Moroccan Islamic Newspaper's Internet Site Blocked

Published April 22nd, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

In a letter to Minister of the Interior Ahmed Midaoui, Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) protested the blocking of the internet site of the Moroccan weekly papers "Rissalat Al Foutouwa" (www.fotowa.com), voice of the student section of the Islamic association Al-Adl Wal Ihsane (Justice and Spirituality), Panafrican News Agency (PANA) reported. 

RSF secretary general Robert Menard urged the minister to "lift the mechanisms blocking the site," adding that "after having seized an issue of this newspaper with Islamic leanings in early April, the Moroccan authorities are now targeting its website. 

This is all the more regrettable since, until now, Morocco had not imposed any restrictions on Internet access,” – Albawaba.com

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