The National Press Council (CNP) has strongly condemned what it describes as the "heinous criminal act" of the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, accusing it of directly attacking King Mohammed VI .
The General Union of Arab Journalists condemned on Monday, October 31, 2022, the treatment reserved for Moroccan journalists who went to cover the Arab League summit, scheduled from November 1 to 2 in Algiers. This reaction follows a correspondence from the National Syndicate of the Moroccan Press (SNPM).
The trial of journalist Omar Radi has been postponed to June 15. This decision comes after his lawyers highlighted the "irregularities" that weigh down the "espionage" part of this case.
Gathered within the SNJ, the SNJ-CGT and the CFDT-Journalists, Moroccan journalists called in the middle of the week for the release of two colleagues who have been held in pre-trial detention for nearly a year. Omar Radi and Slimane Raissouni, awaiting their trial, have started a hunger strike to obtain provisional release.
The latest issue of the French magazine Le Point would have been censored in Morocco . This is at least the observation made following the non-distribution of the April 22, 2021 issue on Moroccan territory.
Two Moroccan journalists, in pre-trial detention for eight and ten months, awaiting their trial, are observing a hunger strike. They hope to obtain their provisional release, their lawyers announced on Monday.
The case of the extradition of the two Israelis Golan Avitan and Moshé Beit Adah (Chico) is indeed "fake news". A Moroccan security source denied the information.
The epidemiological picture of Covid-19 that Morocco presents is of concern to Dr. Tayeb Hamdi. The doctor and researcher in health policies and systems proposes courageous decisions to avoid losing control of this situation.
Five and a half years after the attacks perpetrated against the editorial staff of Charlie Hebdo , the French satirical weekly has decided to republish the cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, in tribute to the killed journalists and cartoonists. A choice that does not go down well in Morocco.
The Moroccan Association of Airline Pilots (AMPL) is angry. In a press release, it denounces certain media that accuse Moroccan airline pilots of being in collusion with trade union bodies representing Algeria and South Africa.
Two French journalists, Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, are under threat of a trial in a Paris court for " blackmail ". They are accused of having tried to extort millions of euros from King Mohammed VI in exchange for abandoning a book supposedly embarrassing for the kingdom.
The government has just announced the release of 200 million dirhams (MDH) to help the press, which is facing an unprecedented crisis due to the coronavirus epidemic.