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│ Moroccan journalist Ali Lmrabet released │

│ from custody │

│ medium - CPJ - unknown/independent [MAR] │

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│ Franco-Moroccan journalist Ali Lmrabet, │

│ arrested July 12 at Tangier airport, was │

│ released July 15 under pressure from RSF │

│ and CPJ, though the defamation-adjacent │

│ investigation remains open. The acute │

│ detention that drove the prior pass's -5 is │

│ resolved; kept above the -6 opaque band: │

│ eased Morocco press_freedom -5 to -4. │

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│ https://cpj.org/2026/07/moroccan-authoritie │

│ s-arrest-journalist-ali-lmrabet-over-allege │

│ d-false-information/amp/ │

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│ Morocco: Journalist Ali Lmrabet arrested on │

│ charges of alleged 'dissemination of false │

│ information' │

│ medium - International Federation of │

│ Journalists - unknown/independent [MAR] │

│ │

│ Franco-Moroccan journalist and government │

│ critic Ali Lmrabet was arrested on arrival │

│ at Tangier airport July 12. Drove Morocco │

│ press_freedom -4 to -5 (kept above the -6 │

│ opaque band). │

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│ https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detai │

│ l/category/press-releases/article/morocco-j │

│ ournalist-ali-lmrabet-arrested-on-charges-o │

│ f-alleged-dissemination-of-false-informatio │

│ n │

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