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Morocco punishes journalist Omar Radi, sentences him to six years in prisonF

By Kaouthar Oudrhiri: A Moroccan court on Monday sentenced journalist and human rights activist Omar Radi to six years in jail on charges of espionage and rape, stirring condemnation from rights groups.  Radi's trial opened in June last year, just days after rights...
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Under pressure, Egypt releases from prison six activistsF

By Mona Salem Egypt on Sunday freed six activists including journalist Esraa Abdel-Fattah, a symbol of the 2011 revolution, just days after Washington warned Cairo over a crackdown on rights activists. Since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014, the...
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Morocco accused of spying on its journalists with Israeli spywareF

Morocco said Monday it "categorically rejects" claims its intelligence services had used Israeli spyware Pegasus to monitor critics at home and abroad, a government statement read.  Rabat said it had "never acquired computer software to infiltrate communication...
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Covid-19: Mauritania reinstates new measures to contain coronavirusF

Mauritania, concerned over rising Covid-19 infections, has banned mosque prayers over the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha set for Wednesday in the West African country. Prayers will be confined to the home, the government in the conservative Muslim country said in a...
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