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Yabiladi in English
December 14, 2017
ëThe Moroccan judicial system's conspiracy against Ali Anouzla must stop,û said Yasmine Kachan head of the RSF's Tunis Bureau said in the same statement. ... Use of the terrorism law to prosecute journalists violates Morocco's constitution and its international obligations to protect the right to inform.û.
Qantara.de
December 7, 2017
Of all the terrorist attacks recently carried out in several European countries, many have involved young attackers from Morocco or other Maghreb nations, in particular ... Moroccan author and journalist Ali Anouzla was responsible for ″lakome.com″, a website banned by the Moroccan authorities in 2013.
The Nation.
November 17, 2017
For journalists and human-rights observers in Morocco, Mahdaoui's trials are just a small part of the state's growing crackdown on free speech. In a country .... Before Mahdaoui's imprisonment and before the charges against Monjib and company, the state targeted another high-profile journalist, Ali Anouzla.
Al-Monitor
September 1, 2017
As part of the Moroccan authorities' efforts to silence the Hirak protest movement, journalists are facing pressure and repression, prompting questions about ... who lived in Morocco with his family for 17 years, and Fernando Sanz Moreno, an independent journalist, were forced to leave the country July 25.
Qantara.de
March 29, 2017
After a five-month deadlock during which Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane was unable to form a coalition government, he has been ousted by King Mohammed VI, showing his increasing unwillingness to tolerate any ruler beside himself. An analysis by Moroccan dissident and journalist AliÃÂ ...
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
July 29, 2016
There has been opposition to the new press law by journalists, as well as the press syndicate and the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers, ... the press law...this is only because journalists will be pursued like ordinary criminals under the penal code," journalist Ali Anouzla wrote on Facebook lastÃÂ ...
Human Rights Watch
February 8, 2016
(Tunis) – Moroccan authorities should drop the case against a leading independent journalist charged with “harming territorial integrity. ... The trial of Ali Anouzla, editor-in-chief of the Arabic news site Lakome2.com, which is due to open on February 9, 2016, is based on an interview in the German daily BildÃÂ ...
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
February 20, 2014
Because of their audacity and scathing criticism, these articles came under criticism from pro-government politicians and journalists, who labeled me a traitor and questioned my patriotism. .... Ali Anouzla is a leading journalist in Morocco whose arrest and trial has drawn national and international outrage.
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
October 24, 2013
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 ... Instead, by 2007, Morocco joined the Committee to Protect Journalists' list of the 10 countries where press freedom had most deteriorated.
EFF
October 17, 2013
Arrested on September 17, Ali Anouzla, the Moroccan editor of the online-only publication Lakome, is currently being held in pre-trial detention. ... Though Morocco has a history of prosecuting journalists, the country's authorities also seem susceptible to outside pressure: Prior to 2011, nearly every bloggerÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
September 25, 2013
Rabat , Morocco - Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla was arraigned on Tuesday on terrorism-related charges in a case that has drawn widespread condemnation from ... "Ali Anouzla is one of the most respected independent journalists in Morocco, his willingness to break taboos and criticize the authorities...".
The Nation.
November 17, 2017
Moroccan activist Nasser Zefzafi speaks during a protest in Al Hoceima, ... For journalists and human-rights observers in Morocco, Mahdaoui's trials are just a .... the state targeted another high-profile journalist, Ali Anouzla.
Al-Monitor
September 1, 2017
As part of the Moroccan authorities' efforts to silence the Hirak protest ... without prior authorization,” was the only journalist released as part of King ... In Morocco, journalists are well aware of the taboo issues that must not be ... Like Raissouni, Ali Anouzla was also forced to go online to continue working.
Qantara.de
March 29, 2017
An analysis by Moroccan dissident and journalist Ali Anouzla ... Party" (PJD) gained the most votes, Morocco has been experiencing a political ...
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
July 29, 2016
Moroccan courts have punished journalists with jail terms, fines, and the ... penal code," journalist Ali Anouzla wrote on Facebook last month.
Human Rights Watch
February 8, 2016
The trial of Ali Anouzla, editor-in-chief of the Arabic news site ... Moroccan authorities shun the term “Western Sahara,” referring to the place ... is facing trial for mentioning the red lines that constrain journalists in Morocco.”.
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
February 20, 2014
Is this targeting a message to Moroccan journalists? ... Ali Anouzla is a leading journalist in Morocco whose arrest and trial has drawn national ...
Aljazeera.com
October 28, 2013
As Moroccan journalist Aida Alami has written, Anouzla is an ... of a paedophile pardoned by Morocco's king helped prompt protests that ... of Ali Anouzla, possibly the first time a mainstream Moroccan publication has done so.
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
October 24, 2013
Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla's arrest on September 17 in connection with an ... of regional and international solidarity with a jailed Arab journalist. ... Instead, by 2007, Morocco joined the Committee to Protect Journalists' list of ...
EFF
October 17, 2013
Arrested on September 17, Ali Anouzla, the Moroccan editor of the online-only ... with the journalist; a letter signed by 60 such groups (including EFF), states: ... Though Morocco has a history of prosecuting journalists, the ...
Aljazeera.com
September 25, 2013
Rabat , Morocco - Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla was arraigned on ... most respected independent journalists in Morocco, his willingness to ...
Al-Monitor
September 1, 2017
As part of the Moroccan authorities' efforts to silence the Hirak protest ... without prior authorization,” was the only journalist released as part of King ... In Morocco, journalists are well aware of the taboo issues that must not be ... Like Raissouni, Ali Anouzla was also forced to go online to continue working.
Qantara.de
March 29, 2017
An analysis by Moroccan dissident and journalist Ali Anouzla ... Party" (PJD) gained the most votes, Morocco has been experiencing a politicalÃÂ ...
