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4 years prison for "insulting" the king

Prominent Moroccan youtuber Mohamed Sekkaki was recently sentenced to 4 years in prison for criticising the country's king in a YouTube video. Rights groups say they’re worried that personal freedoms and human rights are increasingly under threat in Morocco.
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