Our website use cookies to improve and personalize your experience and to display advertisements (if any). Our website may also include cookies from third parties like Google Adsense, Google Analytics, and Youtube. By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies.

Ok, I Agree
Mar
25
2021
By The African Mirror
Moroccan judge orders release of historian

Moroccan judge orders release of historian

NEWS
A Moroccan judge has ordered the provisional release of dissident writer and rights activist Maati Monjib, who was held in custody pending an investigation into money-laundering allegations, in a case that has worried rights defenders. His release was confirmed by his lawyer Mohamed Messaoudi. Monjib has been on a hunger strike since March 4, triggering a wave of solidarity by rights groups in Morocco and abroad calling for his release. A university historian who writes frequent newspaper editorials, Monjib has often criticised Morocco's record on freedom of expression and human rights. In late December, a judge ordered Monjib to be…
Read More
Jan
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Moroccan court sentences dissident historian to year in prison

Moroccan court sentences dissident historian to year in prison

NEWS
A Moroccan court has sentenced dissident writer and rights activist Maati Mounjib and two others to one year in prison on charges of endangering internal state security and fraud, in a case dating back to 2015 and denounced by rights activists. Human Rights Watch wrote in a recent report that Moroccan authorities have been cracking down on critical social media commentators and journalists using the penal code instead of the press code, which does not provide for prison sentences. Morocco rejected the report. A university historian who writes frequent newspaper editorials, Mounjib has criticised Morocco's record on freedom of expression…
Read More
Dec
31
2020
By The African Mirror
Morocco arrests dissident, investigates alleged money laundering

Morocco arrests dissident, investigates alleged money laundering

MEDIA FREEDOM
A Moroccan judge has ordered a prominent writer and rights activist to be held in custody pending an investigation into money-laundering allegations, in a case that media freedom activists describe as harassment. Maati Monjib, a university historian who writes frequent newspaper editorials, has denied the accusations. His arrest at a restaurant on Tuesday followed the jailing or detention of several other dissident journalists in recent months. The prosecutor's office said in October it was investigating Monjib on suspicion of money laundering. Monjib has often denied wrongdoing in posts on his Facebook account and said he had been summoned several times…
Read More
Jul
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe activist, journalist charged in court over planned protests

Zimbabwe activist, journalist charged in court over planned protests

NEWS
A Zimbabwean rights activist and a journalist were charged in court on Wednesday with promoting public violence ahead of planned anti-government protests next week and will be kept in jail until a bail ruling on Thursday. Jacob Ngarivhume, an activist and opposition politician behind the July 31 demonstrations, and freelance journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono were arrested at their homes on Monday. Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Chin'ono. Photo: Twitter In court, state prosecutors accused the two of using their Twitter accounts to mobilise Zimbabweans to commit public violence by encouraging citizens to demonstrate. Activists have called for street demonstrations on…
Read More
Facebook
Twitter
Linkedin
Instagram