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Morocco: Electoral Boycott Campaigners Acquitted

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Law, Politics

Ibn Kafka reports [1][Fr] on the acquittal of seven Moroccan pro-democratic activists. He recalls the circumstances and the legal basis upon which the defendants were sued in the aftermath of last month's communal election when they publicly campaigned for the boycott of a poll they deemed undemocratic.