Moroccan Journalist Jailed for an Abortion She Says She Never Had

The 28-year-old Moroccan journalist says she was visiting the doctor to get a life-threatening blood clot removed. Critics have condemned the case as part of a concerted effort to suppress journalists’ critical coverage of the government

Protest of the prosecution of journalist Hajar Raissouni, who critics say has been unjustly targeted over her critical coverage of the government. Photo: FADEL SENNA/AFP/Getty Images On Monday, a 28-year-old Moroccan journalist was sentenced to a year in prison for an abortion that she denies ever getting, in a case that critics have condemned as part of a concerted effort to suppress journalists’ critical coverage of the government, the Guardian reports.

Nevertheless, the couple was put on trial, and each was sentenced to a year in prison: Raissouni for “having an illegal abortion and sexual relations outside marriage,” al-Amin for being complicit. Additionally, the doctor who treated Raissouni — who says he did not perform an abortion on her — was sentenced to two years in prison.

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