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18 March 2008

Morocco: Fouad Mourtada Update

Fouad Mourtada probably never guessed he’d become a household name. Arrested on February 5 and sentenced on February 22 to three years in prison (plus a $1,000 fine) for creating...

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25 February 2008

Morocco: No Justice for Fouad Mourtada

Written by Jillian York · Morocco

Is creating a Facebook profile of a famous entity a crime? Although it's been done to nearly every major celebrity (a quick search for “George W. Bush” garners over 500...

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19 February 2008

Morocco: Facebook's fake prince could face five years in prison

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Morocco

On February 22, Fouad Mourtada was sentence to three years in prison and a fine of (10,000 dirhams) $1350.

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23 January 2008

2006 was a rough year for Moroccan internet freedoms, with several sites being blocked; 2007 wasn't much better with sites that were previously open becoming only sporadically accessible. Moi, dans...

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29 October 2007

Morocco: Stop Internet Censorship!

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Interviews

In March of 2006, Livejournal, the popular blogging site, was blocked by the state-controlled telecommunications provider Maroc Telecom (a subsidiary of Vivendi International), depriving Moroccan citizens of access to the...

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30 May 2007

Morocco: ban on YouTube lifted

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Morocco

The block on the video-sharing Web site YouTube has been lifted yesterday and the Moroccan blogsphere is celebrating its victory and planning to continue the struggle to unblock Google Earth...

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28 May 2007

Block of Youtube: the Moroccan blogosphere react

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Morocco

A petition has been launched by Maghrebism to protest the block of the video-sharing site Youtube by Maroc Telecom (Vivendi International). “We demand that Maroc Telecom and Vivendi Universal immediately...

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