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Morocco pardons journalist to create smokescreen

By Rima Marrouch/CPJ Middle East and North Africa Research Associate
Driss Chahtan holds his daughter while being taken to prison. He was released a day before his wife had their second child. (Abdelwahid Mahir)

On Friday evening, after receiving an unexpected royal pardon, Driss Chahtan, the editor of the independent weekly Al-Michaal, was released from Oukacha Prison in Casablanca. However, his release is one of the few positive developments amid many alarming cases of worsening press conditions in Morocco.

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June 16, 2010 10:15 AM ET |
Tags: Akhbar Al-Youm, Ali Amar, Driss Chahtan, Le Journal, Taoufik Bouachrine

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