TelQuel
TelQuel (French: for as it is) (slogan:Morocco as it is), is a French-language Moroccan weekly magazine. It is privately owned, and is known for its resolute opposition to Islamist ideology in Morocco. The current director of publication is Karim Boukhari, who was editor-in-chief in 2006.
TelQuel has been repeatedly subjected to harassment and pressures from the Moroccan government, according to press freedom watchdogs such as Reporters without Borders (RSF).[1] It was convicted in 2005 on charges of defamation, in what the RSF described as a political trial.[2]
TelQuel started a Moroccan Arabic edition, Nichane. In 2010, however, it went out of business following government pressure on companies to withdraw advertising.[3][4]
On 1 August 2009, the Moroccan government seized an edition of TelQuel, following its inclusion of an opinion poll conducted jointly with French newspaper Le Monde and looking at the performance of King Mohammed VI over the first ten years of his reign. Although 91% viewed his performance favourably, the authorities considered this to be an unsuitable topic for coverage and promptly banned publication of the survey, provoking a furious reaction from the press and Web users.[5]
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- ^ "Reporters Without Borders". Rsf.org. 2012-01-28. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16389. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ^ Aida Alami (28 April 2011). "Web Offers a Voice to Journalists in Morocco". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/world/middleeast/28iht-M28C-MOROCCO-MEDIA.html. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ^ Fisher, Max (2010-10-01). "Morocco's Largest Arabic Newsweekly to Fold Under State Pressure". The Atlantic. http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/10/moroccos-largest-arabic-newsweekly-to-fold-under-state-pressure/63921/. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ "Moroccan authorities seize magazines publishing poll on King". Magharebia.com. http://www.magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2009/08/04/feature-01. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
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