Omar Radi’s arrest last week was apparently prompted by a tweet in which he criticized a court’s decision to hand maximum prison sentences to leaders of mass demonstrations in the poverty-stricken Rif region
Demonstrators hold a sign in support of Omar Radi, a Moroccan journalist detained over a tweet on Dec. 28, 2019, in the city of Rabat, Morocco.A Moroccan court has agreed to release on bail a journalist-activist who defended anti-government protesters in a tweet.
Radi’s arrest last week was apparently prompted by a tweet six months ago in which he criticized a Moroccan court’s decision to hand maximum prison sentences to leaders of mass demonstrations in the poverty-stricken northern Rif region.Radi has been charged with insulting a judge. A hearing on the case is scheduled Thursday in Casablanca.
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