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According to Human Rights Watch, Morocco and Algeria have one thing in common : «muzzling journalists». To the international NGO, «Algeria’s constitution and Morocco’s 2016 press law trumpet that no press offenses shall result in prison, but both states have just thrown the book at prominent journalists despite the pretense of respect for press freedom».
Referring to recent trials of journalists in both neighboring countries, HRW claimed that «while the Algerian authorities prefer vaguely defined penal code offenses, Morocco’s modus operandi is to file a host of specific criminal charges».
HRW referred to the trial of Moroccan journalist Omar Radi, currently jailed and accused of «harming external state security through relations with foreign agents, harming internal state security through the receipt of foreign funds and rape».
In Algeria, TV5 Monde correspondent Khaled Drareni was tried for «undermining national unity and calling for an illegal gathering».
