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    <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:42:15 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Moroccan atheist Imad Habib hiding from police]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/05/09/athiest_in_hiding/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Moroccan atheist Imad Eddin Habib is now on the run, after police began searching for him last week.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 07:27:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Moroccan academic targeted for comments about religious texts]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/05/01/academic_under_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The safety of the Moroccan academic and human rights activist Ahmed Assid is at risk following calls for his murder for defaming the prophet Mohamed. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:50:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/05/01/academic_under_threat/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Morocco sentences nine Sahrawis to life in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/04/02/tainted_trial/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Moroccan military court has sentenced 25 Sahrawis to prison, including nine to life sentences, without looking into their allegations that their confessions were extracted under torture and other forms of coercion.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 07:40:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/04/02/tainted_trial/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Environmental reporter gets jail time in Morocco]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/02/21/environmental_journalist_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Citizen reporter Mohamed Attaoui was charged with "working as a local official despite being suspended" and sentenced to 10 months in prison in Morocco. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Morocco's reform pledges undercut by repression of dissidents
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/02/01/police_violence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Among those imprisoned in Morocco for exercising their right to free speech are journalist Rachid Nini, who served one year in prison for his writing; rapper Mouad Belghouat, who is serving a one-year prison term for a song critical of the police, and 22 Sahrawis who have spent more than two years in pre-trial detention far from their homes in a politically charged case.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:57:00 -0800</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Editor charged with defamation in Morocco]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/01/21/editor_charged_with_defamation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Youssef Jajili, editor-in-chief of a Moroccan investigative weekly, has been charged with defamation for reporting that a government official ordered champagne to his hotel room while on a taxpayer-funded trip outside the country. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2013/01/21/editor_charged_with_defamation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Moroccan forces violently suppress Sahrawi protests]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/11/07/protest_sahari_activists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Demonstrations calling for Sahrawi independence in the Morocco's Western Sahara were brutally quelled by Moroccan forces whereby two activists were attacked and threatened and one protester was kidnapped and beaten up. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/11/07/protest_sahari_activists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Journalists targeted for criticising Moroccan officials]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/10/10/journalists_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Moroccan journalist Ali Lmrabet has been the target of sustained harassment after he published an article about a high-ranking General wanted for questioning by a French judge.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:15:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Confessions allegedly obtained by torture used to imprison protesters in Morocco]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/09/19/contested_confessions_torture/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Five activists of the pro-reform February 20 Movement to prison terms, and one to a suspended term, for assaulting and insulting police officers despite their claim that they had been tortured into signing false confessions, the sole evidence against them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:43:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/09/19/contested_confessions_torture/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Moroccan journalist based in Spanish enclave receives death threats
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/08/15/naimi_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hamid Naïmi, a Moroccan journalist and opposition activist based in a Spanish enclave, is the target of death threats of presumed Moroccan origin.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Blogger gets two years in jail on trumped-up charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/06/18/sokrate_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mohamed Sokrate is well known for his defence of secularism and civil liberties as well as his criticism of the government. He was a member of the 20 February Youth Movement in 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/06/18/sokrate_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Rapper jailed for video insulting police]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/05/16/belghouat_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One of Morocco's most famous rappers and activists was handed a one-year jail sentence on 11 May for "insulting the police" through a video, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Human Rights Watch and Freedom House. 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/05/16/belghouat_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Rapper sentenced to one year in prison for criticising police]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/05/14/alhaqed_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mouad Belghouat, better known as “al-Haqed”, has been in pretrial custody since March 29 because of his rap song “Kilab ed-Dowla” (Dogs of the State), which denounces police corruption, and a YouTube video set to the song.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Rapper arrested for critical lyrics]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/04/02/elhaked_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In one of his songs, Megaz El Haked criticised the political situation in the country, which authorities considered a defamatory statement against public officials.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/04/02/elhaked_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Appeal court extends online critic's sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/03/28/bahomane_haydour_sentences_confirmed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Walid Bahomane's sentence has been extended from one year to 18 months in prison, while Abdelsamad Haydour's sentence of three years' imprisonment was confirmed on appeal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/03/28/bahomane_haydour_sentences_confirmed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Security forces crack down on peaceful protest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/03/23/suppression_demonstrations/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Beni Bouayach, one of the most poverty-stricken regions of the country, has been the site of regular demonstrations since the beginning of March, where protesters have called for equality and social justice in the face of what they deem to be exclusion practiced by the authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/03/23/suppression_demonstrations/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Student handed one year prison sentence for posting cartoon of the king on Facebook]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/29/bahomane_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Authorities also banned the distribution of the 26 February issue of "El País" on the grounds that it contained defamatory statements “attacking His Majesty’s image and the country’s institutions.” ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:15:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/29/bahomane_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Clinton urged to pressure reform of repressive speech laws]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/24/legal_reform/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch also urges the US Secretary of State to pressure authorities to free leading journalist Rachid Nini, who is serving a one-year sentence for articles he wrote.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/24/legal_reform/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Authorities urged to drop prosecutions over vote boycott]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/21/drop_prosecutions_vote_boycott/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Despite the government's denial of the arrests, at least two groups of activists face trial for distributing leaflets calling for a boycott of the elections.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:12:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/21/drop_prosecutions_vote_boycott/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Activist sentenced for "insulting" the king]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/15/alhaidour_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abdul-Samad al-Haidour was sentenced to three years in prison and fined for critical comments he made in a video clip disseminated on YouTube.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:25:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/15/alhaidour_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - French magazine censored for publishing images from "Persepolis"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/13/magazine_issue_confiscated/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Morocco withstood pressure from Iranian authorities to ban the film in May 2008 and it was shown in the Meknes International Festival of Animated Film as well as the Casablance Film Festival in 2007.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:20:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2012/02/13/magazine_issue_confiscated/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Journalist barred from his office]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/12/29/hifani_blocked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Radwan Hifani was denied access to his office due to his publicly-expressed solidarity with Rachid Nini, the imprisoned editor-in-chief of "el-Masaa" newspaper.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/12/29/hifani_blocked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mauritania - Moroccan journalist expelled]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/mauritania/2011/12/27/journalist_expelled/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The authorities have given no reason for the expulsion of Abdelhafiz al-Baqali, who has been working in the capital for two years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 08:55:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/mauritania/2011/12/27/journalist_expelled/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Police question over 100 people in advance of parliamentary vote
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      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/11/25/boycott_advocates_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The rate of voter participation is being closely watched because it is seen as a gauge of public enthusiasm for the reforms that King Mohammed VI initiated during 2011.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/11/25/boycott_advocates_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Appeal court upholds editor's prison sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/10/25/nini_sentence_upheld/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On 24 October, an appeal court upheld Rachid Nini's one-year prison sentence and 1,000 dirham fine.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:29:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/10/25/nini_sentence_upheld/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - ANHRI condemns attack on headquarters of newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/10/14/akhbar_alyoum_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thirty female protesters and children, backed by 3 figures known for their hostility to the 20 February movement, tried to storm the headquarters of the independent daily newspaper "Akhbar Al-Youm."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/10/14/akhbar_alyoum_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Human rights provisions in revised Constitution should protect right to demonstrate, says Human Rights Watch]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/07/13/police_violence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Since Moroccans began demonstrating in February to demand major political reforms, police have responded on several occasions with extreme brutality.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:05:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/07/13/police_violence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Information minister has two Dubai TV journalists fired]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/07/05/makhfi_dismissed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Omar and Jalal Makhfi were fired on 21 June because the latter referred on the air to opposition calls for protests against the Moroccan referendum on a proposed constitutional reform.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2011 11:49:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/07/05/makhfi_dismissed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Casablanca court sentences newspaper editor to one year in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/06/13/nini_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rachid Nini, who has been detained since 28 April, was tried on charges of disinformation and attacking state institutions, public figures and the "security and integrity of the nation and citizens".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/06/13/nini_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Cultural television programme suspended]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/05/27/masharif_programme/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The decision to suspend the "Masharif" programme may be linked to the fact that a series about the political movement in Morocco and the 20th February Movement has been in the works.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 09:39:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/05/27/masharif_programme/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Authorities urged to restore accreditation to Al Jazeera]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/04/08/restore_accreditation/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The decision to withhold media credentials appears to have been motivated by government displeasure with the news organisation's coverage of the Western Sahara conflict.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:42:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2011/04/08/restore_accreditation/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Awards - Moroccan journalist wins WAN-IFRA's 2010 Gebran Tueni prize]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/awards/2010/12/15/moroccan_gebran/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It has been five years since the assassination of Lebanese editor Gebran Tueni, killed by a car bomb on his way to work. In honour of Tueni's courage and commitment to freedom of the press, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) continues to give out a prize in his name to an editor or publisher from the Arab region. This year's recipient is Aboubakr Jamaï, the co-founder and former managing director of the weekly newspaper "Le Journal Hebdomadaire". 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/awards/2010/12/15/moroccan_gebran/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - CPJ calls on Moroccan authorities to allow Spanish journalists to work freely]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/10/thorne_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[CPJ is alarmed by an increasing climate of hostility for Spanish journalists, highlighted by official measures to prevent them from covering clashes in the Western Sahara.