Ali Anouzla, charged under Morocco's anti-terrorism law for posting a link to a video, will appear in court on 30 October 2013. The judge in his case is considering a request to temporarily release Anouzla.
The following is a CPJ blog post by Kamel Labidi, CPJ Guest Blogger:
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.
He appeared on Tuesday before an investigating judge in Rabat. The courts examines “terrorism cases,” Khadija Riadi, former president of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights and coordinator of the National Committee to Free Anouzla, told me. The judge postponed the hearing to October 30, according to Riadi, and is considering a request to temporarily release Anouzla, according to news reports.
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