Moroccan Journalist’s Prison Sentence Increased on Appeal to 15 Years – by George Katsiaficas
At midnight on October 25, 2019, Tawfik Bouachrine, the editor-in-chief of newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum (Today’s News), was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. A Casablanca appeals court sentenced him to three years longer than the term imposed by a lower court.
