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The Rabat Court of Appeals on Monday, June 30, upheld the initial verdict against journalist Hamid El Mahdaoui, director of the news website Badil, sentencing him to 18 months in prison and ordering him to pay 1.5 million dirhams in damages to Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi.
El Mahdaoui was prosecuted following a complaint filed by Ouahbi in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) last February. The complaint came in response to statements made by El Mahdaoui suggesting a possible link between the party and the so-called «Sahara Escobar» case. Ouahbi’s legal team had sought 10 million dirhams in compensation.
El Mahdaoui was charged with «broadcasting and distributing false claims and defamatory content, slander, and public insult».
