Mohamed Ziane, a Moroccan former government minister, has been sentenced to five years in prison in a corruption case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners.
FILE - Defence lawyer Mohamed Ziane speaks to the media outside the Court of Appeal of Casablanca, Morocco , Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Ziane, a Moroccan former government minister, was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday, July 19, 2024, in a campaign finance case that his attorney described as retribution for outspokenness and work defending political prisoners.
Ali Reda Ziane — his attorney who is also his son — strenuously denied the charges faced by his father and his two colleagues. He said the court had not followed typical procedures in the case or any of its appeals, all 17 of which the defense lost.“It means freedom of expression has been curtailed in Morocco,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press on Monday.
Ziane was among those profiled in a 2022 Human Rights Watch report on how Morocco has harshly cracked down on the freedom of expression of those critical of its government. The report documented how authorities convicted one of Ziane’s sons for hiding a witness and obstructing justice after a woman scheduled to testify in a human rights case that Ziane was defending slept at their home for security reasons before having to appear in court.
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