Mohammed Sekaki Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mohammed-sekaki/ The low down on African affairs Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Mohammed Sekaki Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/mohammed-sekaki/ 32 32 Moroccan YouTuber jailed for “insulting” the King https://jjcornish.com/2019/12/moroccan-youtuber-jailed-for-insulting-the-king/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/12/moroccan-youtuber-jailed-for-insulting-the-king/ Human rights activists fear that personal freedoms are under increasing attack in Morocco. This follows the jailing this week of a social media commentator who’s remarks critical of Morocco society are deemed to have insulted King Mohammed VI. In addition to four years in jail, You Tuber Mohamed Sekkai was fined R60 000. He will […]

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]]> Human rights activists fear that personal freedoms are under increasing attack in Morocco.

This follows the jailing this week of a social media commentator who’s remarks critical of Morocco society are deemed to have insulted King Mohammed VI.

In addition to four years in jail, You Tuber Mohamed Sekkai was fined R60 000.

He will appeal the sentence.

Journalist Omar Radi is in jail awaiting trial on charges of insulting a judge in a tweet he sent.

The king, who surrendered certain powers during the Arab Spring of 2011, has evidently kept a tight rein on critics.

A student was jailed for three years in 2017 for allegedly undermining the dignity of one of Africa’s two remaining absolute monarchs.

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