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Maati Monjib

Maâti Monjib

HRD, President
Freedom Now
Huffington Post Article
2015

Maati Monjib: The Cost of Free Speech in Morocco

If they want to arrest me, they know where to find me.

Maâti Monjib is the President of Freedom Now, an association that works to defend freedom of expression and journalism in Morocco.

Journalists and media workers critical of the government face harassment and arrest in some instances, and the country's press law includes prison terms for “maliciously” spreading “false information”. There are reports of torture and ill-treatment of human rights defenders in detention and activists held have been incommunicado.

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Maati Monjib - Historien Marocain