Attorney General v. Abdessamad Haydour
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 31.791702
Longitude: -7.09262
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Morocco
- Decision Date
- Feb 13, 2012
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Dismissed
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Sanctions (Imprisonment and/or Fine)
- Keywords
- Constitution
- Freedom of Expression
- Insult to Head of State
- Media/Press
- Online Forum
- Penal Code
- Sedition
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Court Name
- First Instance Court of Taza
- Case Number
- No. 168/2012
- Case Summary
In a video uploaded online, Haydour, a student at a technical college, called King Mohammed VI a “dog","murderer”, and “dictator”. He also warned the king that “he can sit in his palace and organize parties” but as long as people are “starving” they “will not let go… and will get their due one day”. He was arrested and convicted under the Penal Code for offending the dignity of the King. His sentence was for three years in prison, which he served before HRW intervention led to his release in 2015.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Source URL
- Human Rights Watch
- Notes
This case did not set a binding or persuasive precedent either within or outside its jurisdiction
- Collection
- SMEX
- Date Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
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