{"id":39437,"date":"2026-07-13T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T10:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39437"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T12:03:59","slug":"morocco-arrests-dissident-journalist-ali-lmrabet","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/morocco-arrests-dissident-journalist-ali-lmrabet\/","title":{"rendered":"Morocco arrests dissident journalist Ali Lmrabet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Moroccan police arrested dissident commentator Ali Lmrabet for questioning \u200bupon his arrival at Tangier \u200cairport on Sunday, Reporters <i>Without Borders (RSF)<\/i> said on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Lmrabet is under investigation \u200bfor &#8220;alleged dissemination of false information \u200bharming constitutional institutions&#8221;, according to the \u2060organisation that provides assistance to \u200bjournalists at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Moroccan judicial authorities did\u00a0\u200bnot immediately respond to a\u00a0<i>Reuters<\/i> request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Lmrabet, who also holds French \u200bnationality and lives in Spain, \u200bhas used social media as a political commentator \u200cand \u2060has been an outspoken critic of Morocco&#8217;s political system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">An informed source said Lmrabet is facing a \u200bpreliminary investigation \u200bover \u2060complaints filed by individuals and institutions in Morocco alleging \u200bslander and defamation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">In 2003, Lmrabet\u00a0\u200bwas\u00a0\u2060jailed after being convicted on charges that included offending the king.\u00a0\u2060In\u00a0\u200b2005, a Moroccan\u00a0\u200bcourt banned him from practicing journalism in Morocco\u00a0\u200bfor 10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16671,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-39437","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Moroccan judicial authorities did\u00a0\u200bnot immediately respond to a\u00a0Reuters request for comment.","published_date":"","news_description":"Moroccan judicial authorities did\u00a0\u200bnot immediately respond to a\u00a0Reuters request for comment.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39438,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39437\/revisions\/39438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}