
A Moroccan court has sentenced 22-year-old Yasser Mounbir to four years in prison and a 40,000 dirham fine for posting caricatures of King Mohammed VI on Instagram, deemed offensive under the local penal code.
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Article 179 of the Moroccan penal code prohibits insulting the king, providing for double prison sentences if the crime occurs via social media.
A Moroccan court has sentenced a young cartoonist to four years in prison on charges of insulting the king due to some caricatures of Mohammed VI. Lawyer Farouk Mehdaoui, who has already announced the appeal, said 22-year-old Yasser Mounbir was also fined 40,000 dirhams (about $4,000) for the crime.
The young man was arrested in June after publishing his caricatures of the monarch on Instagram, a decision protested by the Moroccan Association for Human Rights which called for his release. Article 179 of the Moroccan penal code prohibits "defamation, insult or violation of the private life of the king" and provides for prison sentences of six months to two years. Penalties can be doubled if the crime is committed on social media. Human rights activists have called for the abolition of laws that they say stifle free speech and pardons for convicted people.
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Presentation of the appeal by the defense.
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