(RSF/IFEX) – On 1 June 2004, a Rabat court sentenced Anas Tadili, editor of the weekly “Akhbar al-Ousbouaâ”, to six months in prison with no parole. He was earlier charged with “defamation, vilification of a government official and spreading false news”. Tadili, who has been jailed in Salé’s prison since 15 April, was also sentenced […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 1 June 2004, a Rabat court sentenced Anas Tadili, editor of the weekly “Akhbar al-Ousbouaâ”, to six months in prison with no parole. He was earlier charged with “defamation, vilification of a government official and spreading false news”. Tadili, who has been jailed in Salé’s prison since 15 April, was also sentenced to 10 months in prison with no parole on separate charges, and is scheduled to be tried on further defamation charges on 15 June.
