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Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni, sentenced in September to one year in prison on charges of «premarital sex and obtaining an abortion», was granted royal pardon by King Mohammed VI, the Justice Ministry announced in a communiqué issued Wednesday.
Raissouni’s fiancé and her gynecologist and his assistants were also granted royal pardon, the journalist’s lawyer Saad Sahli told Yabiladi Wednesday.
On September 30, Raissouni was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 500 dirhams. Her fiancé, a Sudanese national, received as well a one-year prison sentence and was fined 500 dirhams, while her gynecologist was sentenced to two years in prison and was suspended for two years.
For the record, Hajar Raissouni was arrested on August 31 in front of her gynecologist’s clinic. Her fiancé, doctor and others were also arrested later.
The journalist denied all accusations, saying that she did not undergo an abortion and that she is married to her fiancé under Islamic law.
