Moroccan authorities granted provisional release to rapper El Mahdi Lyoubi, known by his stage name Mehdi Black Wind, after three weeks in detention. He remains under prosecution for "offending state institutions," his lawyers told AFP.
El Mahdi Lyoubi © MNS
Moroccan authorities granted provisional release to rapper El Mahdi Lyoubi, known by his stage name Mehdi Black Wind, after three weeks in detention. He remains under prosecution for "offending state institutions," his lawyers told AFP.
The 34-year-old artist, also a filmmaker, is known in independent artistic circles for lyrics critical of Moroccan society and its inequalities.
At this stage, "no travel ban has been notified to him," said one of his Moroccan lawyers, Sara Soujar, though she noted it was "still too early" to say whether he would return to France. The next hearing in his trial is set for October 2.
Prosecutions of activists and internet users under the Penal Code have drawn criticism in recent years from human rights organizations, which are calling for authorities to rely instead on the Press Code, which has not included prison sentences since 2016.
By Badr Zayan
At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the Tunisian coast while sailing towards Italy and two people have been rescued, the head of a migrant rights group said on Saturday.
Activists and opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied took to the streets of Tunis on Thursday, calling for his departure and the restoration of democracy in the latest protest against his governance amid growing political and economic discontent.
Hundreds of migrants who recently entered Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta staged a protest on a popular urban beach on Sunday, urging Spanish authorities to grant them asylum instead of sending them back to Morocco.
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