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/10/thorne_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - IFJ condemns spate of attacks on journalists ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/10/spate_of_attacks/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Spanish reporters Antonio Parra and Edouardo Marin were set upon by some members of the public as they were taking photos at the trial of seven Sahrawi activists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:13:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/10/spate_of_attacks/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Government suspends Al Jazeera among mounting violations]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/03/al_jazeera_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Moroccan government has suspended Al Jazeera for what it alleged was unfair reporting that damaged the country's reputation, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/03/al_jazeera_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Authorities suspend Al-Jazeera operations indefinitely]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/01/al_jazeera_closed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The government withdrew accreditations from Al-Jazeera staff, according to CPJ.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:24:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/11/01/al_jazeera_closed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Magazine succumbs to financial pressure from advertising boycott]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/10/04/nichane_closure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Nichane" magazine has been forced to close after pro-government companies refused to buy advertising space because they disagreed with its editorial line. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 09:32:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/10/04/nichane_closure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - CPJ calls on king to improve media laws]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/09/29/media_laws/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the eve of a conference on press freedom in Rabat, CPJ reiterated its call to bring Moroccan legislation in line with international freedom of expression standards. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/09/29/media_laws/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Thirty IFEX members and 38 other organisations call on government to stop politically-motivated prosecutions of journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/06/28/stop_politically-motivated_prosecutions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Independent journalists, including Taoufik Bouachrine and Ali Amar, are increasingly being targeted by the authorities.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:07:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/06/28/stop_politically-motivated_prosecutions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Editor sentenced to six months' imprisonment on spurious fraud charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/06/15/bouachrine_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["It's clear that I am paying today for my paper's editorial line," said Taoufik Bouachrine.
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      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/06/15/bouachrine_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Environmental journalist sentenced to two years in prison for exposing illegal cedar trafficking ring]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/04/07/attaoui_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mohammed Attaoui was officially charged with extorting 1,000 dirhams, but his arrest appears to be part of a set up, says RSF.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:55:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/04/07/attaoui_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - CPJ urges Morocco to halt politically motivated prosecutions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/03/19/cpj_letter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In a letter, CPJ decries Morocco's use of the courts to suppress freedom of expression and prosecute journalists and urges the government to release Driss Chahtan, who is being held in prison under harsh conditions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/03/19/cpj_letter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Blogger Boubaker Al-Yadib sentenced to six months in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/02/02/al-yadib_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The blogger was sentenced for "degradation of state property", "threatening a public official" and "participation in an illegal demonstration".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:53:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/02/02/al-yadib_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Country's most critical publication faces closure]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/02/01/newsmagazine_faces_closure/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Liquidators took control of "Le Journal Hebdomadaire" after a Casablanca court declared that the publication's former publishing group and its current one were bankrupt.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:42:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/02/01/newsmagazine_faces_closure/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Sentences against editor and cartoonist upheld, then overturned]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/01/05/cartoonist_sentence_upheld/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Fines and jail sentences against an editor and cartoonist were upheld by a Casablanca court, then overturned by the prince who initiated the lawsuit against them.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2010/01/05/cartoonist_sentence_upheld/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Jail sentences for blogger and Internet café owner]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/12/17/blogger_jailed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A court in Guelmim sentenced El Bachir Hazzam and Abdullah Boukfou for circulating information about a heavy-handed crackdown on student protests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:38:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/12/17/blogger_jailed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Court bans "Al Masheel" newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/11/20/al_masheel_banned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three "Al Masheel" journalists were previously sentenced following the publication of articles on the health of King Mohammed VI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:51:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/11/20/al_masheel_banned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Press freedom "disappointingly absent from agenda" of visiting US Secretary of State; another editor given suspended sentence]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/11/03/anouzla_eddou_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["Press freedom in Morocco is getting worse, not better, and world leaders such as Mrs. Clinton seem to fall silent on the issue," said IPI.
]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:16:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/11/03/anouzla_eddou_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Suspended jail terms, exorbitant damages award against newspaper publisher and cartoonist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/11/03/bouachrine_gueddar_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A Casablanca court ordered Taoufiq Bouachrine and Khalid Gueddar to pay 270,000 euros in damages to Prince Moulay Ismaïl, a cousin of the king.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:19:00 -0800</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/11/03/bouachrine_gueddar_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Morocco - Tension affects news conference in Casablanca in support of Moroccan media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/10/30/casablanca_conference/</link>
      <description><![CDATA["RSF came to express its support for Moroccan journalists, who are currently being subjected to an avalanche of lawsuits and prosecutions," said secretary-general Jean-François Julliard.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/morocco/2009/10/30/casablanca_conference/</guid>
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