Moroccan YouTuber’s Prison Sentence Doubled on Appeal for Defamation Against Justice Minister

Following a complaint filed against him by the Minister of Justice, Abdelatif Ouahbi, Reda Taoujni had been sentenced by the court of first instance of Agadir to a sentence of two years in prison and a fine of 20,000 dirhams, as well as the payment of a symbolic compensation of one dirham to the civil party.

The YouTuber was accused of usurpation of title, insult to a public official in the exercise of his functions, dissemination of false information via computer systems, defamation and dissemination of images of a person without his consent.