Defamation Press in Morocco
Defamation Press or Slander media is a journalistic phenomenon that appeared in Morocco, where publications considered to be linked to intelligence services or "close to the royal palace"...[1] play a key role in campaigns sullying the reputation of critical voices in the country, through information relating to moral affairs, real or supposed[2][3][4]. These publications are also known for their ability to announce imminent arrests of activists and journalists even before their official communication[5]
Articles published by this press often contain harassment, vulgar slurs and personal information. For example, by disclosing bank or ownership documents, sharing screenshots of private e-mail messages, allegations of sexual relations (or threats to expose them), identity of roommates and biographical details sometimes dating back to childhood, as well as information on the parents of people targeted[6]
Several media outlets are considered to be part of this type of press, in particular: Chouf TV, Barlamane, Le 360, Al Ahdath Al Maghribia and Cawalisse[7]
In July 2020, 110 Moroccan journalists signed an appeal to the authorities to take action against these “defamatory media”[8]. In August 2020, a group of over 400 artists and cultural personalities signed a petition against police repression and arbitrary arrest, alongside other sprouting movements mobilizing against the defamatory press lynchings in Morocco, and for more rule of law in the treatment of journalists and private citizens alike[9].
References
- ↑ Barlamane - Enquête sur une machine à salir (in French)
- ↑ Au Maroc, le climat répressif se durcit contre la presse - Le Monde (in French)
- ↑ Morocco: Intimidation and harassment campaign against human rights defender Maati Monjib must end - International Federation for Human Rights
- ↑ Moroccan journalist Omar Radi breaks hunger strike due to ill health - France 24
- ↑ Maroc. Cette « stratégie sexuelle » qui lamine les journalistes - Orient 21 (in French)
- ↑ Affaire Omar Radi : révélations sur les méthodes de la monarchie marocaine pour bâillonner la presse (in French)
- ↑ Urgent Appeal: Civil Society Call for Moroccan Authorities to Cease Intimidation of Journalist Omar Radi - Civicus
- ↑ Morocco : the numbers that sum up the judicial harassment of Omar Radi - Reporters without Borders
- ↑ Morocco’s Unprecedented Muzzling of the Press - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
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