The Rabat Court of Appeals on Monday, June 30, upheld the initial verdict against journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui, director of ...

A Moroccan appeals court on Monday upheld the conviction of journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui, editor-in-chief of the news website Badil, sentencing him to 18 months in prison and ordering him to pay a ...

Abdelmoumni’s arrest is reminiscent of the case of journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui, who was sentenced to prison for defaming Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi. El Mahdaoui was sentenced to 18 ...

Journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui is awaiting his appeal hearing after being sentenced by the Rabat Court of First Instance on 11 November to a determinate prison sentence of 18 months and a fine of around ...

The Rabat Court of First Instance has sentenced journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui to 18 months in prison for defaming Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahb. The verdict also includes a $150 000 fine. The ...

The Rabat Court of First Instance sentenced journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui on Monday to 18 months in prison for defamation against Moroccan Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahb. The verdict also includes a ...

The Court of First Instance in Rabat has sentenced journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui to one and a half years in prison in the defamation case against Minister Abdellati Ouahbi.

Hamid El Mahdaoui, director of the news website Badil.info, is due to appear in court today on charges of ‘disseminating false allegations’ and ‘defamation’ under the Criminal Code. Reporters Without ...

Journalist Hamid el Mahdaoui was sentenced to three years for failing to tell police he had been offered weapons during the protests -- what he called an "imaginary crime".

Rabat - Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voiced alarm on Wednesday after a Moroccan court increased the prison sentence of a journalist to one year for inciting an unauthorised protest.

Moroccan journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui has been released from prison following a three-year sentence over his participation in the 2016 Hirak Rif protests ...