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href="https://cpj.org/africa/zambia/" id="menu-link-275">Zambia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98942"><a href="https://cpj.org/africa/zimbabwe/" id="menu-link-276">Zimbabwe</a></li> <li class="menu-parent-link menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98943"><a href="https://cpj.org/africa/" id="menu-link-277">All Africa</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-98944"><a id="menu-link-278" class=" menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Americas</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98945"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/antigua-and-barbuda/" id="menu-link-279">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98946"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/argentina/" id="menu-link-280">Argentina</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98947"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/bahamas/" id="menu-link-281">Bahamas</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98948"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/barbados/" id="menu-link-282">Barbados</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98949"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/belize/" id="menu-link-283">Belize</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98950"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/bolivia/" id="menu-link-284">Bolivia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98951"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/brazil/" id="menu-link-285">Brazil</a></li> <li class="menu-item 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Republic</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98959"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/ecuador/" id="menu-link-292">Ecuador</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98960"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/el-salvador/" id="menu-link-293">El Salvador</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98961"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/guatemala/" id="menu-link-294">Guatemala</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98962"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/guyana/" id="menu-link-295">Guyana</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98963"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/haiti/" id="menu-link-296">Haiti</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98964"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/honduras/" id="menu-link-297">Honduras</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98965"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/jamaica/" id="menu-link-298">Jamaica</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98966"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/mexico/" id="menu-link-299">Mexico</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98967"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/nicaragua/" id="menu-link-300">Nicaragua</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98968"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/panama/" id="menu-link-301">Panama</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98969"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/paraguay/" id="menu-link-302">Paraguay</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98970"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/peru/" id="menu-link-303">Peru</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98971"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/st-vincent-and-the-grenadines/" id="menu-link-304">St. Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-193107"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/suriname/" id="menu-link-305">Suriname</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98972"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/trinidad-and-tobago/" id="menu-link-306">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98973"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/uruguay/" id="menu-link-307">Uruguay</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98974"><a href="https://cpj.org/americas/usa/" id="menu-link-308">USA</a></li> <li class="menu-item 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class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98980"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/bangladesh/" id="menu-link-314">Bangladesh</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98981"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/brunei/" id="menu-link-315">Brunei</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98982"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/cambodia/" id="menu-link-316">Cambodia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98983"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/china/" id="menu-link-317">China</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98984"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/east-timor/" id="menu-link-318">East Timor</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98985"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/fiji/" id="menu-link-319">Fiji</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98986"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/french-polynesia/" id="menu-link-320">French Polynesia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98987"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/india/" id="menu-link-321">India</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98988"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/indonesia/" id="menu-link-322">Indonesia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98989"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/japan/" id="menu-link-323">Japan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98990"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/laos/" id="menu-link-324">Laos</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98991"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/malaysia/" id="menu-link-325">Malaysia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98992"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/maldives/" id="menu-link-326">Maldives</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98993"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/mongolia/" id="menu-link-327">Mongolia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98994"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/myanmar/" id="menu-link-328">Myanmar</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98995"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/nauru/" id="menu-link-329">Nauru</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98996"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/nepal/" id="menu-link-330">Nepal</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98997"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/new-zealand/" id="menu-link-331">New Zealand</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98998"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/north-korea/" id="menu-link-332">North Korea</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98999"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/pakistan/" id="menu-link-333">Pakistan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99000"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/papua-new-guinea/" id="menu-link-334">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99001"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/philippines/" id="menu-link-335">Philippines</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99002"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/singapore/" id="menu-link-336">Singapore</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99003"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/solomon-islands/" id="menu-link-337">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99004"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/south-korea/" id="menu-link-338">South