摩洛哥记者Hamid Mahdaoui因诽谤司法部长而被判处18个月徒刑。 Moroccan journalist Hamid Mahdaoui sentenced to 18 months for defaming justice minister.

摩洛哥记者Hamid Mahdaoui, Badil.info主编,被判处18个月监禁,并因诽谤司法部长Abdellatif Ouahbi而罚款150 000美元。 他指控司法部长Abdellatif Ouahbi犯有欺诈罪。 Moroccan journalist Hamid Mahdaoui, editor-in-chief of Badil.info, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $150,000 for defaming Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi, whom he accused of fraud. Ouahbi否认了这一指控。 Ouahbi denied the accusations. 该案引起了国际上对使用刑法而不是新闻法的批评,后者不包括监禁。 The case has sparked international criticism for using the penal code instead of the press code, which does not include jail terms. 对政府政策的批评者Mahdaoui曾因未举报危害国家安全罪而入狱。 Mahdaoui, a critic of government policies, was previously jailed for not reporting a crime against state security.