Moroccan Activist Jailed for Facebook Post Calling for Prime Minister’s Death

The Court of First Instance in Salé sentenced the young man to a three-month prison sentence and a fine of 5,000 dirhams for "public incitement to murder." He had described the PJD leaders as "terrorists" before continuing on Facebook: "I wish that all members of the PJD die, and that their heads be hung on Mohammed V Avenue in Rabat."

Oussama El Khlifi is no stranger to the courts. He had been convicted a few years ago for "rape of a minor" and incarcerated in the El Arjat prison in Salé, which he has now returned to for three months.