There a new post about the plight of Moroccan journalist Maati Monjib written published at the Committee to Protect Journalists. Take a look: The Court of First Instance in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday convicted Maati Monjib, co-founder of the Moroccan Association for Investigative Journalism, of fraud and endangering state security, and sentenced him to one year […]
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