The 22 years old Moroccan Blogger Mohamed Erraji was arrested on the 5th of September over an article he wrote entitled “The King Encourages His Subject’s Dependency” that criticizes the king’s charity that goes for people upon hearing compliments and praise instead of being given to places where it is needed like charity and development organizations.
The English translation of his article you can find here

on Monday and through one of the most expedited trails, Mohamed was sentenced to 2 years imprison plus 5000 MAD fine for “failure to uphold the respect due to the king.”
On September the 11th, he was released on bail pending his trial next Tuesday September 16th.
During the last few years, the Moroccan government had blocked YouTube and Google Earth, the arrest of Fuad Mourtada over his Facebook activities, and now with sentencing Blogger Raji to two years in prison, the government is sending clear message to all Moroccans that freedom of speech can’t be reached not even through cyber spaces.
What the judge who made that sentence missed, beside the implementing of the law itself, and the human rights, he missed the fact that such arrest will only spread out inside Morocco and outside to the international society and such act will enforce the name of Morocco as a country where Human Rights are constantly violated.

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