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15 February 2012

Morocco: Student Jailed For Insulting King In Video

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature

A 24 year-old Moroccan student, Abdelsamad Haydour, was sentenced to 3 years in jail for criticizing the king of Morocco in a video posted on YouTube. The news of the sentence provoked strong reactions on social networks.

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8 February 2012

Morocco: Busted for Posting Caricatures of the King on Facebook

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Middle East & North Africa

On February 7, 2012, Walid Bahomane appeared before a court in the Moroccan capital Rabat. The 18-year-old is accused of “defaming Morocco's sacred values” by posting pictures and videos on Facebook mocking king Mohammed VI of Morocco.

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9 January 2012

2011: A Year of Triumphs and Struggle for Bloggers in the Middle East and North Africa

Written by Jillian York · Advocacy, Bahrain, Feature, Iran, Middle East & North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates

With all of the social media successes throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, it would be all too easy to overlook the struggles faced by bloggers and netizens throughout the region. But with 126 netizens imprisoned, it would be a travesty.

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2 August 2011

Morocco: Militant Website Sustains DDoS Attack

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Activism, Advocacy, Egypt, Feature, News, Tunisia

The Moroccan militant website Mamfakinch! has come under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack this Sunday blocking the access to its main platform for several hours. The website is now back online. What is Mamfakinch! and why has it been attacked?

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25 March 2011

Microsoft Compromises Users’ Privacy: No HTTPS in Arab Countries, Iran

Written by Anas Qtiesh · Activism, Advocacy, Algeria, Bahrain, Feature, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, News, Regulation, Syria

With the ongoing protestes and violent crackdown from governments in the Middle East, compromising online security could have dire repercussions on the wellbeing of internet users in the region. Email security is...

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10 September 2010

Morocco: Blogger Receives Death Threats

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Advocacy, Feature, Middle East & North Africa

Kacem who's a Moroccan blogger and activist openly writing about his atheism, says he received death threats on his Facebook inbox. Whilst the blogger insists he's not against Islam, he is calling for the right to freedom of conscience in his country.

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13 April 2010

Morocco: Formerly Jailed Blogger Bashir Hazzam Tells His Story

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Interviews, Middle East & North Africa

Blogging can lead to jail in Morocco. Bashir Hazzam learned it the hard way when in last December the authorities arrested him for reporting on the violent events that shook his usually peaceful village. In the following interview the blogger tells his story.

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