Samad Iach
HRD, Journalist & Member
Association Marocaine pour le Journalisme d'Investigation – AMJI
YaBiladi Article
2015
Maroc : Pourquoi un journaliste de l'AMJI est interdit de sortie du territoire ?
Samad Iach is a journalist and human rights defender who is a member of the Association Marocaine pour le Journalisme d'Investigation – AMJI (Moroccan Association for Investigative Journalism). He also writes for the online newspaper Lakome 2, the editor of which is prominent human rights defender Mr Ali Anouzla.
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Journalists and media workers critical of the government face harassment and arrest in some instances, and the country's press law includes prison terms for “maliciously” spreading “false information”. There are reports of torture and ill-treatment of human rights defenders in detention and activists held have been incommunicado.
