Moroccan writer

Ali Lmrabet (born 1959) is a Moroccan journalist and a member of the Moroccan *ociation for Human Rights.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Controversies, imprisonment and censorship
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life

Ali came from a modest Berber family, was born in a small village called Adouz near Al-Hoceima in north Morocco. He was schooled at the International Israelite Alliance which sponsored people from underprivileged backgrounds. He then p*ed his baccalaureate in Kenitra and Rabat. He then headed for France, where he pursued a literature major.

Considered by many in Morocco as a progressive journalist, he started as a correspondent to editor-in-chief of Hebdo, which inaugurated an unprecedented era of freedom of speech for the press in Morocco. Previously to his journalistic career, Lmrabet was a diplomat.

Career

Ali Lmrabet is mostly known for creating the weekly satirical journal Demain on 11 March 2000, which was renamed Demain Magazine after a court case. Before his career in journalism, he worked as a diplomat. During the 90s he was a Chargé de Mission at the Moroccan Emb*y in Buenos Aires.

Controversies, imprisonment and censorship

On 20 October 2001, Ali published an article where he suggested the possibility of the royal palace of Skhirat being for sale. One month later, he got a four-month prison sentence and a 3000-euro fine for having written the former article by the tribunal of Rabat. They didn't make any distinction between allegations and a "conditional" statement (written in the French tense of "conditionnel").

On 1 April 2003, he was again brought to the tribunal of Rabat and interviewed concerning an article in "Demain" and its Arabic version "Doumane". On 17 April 2003, he was caught by two agents of the DST (the Moroccan secret service) in the airport of Rabat while trying to get to Paris to moderate a debate on liberty in Morocco on the invitation of the JDME (Moroccan Democratic Youth Abroad). On 2 May, the director of Ecoprint — his publishing house — refused to print the issues of his publications because of the pressure he was under. On 6 May, Ali started a hunger strike to defend his rights. Unfortunately, on 16 May 2003, five simultaneous terrorist attacks shook Casablanca, killing more than 40 people and wounding many more. Following that event, an anti-terrorist law.

On 21 May, Ali was sentenced to four years of prison for insult to the King, threatening the territorial integrity and threatening the monarchic regime. He was also fined 2000 euros and his publications were prohibited. He ended his 7-week hunger strike on 23 June after losing 22 kilograms.

On 7 January 2004, he was released after an official pardon from Mohammed VI. He was taken to court again in 2005 due to comments made in an interview, and was banned from publishing "Demain" or "Doumane" for a period of ten years, as well as being given a heavy fine.

See also

• Ali Anouzla
• Aboubakr Jamai

References

External links

• e-Newspaper (in French)
• Official site Archived 2006-04-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish) - not working as of 29-10-2008
• Interview (in French)
• Timeline of events (in French)
• An update from May, 2006
• Washington Post Article

Specialised printed mediaOnlineProminent journalists

• Ali Anouzla
• Ali Lmrabet
• Aboubakr Jamaï
• Ali Amar
• Taoufik Bouachrine
• Driss Ksikes
• Rachid Niny
• Ahmed Benchemsi
• Mohamed Gahs
• Samira Sitail
• Latifa Akherbach
• Ahmed Akhchichine
• Mohammed Achaari
• Muhammad B*iri
• Zakya Daoud
• Abderrahim Foukara
• Maati Kabbal
• H*an Rachidi
• Abdelkhalek Torres
• Mokhtar Laghzioui

Media companies

• Free Media
• Maroc Soir Group
• Eco-Médias
• Soread

PR Firms

• Mena Media Consulting

Telecom companies

• Maroc Telecom
• Meditel
• Inwi

Ministers of Communication

• Mustapha El Khalfi
• Khalid Naciri
• Nabil Benabdallah
• Mohamed Gahs

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Secret prisons

• Tazmamart
• Temara interrogation centre
• Ain Aouda secret prison

Freedom of speech

• L7a9d
• Lakome
• Ali Anouzla
• Ali Lmrabet
• Aboubakr Jamaï
• Ali Amar
• Ahmed Benchemsi
• Driss Ksikes
• Rachid Niny
• Internet censorship

Organisations
and activists

• AMDH
• Khadija Ryadi
• Ali Salem Tamek
• National Human Rights Council (CNDH)

History

• Rif revolt (1957)
• 1965 students revolt
• 1984 uprising
• Years of Lead (H*an II-era)
• 2011–2012 Protests
• Daniel Galván scandal
• Hirak Rif

Western Sahara

• Human rights in Western Sahara
  • First Intifada
  • Second Intifada
  • Third Intifada
  • AFAPREDESA
  • ASVDH
  • BIRDSHO
• Moroccan wall
  • Land mines
• Refugees
  • Refugee camps

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