This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
The day before yesterday, Monday December 9, 2024, the Casablanca High Court rendered its judgment concerning the lawsuit brought by the Interim Commission for the Management of Affairs of the Press and Publishing Sector (National Press Council) against the author of the article “Card for Sex”. The court ruled as follows:
– In the public case, find the accused guilty of the crime with which he is accused and sentence him to an effective fine of 10,000 dirhams, with a mandatory and obligatory minimum;
– In the subsidiary civil case: the convicted person pays compensation amounting to a symbolic dirham for the benefit of the civil rights claimant, Younis Mujahid.
– For the benefit of the National Press Council, compensation of 600,000 dirhams, with a fixed and obligatory minimum.
It should be noted that the aforementioned lawsuit was filed against the person concerned, by Younis Mujahid, on behalf of the Interim Committee for the Management of the Press and Publishing Sector, which considered that the author of the article “Sex for a Card” had committed defamation violations.
The defendant requested the renewal of his professional press card for the year 2024, the Press Card Commission having rejected his request. This request was the subject of an appeal before the administrative court of Rabat, where the latter ruled on December 3, 2024 to reject it. the request.
According to the direct complaint filed against the defendant, he allegedly attacked Younis Mujahid via WhatsApp late at night. The accused also published daily, via his website, press materials including Younis Mujahid and the National Press Council Foundation as subjects, containing a set of accusations and expressions of defamation and abuse of reputation , honor and dignity, including an accusation of granting a press card in exchange for sexual relations.
