After Mahdawi… the Minister of Justice sues another journalist for defamation
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press. Rabat
The Minister of Justice, Abdellatif Wehbe, filed a legal complaint before the competent authorities in Rabat against journalist Hicham El Amrani, accusing him of defamation and intentional and bad faith publication of inaccurate allegations and facts.
On the basis of this complaint, the King’s Prosecutor at the Rabat Court of First Instance decided to refer journalist Hisham Al-Omrani to court, the first hearing of which is scheduled for January 21.
Wehbe’s accusations are based on “defamation and publication of false allegations and facts in bad faith”, on the basis of articles 83 and 84 of Law 88.13 relating to the press and publishing, in addition to article 72 of the same law.
