalises fiercely critical Sahrawi rights group

‎ Human Rights Watch

Morocco Freedom of Assembly 25 August 2015
“He is denied his right to an identity”: Why a Moroccan satirist is on hunger strike

‎ Index on Censorship

Morocco Free Expression & the Law 23 July 2015

At a glance

Most covered free expression issues in this country

More from Morocco

Freedom of Association in Morocco: Legal Loopholes and Security Practices

Freedom of association in Morocco witnessed relative improvement in 2016–2017. Yet the continued application of outdated laws governing civic activities forebodes a reinstatement of numerous arbitrary administrative and security practices that imperil civil society.

Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) 3 January 2018
Freedom on the Net 2017: Morocco

Provisions in the new press code passed in June 2016 removed jail sentences for journalistic crimes

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: Morocco

At least five foreign journalists were deported from Morocco after reporting on sensitive topics, such as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) issues, sex trafficking, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Freedom House 28 April 2017

Freedom of the Press 2016: Morocco

Authorities arrested and deported French, Dutch, and Italian reporters and placed travel bans on several Moroccan journalists, forbidding them from leaving the country and impeding their professional work.

Freedom House 24 April 2016

Freedom on the Net 2015: Morocco

Seventeen-year-old rapper jailed under charges of “insulting a state institution,” “incitement to consume drugs,” and producing material “harmful to public morality"

Freedom House 31 October 2015