Korea</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99005"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/sri-lanka/" id="menu-link-339">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99006"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/taiwan/" id="menu-link-340">Taiwan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99007"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/thailand/" id="menu-link-341">Thailand</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99008"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/tonga/" id="menu-link-342">Tonga</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99009"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/vietnam/" id="menu-link-343">Vietnam</a></li> <li class="menu-parent-link menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99010"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/" id="menu-link-344">All Asia</a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-99011"><a id="menu-link-345" class=" menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false">Europe & Central Asia</a> <ul class="sub-menu"> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99012"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/albania/" id="menu-link-346">Albania</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99013"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/armenia/" id="menu-link-347">Armenia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99014"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/austria/" id="menu-link-348">Austria</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99015"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/azerbaijan/" id="menu-link-349">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99016"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/belarus/" id="menu-link-350">Belarus</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99017"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/belgium/" id="menu-link-351">Belgium</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99018"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/bosnia/" id="menu-link-352">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99019"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/bulgaria/" id="menu-link-353">Bulgaria</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location 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menu-item-object-location menu-item-99032"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/italy/" id="menu-link-366">Italy</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99033"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/kazakhstan/" id="menu-link-367">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99034"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/kosovo/" id="menu-link-368">Kosovo</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99035"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/kyrgyzstan/" id="menu-link-369">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99036"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/latvia/" id="menu-link-370">Latvia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99037"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/lithuania/" id="menu-link-371">Lithuania</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99038"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/luxembourg/" id="menu-link-372">Luxembourg</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99039"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/macedonia/" id="menu-link-373">Macedonia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99040"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/malta/" id="menu-link-374">Malta</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99041"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/moldova/" id="menu-link-375">Moldova</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99042"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/montenegro/" id="menu-link-376">Montenegro</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99043"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/netherlands/" id="menu-link-377">Netherlands</a></li> <li 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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM6Z9__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=1140,748 1140w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM6Z9__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=2000,1313 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px" /> <figcaption class="text-muted"> Moroccan journalist Omar Radi speaks during a press conference at the Moroccan Association of Human Rights headquarters (AMDH) in Rabat on August 10, 2024 after his pardon from prison with journalists Soulaiman Raissouni and Taoufik Bouachrine. 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But the excitement was short-lived. <a href="https://cpj.org/data/people/taoufik-bouachrine/">Taoufik Bouachrine</a>, <a href="https://cpj.org/data/people/soulaiman-raissouni/">Soulaiman Raissouni</a>, and <a href="https://cpj.org/data/people/omar-radi/">Omar Radi</a> have been shamed in the media, stalked, and harassed since their release as they face the enduring stigma of their sex crimes convictions, which are widely believed to be in retaliation for their work. </p> <p>Bouachrine, Raissouni, and Radi became global icons of the fight for press freedom in Morocco after they were arrested in separate cases between 2018 and 2020 and sentenced to <a href="https://cpj.org/2023/02/cpj-calls-for-morocco-to-release-journalist-taoufik-bouachrine-5-years-after-his-arrest/">15</a>, <a href="https://cpj.org/2023/07/cpj-condemns-moroccan-courts-rejection-of-appeals-by-jailed-journalists-soulaiman-raissouni-and-omar-radi/">five, and six years</a> respectively on sexual assault and other charges. Media freedom advocates and local journalists <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/03/moroccos-new-tactic-punish-journalists-charge-sex-crimes/">told CPJ</a> that the “morals” charges were intended to dampen public support for the three journalists, known for their critical reporting on the government.<br><br>Though the journalists are free, they still face the burden of these convictions, a state of affairs exacerbated by authorities’ lack of communication about the terms of their pardon. Bouachrine, Radi, and Raissouni don’t know if their sentences were commuted, or if they were fully exonerated, a meaningful distinction in terms of their ability to go back to work.  </p> <p>“In Morocco, in order for journalists to receive a press accreditation to legally work, they need not to have a criminal record. So, at the moment I cannot work in journalism until I figure out my unclear legal status,” Radi told CPJ.<br><br>If Bouachrine has a criminal record, it may impede him from trying to reopen Akhbar al-Youm newspaper, where he served as editor-in-chief until he was arrested in 2018, when Raissouni took over until he too was arrested in 2020. Akhbar al-Youm’s parent company, Media 21, was barred from <a href="https://www.alaraby.co.uk/entertainment_media/%22%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85%22-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1">accessing government funding,</a> and the newspaper, one of the only independent outlets in the country, closed in 2021.</p> <p>CPJ’s emailed Morocco’s Ministry of Justice about the terms of the journalists’ pardons and the Ministry of Interior for comment on the harassment facing the journalists, but did not receive any responses.