Police\narrested\n blogger Abdellatif Ouaiss last \nSunday, after storming his family home on Friday evening in Temara, searching it and\nseizing his laptop. Abdellatif was presented to the Public Prosecutor on\n Tuesday.<\/p>\n
His family was not sure of the charges against him, but according to another source close to him, Abdellatif signed the police report under duress, and was arrested due to an article published in his English-language site<\/a> in which he criticized the ten-year rule of King Mohammed VI.<\/p>\n <\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/abdellatif-ouiass","city":"Temara","country":"Morocco","lat":"33.926667","lon":"-6.912222"}},{"item":{"name":"Abdelsamad Haydour","status":"Under Arrest","date_from":"2012-02-13","date_to":"2012-02-13","background":" On February 13, a court in the Moroccan city of Taza sentenced 24 year-old\n student Abdelsamad Haydour to 3 years in jail and a fine of USD 1,200 \nfor criticizing the king of Morocco in a video<\/a> [ar] posted on YouTube. According to the official state news agency<\/a> [fr], Mr. Haydour is accused of \u201cattacking the sacred values of the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n According to one Moroccan news website<\/a>\n Mr. Haydour had no legal assistance during the hearing and the Court \ndid not appoint a lawyer to defend the accused in accordance with the \nMoroccan law.<\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/abdelsamad-haydour","city":"Taza","country":"Morocco","lat":"34.223889","lon":"-4.006667"}},{"item":{"name":"Bashir Hazem","portrait":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/bashirhazem.jpg","status":"Released","date_from":"2009-12-08","date_to":"2010-02-08","blog_url":"http:\/\/hazzam82.maktoobblog.com\/","campaign_url":"http:\/\/www.freebashir.org\/","background":" Moroccan blogger Bashir Hazem was arrested on December 8, 2009 following a protest in Tarjijt, during which students clashed with security forces, after posting a press release about the clash on his blog. He has been interrogated about his blogging, specifically his most recent post, which contained the signatures of a committee of arrested students.<\/p>\n Hazem was detained and put in solitary confinement for a period of time, then rejoined the other detainees in the prison. Hazem is a 26-year-old student of literature.<\/p>\n A Facebook group [ar] has been created to support blogger Bashir Hazem, who has been detained in Goulmim prison in the south of Morocco for publishing a statement about the intervention of the police force against an inhabitant of the Goulmim, on his blog \"Al Boushara\" (\"the good news\").<\/p>\n According to the President of the Moroccan Bloggers Association, Internet cafes in the city are being monitored in order to prevent Internet users from disseminating information about the event, and to prevent riots. The authorities have also arrested others suspected of spreading news about the protests, including an Internet cafe employee, for possessing protest materials and flyers.<\/p>\n Hazem was tried on December 14, and sentenced to 4 months in prison. Internet cafe employee Abdullah Boukhour was sentenced to one year in prison and a number of students and activists involved offline in the protest received sentences of six months.<\/p>\n Bachir has been released after the appeal hearing<\/a> of February 8, in the town of Tiznit (100km south of Agadir). <\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/bashir-hazem","city":"Goulmim","country":"Morocco","lat":"28.979679","lon":"-10.061520"}},{"item":{"name":"Boubaker Al-Yadib","portrait":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Boubaker_Al-Yadib.jpg","status":"Released","date_from":"2010-01-26","date_to":"2010-04-05","blog_url":"http:\/\/boubakerlyadib.jeeran.com\/","campaign_url":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=197635778350","background":" Boubaker Al-Yadib was arrested on January 26, 2010 in Guelmim (190 km south of Agadir). Though his arrest was formally for participating in an illegal demonstration, he was later accused of posting, on January 25, an announcement of a blogger strike for a \"week of mourning for freedom of expression in Morocco.\"<\/p>\n On February 2, Al-Yadib was tried and sentenced to six months in prison and a fine of MAD 500 (approximately USD 62) for \"degradation of state property\", \"threatening a public official\" and\n\"participation in an illegal demonstration\". The defense plans to appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n <\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/boubaker-al-yadib","city":"Guelmim","country":"Morocco","lat":"28.979679","lon":"-10.061520"}},{"item":{"name":"Fouad Mourtada","portrait":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/fouad_mortada.jpg","status":"Released","date_from":"2008-02-05","date_to":"2008-03-18","campaign_url":"http:\/\/helpfouad.com\/1001.html","background":" Fouad Mourtada was arrested on 5 February 2008, for for creating a fake profile of the king\u2019s brother on Facebook. He was convicted on 23 February by a Casablanca court and sentenced to three years in prison for \u201cvillainous practices linked to the alleged theft\" of of the Crown Prince Moulay Rachid's identity. Fouad was sentenced to 3 years of jail plus a fine of 10,000 Dirhams. Thanks to campaigning by influential Moroccan bloggers and other entities, Mourtada's case attracted international media attention and Morocco's actions were criticized harshly by journalists and human rights groups. On the evening of March 18, 2008, Fouad was released by a royal pardon after spending 43 days in jail.<\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/fouad-mourtada","city":"Casablanca","country":"Morocco","lat":"31.877558","lon":"-7.031250"}},{"item":{"name":"Hassan Barhon","portrait":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/Hassan_Barhon.png","status":"Released","date_from":"2009-02-25","date_to":"2009-08-01","blog_url":"http:\/\/www.reporterssanslimites.blogspot.com\/","background":" Moroccan blogger Hassan Barhon was arrested on 25 February 2009, for exposing a corruption case involving the prosecutor general for the king of Morocco. he was sentenced to ten months' prison, but was given a full royal pardon after spending five months in prison. He was released 1 August, 2009.<\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/hassan-barhon","city":"Tetouan","country":"Morocco","lat":"33.870416","lon":"-6.855469"}},{"item":{"name":"Mohamed Douas","status":"Under Arrest","blog_url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=113859351980241","campaign_url":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/douasmix","background":" Moroccan blogger Mohamed Douas (also spelled Dawas), a contributor to Fnideq Online, was arrested<\/a> on September 5, 2011. Douas had been involved with Wikileaks Fnideq<\/a>, and sources say that his arrest was in relation to his work on that project.<\/p>","permalink":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/blogger\/mohamed-douas","city":"Fnideq","country":"Morocco","lat":"35.844609","lon":"-5.367784"}},{"item":{"name":"Mohammed Erraji","portrait":"http:\/\/threatened.globalvoicesonline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/mohamed_erraji.jpg","status":"Released","date_from":"2008-09-08","date_to":"2008-09-18","blog_url":"http:\/\/hespress.com","campaign_url":"http:\/\/hespress.com\/article-erraji.html","background":" On September 8, 2008, Moroccan blogger and journalist Mohammed Erraji (also Raji) was arrested in his home in Agadir for writing an article on online Arabic news site Hespress criticizing the Moroccan monarchy.<\/p>\n Erraji, a blogger and journalist, wrote an article (see translation here<\/a>) criticizing the monarchy's charitable acts. Morocco's press code prohibits, among other things, criticism of the monarchy. A campaign for Erraji's release was coordinated by DigiActive.<\/a><\/p>\n