New York Times
January 11, 2017
CASABLANCA, Morocco — Morocco has banned the burqa, the ... Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists OCT. ... banning in principle,” Ali Anouzla, a Moroccan journalist, said on his Facebook pageÃÂ ...
Pacific Standard
November 2, 2016
Morocco Protests: The Arab Spring Is Dead, Long Live the Arab Revolution? .... protests had dwindled: Watchdog journalists like Ali Anouzla and Mouad ... chanting “a'ash ashaab” — long live the people in Moroccan Arabic.
Human Rights Watch
February 8, 2016
The trial of Ali Anouzla, editor-in-chief of the Arabic news site ... Moroccan authorities shun the term “Western Sahara,” referring to the place ... is facing trial for mentioning the red lines that constrain journalists in Morocco.”.
Amnesty International
May 20, 2014
Meanwhile another Moroccan journalist, Mustapha El Hasnaoui is on his fifth day ... The postponement of Ali Anouzla's 20 May hearing with theÃÂ ...
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
February 20, 2014
Is this targeting a message to Moroccan journalists? ... Ali Anouzla is a leading journalist in Morocco whose arrest and trial has drawn nationalÃÂ ...
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
October 24, 2013
Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla's arrest on September 17 in connection with ... law to charge Anouzla, a brave and highly respected Arab journalist. ... Instead, by 2007, Morocco joined the Committee to Protect Journalists' list ofÃÂ ...
EFF
October 17, 2013
Arrested on September 17, Ali Anouzla, the Moroccan editor of the online-only ... with the journalist; a letter signed by 60 such groups (including EFF), states: ... Though Morocco has a history of prosecuting journalists, theÃÂ ...
Aljazeera.com
September 25, 2013
Rabat , Morocco - Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla was arraigned on ... most respected independent journalists in Morocco, his willingness toÃÂ ...
Qantara.de
November 14, 2016
Although Morocco's Islamists have also taken unpopular decisions during their five years in government, this has done surprisingly little to dent their popularity.
Pacific Standard
November 2, 2016
... a politic of revenge, even long after protests had dwindled: Watchdog journalists like Ali Anouzla and Mouad Belghouat, who rapped anthems of the public's seething anger over socioeconomic injustice, went to prison over what activists called ...
Portal Liberal (Pressemitteilung)
September 7, 2016
Nachdem der erste Raif Bawadi Award for Courageous Journalists 2015 an den marokkanischen Journalisten Ali Anouzla verliehen wurde, ist es bald wieder soweit und die Auszeichnung wird im Rahmen der Frankfurter Buchmesse am 19. Oktober 2016ÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
July 31, 2016
There has been opposition to the new press law by journalists, as well as the press syndicate and the Moroccan Federation of Newspaper Publishers, both because of its content and because of the process by which it was created.
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
July 29, 2016
In the small, polished Moroccan capital of Rabat, pictures of King Mohamed VI, who took the throne in 1999, hang in many shops, offices, and hotels.
The Economist
June 9, 2016
News outlets have been forced to close and journalists jailed in recent years. Reporters Without Borders, a pressure group, considers Morocco less free even than Algeria or Afghanistan. Consider the case of Ali Anouzla, a critic of the king, who has ...
Huffington Post
May 31, 2016
The first Raif Badawi Award for Courageous Journalists was bestowed at the German National Media Ball; it went to the Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla. And what makes me particularly proud is that Raif has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Al-Arabiya
March 20, 2016
Morocco's government has accused U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of no longer being neutral in the Western . ... Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla is to stand trial next month over comments about the Western Sahara that he made to the .
Al-Arabiya
March 17, 2016
The Polisario Front's UN representative, Ahmed Boukhari, spoke to reporters after Morocco ordered 84 international staff in the peacekeeping mission to leave within three days and reiterated the country's termination of $3 million in funding for the UNÃÂ ...
Equal Times
February 25, 2016
The journalist and editor of Lakome2, Ali Anouzla, is greeted by supporters as he leaves prison in Rabat on 25 October 2013.
AllAfrica.com
February 10, 2016
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Moroccan authorities to drop the absurd and iniquitous charge of harming the country's territorial integrity brought against website editor Ali Anouzla on the basis of a translation error, and to abandon the ...
Human Rights Watch
February 8, 2016
The trial of Ali Anouzla, editor-in-chief of the Arabic news site Lakome2.com, which is due to open on February 9, 2016, is based on an interview in the German daily Bild, which quoted him as calling the Western Sahara "occupied.
Amnesty International USA
January 26, 2016
Tomorrow's trial of seven Moroccan journalists and activists on charges including "undermining state security" and "failing to report foreign funding," is part of a calculated crackdown on freedom of expression, Amnesty International said.
Yahoo News
January 24, 2016
Rabat (AFP) - Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla is to stand trial next month over comments about the Western Sahara that he made to the German press, he said on Sunday.
Al-Arabiya
January 23, 2016
Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla is to stand trial next month over comments about the Western Sahara that he made to the German press, he said on Sunday.
AllAfrica.com
January 22, 2016
The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined with 11 other free expression and human rights defenders in urging Moroccan authorities to end the years of judicial harassment journalist Ali Anouzla has faced by finally and fully dismissing ...
Al-Arabiya
January 17, 2016
Taboo breaking Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla announces at a press conference in Rabat on Feb. 19, 2014 that he ... Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla is to stand trial next month over comments about the Western Sahara that he made to the German press, he ...
Qantara.de
December 16, 2015
The Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla is managing director and editor-in-chief of the website "lakome.com", as well as being the founder of numerous - in the meantime prohibited - Moroccan newspapers. He is one of a handful of truly independent ...
