For shame, Morocco January 10, 2007
Posted by Delilah in : General, Maroc, World, Media, human rights , add a comment
This is depressing - Driss Ksikes is one of my favorite journalists in Morocco (a tiny crowd, the other one Abubakr Jamai also persecuted) and his magazine Tel-quel one of my favorites too (the second of 2: Le journal hebdomadaire). These two guys and their colleagues have radically transformed the media landscape and one had hoped - indeed expected, although, sadly, not demanded!) that the so-called “opening” of the late 90s would actually mean something in terms of freedom of speech.
Sadly - as long as these guys have been operating - they have been persecuted by the very individuals and government services they cover. They’ve been financially ruined by prosecution after prosecution and now - these bight young energies - are threatened with jail! It’s disgraceful and depressing.
