Attorney General v. Ali Anouzla
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 31.791702
Longitude: -7.09262
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Morocco
- Decision Date
- Sep 24, 2013
- Case Status
- In progress
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Affirmed Lower Court
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Access Restriction/Content Regulation/Information Control
- Keywords
- Defamation
- Freedom of Expression
- Insult to Head of State
- Libel
- Media/Press
- Penal Code
- Sedition
- Slander
- Terrorism
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Court Name
- First Instance Court of Rabat
- Case Summary
Anouzla, journalist and editor of Arabic news site Lakome, was arrested on September 19, 2013 for publishing a news article including a link to a video posted on a Spanish website. The video was allegedly sharply critical of the King Mohammed VI of Morocco, accusing him of despotism and corruption, and called on Moroccan youth to engage in “Jihad”. However, Lakome's article was critical of the video. He was release provisionally in October 2013. The Rabat Court of Appeals indicted Ali Anouzla for “glorifying terrorism” under Article 218-2 of the Moroccan Penal Code and “materially assisting” under Article 218-6. The charges were never dropped, and while Lakome was blocked for a few months it was eventually brought back online.
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- SMEX
- Date Updated
- Jan 22, 2025