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Morocco arrests dissident journalist on rape and spy charges

Morocco arrests dissident journalist on rape and spy charges

MOROCCAN police have arrested a dissident journalist and charged him with rape and helping foreign spies, a prosecutor said, in a case worrying rights groups. Omar Radi, a business journalist and critic of Morocco's human rights record, was also accused of receiving funds from abroad to undermine Morocco's security, the Casablanca prosecutor's office said in a statement. Radi, 33, denies all the charges, his lawyer Miloud Kandil told Reuters, adding that a first hearing would be on Sept. 22. His arrest follows 10 summons for a police investigation over suspicions of receiving funds linked to foreign intelligence which he denied.…
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