<br><strong><br>Harassment in pro-government media</strong><br><br>Compounding the journalists’ insecurity is intense harassment, much of it directed by pro-government media, in which the royal family and powerful businesspeople <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14123019">hold stakes</a>. Media companies including <a href="https://www.barlamane.com/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7-%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%88-%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86/">Barlamane.com</a>, <a href="https://chouftv.ma/press/262385.html">Chouf TV</a>, and <a href="https://www.marocmedias.com/5960/%D8%B6%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%A8/">Maroc Medias</a>, published articles about the accusations against Bouachrine, Radi, and Raissouni while ignoring evidence proving their innocence, which the journalists said played a central <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/03/moroccos-new-tactic-punish-journalists-charge-sex-crimes/">role</a> in their convictions. Now that the three are out, the smears have started again.<br></p> <p>Weeks after the journalists’ release, pro-government news website Al-Jarida 24 called them “<a href="https://aljarida24.ma/p/actualites/284660/">fake heroes</a>” and slammed a human rights group that hosted them for <a href="https://www.alhurra.com/morocco/2024/08/10/%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AC-%D8%B9%D9%86%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%81%D9%88-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%85-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D9%87%D9%85">press conference</a> as “glorifying individuals with a dark past of sexual assault and human trafficking.”<br><br>Aida Alami, a Moroccan journalist and a visiting professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, said the negative coverage fits a pattern. “Such attacks are common in Morocco and are meant to never lift the pressure off released journalists, even after they are freed,” she said.<br><br>She pointed to the case of journalist <a href="https://cpj.org/2019/09/moroccan-authorities-arrest-journalist-hajar-raiss/">Hajar Raissouni</a>. Raissouni’s niece was smeared in pro-government news site <a href="https://www.barlamane.com/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B1/">Barlamane.com</a> after she received a royal pardon for a 2019 <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/03/moroccos-new-tactic-punish-journalists-charge-sex-crimes/">conviction</a> of having sex outside of marriage and seeking an illegal abortion.<strong> </strong></p> <p>More recently, Barlamane.com went after her uncle Raissouni for giving an interview to Spanish outlet <a href="https://www.elindependiente.com/internacional/2024/09/01/no-me-ire-de-marruecos-que-se-vayan-los-corruptos-y-los-criminales-en-el-poder/https:/www.elindependiente.com/internacional/2024/09/01/no-me-ire-de-marruecos-que-se-vayan-los-corruptos-y-los-criminales-en-el-poder/">El Independiente</a> in September describing the royal pardon as “a correction to the crimes committed by the intelligence services against us and our families with a lack of ethics never seen before in Morocco.” An unsigned article in <a href="https://www.barlamane.com/%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%ba%d8%b7%d8%a7%d8%b7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ba%d8%b1%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%88%d9%86%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%ac%d8%af%d8%af-%d8%a7/">Barlamane.com</a> slammed Raissouni for his decision to speak to El Independiente, claiming without evidence that the Spanish outlet receives funding from Algerian intelligence. (Morocco and Algeria <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/algeria-says-cutting-diplomatic-ties-with-morocco-2021-08-24/">severed ties</a> in 2021.) Raissouni, said Barlamane.com, has “renewed his loyalty to enemies of the state.”</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="6500" height="4182" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?w=652" alt="" class="wp-image-427815" srcset="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg 6500w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=768,494 768w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=1024,659 1024w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=1536,988 1536w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=2048,1318 2048w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=570,367 570w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=652,419 652w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=760,489 760w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=1140,733 1140w, https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/AFP__20240810__36DM4TU__v1__HighRes__MoroccoGovernmentMedia.jpg?resize=2000,1287 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 6500px) 100vw, 6500px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Moroccan journalist Soulaiman Raissouni flashes the victory sign during a press conference at the Moroccan Association of Human Rights headquarters (AMDH) in Rabat on August 10, 2024 after he was pardoned from prison. (Photo:AFP)</figcaption></figure> <p>In a phone call with CPJ, Raissouni defended the interview. “The only reason I spoke to El Independiente in the first place is because [authorities] will never allow me to speak in the local media outlets about how I am, and always have been, innocent and how I am being targeted in this country regardless of being pardoned.”<br><br>He called the negative coverage “beyond a defamation campaign,” saying that Barlamane.com wants him back in prison. In a recent <a href="https://www.barlamane.com/%d9%87%d9%84-%d8%a3%d8%b5%d8%a8%d8%ad-%d9%81%d9%85-%d8%b3%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%b3%d9%88%d9%86%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%a6%d8%a9-%d8%a5%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a/">article</a> it called his mouth a “criminal environment” requiring “legal examination.” Before his last legal ordeal, the outlet was part of a drumbeat of coverage leading up to his arrest by <a href="https://www.barlamane.com/%D9%81%D8%B6%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%84%D9%85-%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A3-%D8%B3/">urging an investigation</a> against him.<br><br><strong>Threatening phone calls</strong></p> <p>Radi, meanwhile, has been spared the smear campaigns that targeted Bouachrine and Raissouni, but he faces another form of insidious harassment, he told CPJ.</p> <p>“In the first three days of our release, some individuals were following me every time I walk in the streets. But after we [Radi, Raissouni, and Bouachrine] held two press conferences about our release, I stopped being followed but started getting phone calls threatening to arrest me again if I don’t shut up,” he said.<br><br>This wasn’t the first time Radi was surveilled; Amnesty International said that in 2019 and 2020 Radi’s phone was <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2020/06/moroccan-journalist-targeted-with-network-injection-attacks-using-nso-groups-tools/">infected</a> with Pegasus, an Israeli-made spyware. In 2022, the Pegasus Project, a collaborative investigation, <a href="https://cpj.org/2022/10/morocco-journalists-families-spyware-fears/">found</a> that Raissouni and Bouachrine were also selected for surveillance.<br><br>Raissouni believes that the Moroccan government has effectively erased independent journalism in the kingdom, using what he calls “sewage journalism” — the pro-government media — to intimidate independent outlets and journalists. Even the few independent outlets that remain have resorted to self-censorship, he said.  </p> <p>“Today, it is impossible to go back to work in journalism in Morocco. There are no remaining outlets today that would allow their journalists to write anything that is not aligned with the state narrative. ‘Sewage journalism’ has become one of the most famous forms of journalism in the kingdom, when it is supposed to be true independent journalism,” said Raissouni.</p> <p>Even if Radi is able to go back to work, he’s not sure what kind of opportunities await him. “There is no free media anymore. 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