Thursday, October 01, 2009

This should be a big story: but you heart this autocrat: he sent mine-sweeping monkeys to Iraq

"The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of a Moroccan independent daily amid an escalating government campaign to silence critical journalists. On Tuesday, police prevented Taoufik Bouachrine, managing publisher and editor of the daily Akhbar al-Youm, and dozens of staff members from entering the offices of the Casablanca-based newspaper." (thanks Mariwan)