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Morocco to toughen prison sentences for defamation on social media

Penalties will be set in the country’s next Penal Code. | Fountain: Andean

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The Moroccan government has announced that it is going to tighten prison sentences against crimes slander on social media, a measure to be introduced in the next reform Criminal Code.

This was announced on Monday by the Minister of Justice. Abdellatif Wahbi, in front of House of Representatives (resigned from the Moroccan parliament), in which he explained that any crime committed by people who are not journalists will be punished with severe penalties.

“In the next Criminal Code, there will be severe penalties for those who post photos on WhatsApp or Facebook, as well as for those who are not journalists and do it through web pages or YouTube,” the minister stressed.

Wahbi He added that “people’s privacy is sacred” and warned that he would tighten sanctions against these electronic crimes.

Last November, a government led by a liberal Aziz Adjanuchwithdrew a reform bill from parliament Criminal Code which was prepared by the previous Islamist government in 2016 to test their devices again.

(As reported by EFE)


Source: RPP

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