Wednesday, March 12, 2008

The Facebook "criminal" Mourtada...


Morocco's "Facebook criminal" Fouad Mourtada continues to be a talking point in the country.

Human rights organisations have called for his immediate release, his family is concerned for him in prison, people all around the world have protested against his jail sentence, and ordinary Moroccans have taken to the streets to demand he is set free.
Mr Mourtada's brother says he is no criminal

At the end of February, Mourtada was sentenced to three years in jail.

His crime was to create an internet profile in the name of Prince Moulay Rachid, the brother of King Mohammed VI, on the social networking site Facebook. More...


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