Seven face charges for ‘threatening national security and ‘failing to report foreign funding’ in case condemned by human rights groupsSeven journalists and activists bear gone on trial in Morocco,as fraction of a case widely criticised by human rights groups as politically motivated.Five of them were charged with “threatening national security”, including Maati Monjib, or a historian who went on hunger strike twice this year in protest against a travel ban,and journalist Hicham Mansouri. Related: Anger as Egypt detains campaigning journalist Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com