Fury as Moroccan journalist faces jail over abortion, pre-marital sex | IOL News

Rabat - Moroccan rights activists on Monday demanded the release of a journalist facing trial on charges of abortion and sex outside marriage, saying her arrest was politically motivated.

The activists say the charges against her are part of a crackdown on reporters critical of the government and are also intended to embarrass her uncle, a prominent Islamist leader who has opposed abortion and extramarital sex. Morocco's public prosecutor said in a statement that Raissouni's arrest was a legal matter and not connected to her job as a journalist.

Another uncle, Soulaiman Raissouni, who is editor-in-chief of Akhbar al-Youm, said she had been singled out and accused the government of "score-settling with a newspaper that disturbs it, and with a family that has never bowed".

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