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Morocco seeks prison terms and closure of Nichane weekly
Morocco, Politics, 1/13/2007
Reporters Without Borders spoke of the sentences of three to five years in prison and bans on working as journalists that Morocco's prosecutor requested on 8 January 2007 in Casablanca at the start of the trial of Driss Ksikes, editor of the Arabic-language weekly "Nichane," and one of his journalists, Sanaa Elaji, on charges of "damaging Islam" and "publishing and distributing writings contrary to morals and customs."
The prosecutor also requested the newspaper's indefinite closure and fines for the two journalists that could be as much as 100,000 dirhams (approx. 8,950 euros). The trial was adjourned until 15 January.
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