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| Morocco activist jailed over drugs charges: NGO |
| 2012-12-29 |
| [Al Ahram] A Moroccan court has sentenced a political activist to a year in prison for drug trafficking and possession, a human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... group in the kingdom said on Friday. Driss Bouterrada of the "February 20" movement that demands social justice and political reforms was also handed a fine of 5,000 dirhams ($630, 480 euros) by the court in Rabat, said the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH). Bouterrada, a street vendor in his 30s, is in prison in Rabat's twin city of Sale after being tossed in the slammer |
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