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#Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni sentenced to prison for premarital sex and an abortion she says she didn’t in what critics have described as a politically-motivated trial nytimes.com/2019/09/30/wor… #FreeHajar
“The trial was perhaps the most prominent example yet in a pattern of arrests and prosecutions of journalists who are critical of the state, on charges seemingly unrelated to their reporting.” #FreeHajar
Her case has sparked protests and a torrent of commentary and criticism online. Many called for greater press freedom and for an overhaul of the country’s conservative penal code. #FreeHajar
A few days ago, 1000s of #Moroccans signed a manifesto demanding the legalization of abortion & sex outside of marriage,just as Parliament is set to consider amendments to allow abortion in cases of rape & incest. Currently,the procedure is legal only if a woman’s life is at risk
