Yet another authoritarian regime imprisons a blogger for expressing his opinion: A blogger who accused Morocco’s monarchy of encouraging a culture of dependency where loyalty is rewarded with favors has been jailed for showing disrespect for King Mohammed, his family and rights groups said on Tuesday. Mohamed Erraji, 29, wrote in online newspaper Hespress that…
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Just try and stop it
The revolution continues to be blogged: It may be a far cry from the millions of blogs active in the West, but Morocco’s blogosphere has taken off as the liveliest free-speech zone in largely conservative Muslim North Africa. The Moroccan “Blogoma”, as it is called, is home to at least 30,000 sites. Inspired by bloggers…