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Moroccan blogger Mohammed Erraji on trial

September 15th, 2008 Sokari Leave a comment Go to comments

Mohammed’s trial is set for tomorrow @

The blogger was arrested last Friday, September 5th following the publication on the e-zine Hespress.com of an article entitled “The King Encourages His Subject’s Dependency” criticizing the social policy of King Mohamed VI (original version in Arabic, French translation, English translation ). He was sentenced 72 hours later in an expedited trial reported to have lasted 10 minutes without having access the most basic to be assisted by a lawyer which speaks volumes about the Moroccan justice system.Continued……………

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