The cartoon cousin of the king of Morocco finished with the newspaper "Akhbar Al Youm '
A Moroccan court has confirmed the sentence of four years in prison free issued in compliance first instance against the editor of the newspaper 'Akhbar Al Youm ', Taufic Buachrine and Khalid Gueder cartoonist for publishing a cartoon of a cousin of King Mohamed VI.
addition, the chamber of the Casablanca Court of Appeal held the joint fine of 150,000 dirhams (about 13,000 euros) as well as the obligation to pay three million dirham (about 267,000 euros) in damages to Prince Moulay Ismail, and publish the ruling in two Arabic language newspapers and two other French speakers.
As indicated by the official news agency MAP, the decision also confirms the closure of the premises of the newspaper , on 7 December he returned to the kiosks under the new name of "Akhbar Al Youm Al Maghrabi. "
Gueder Buachrine and were sentenced in two different rulings in October and November due to "lack of respect for the prince" and "insulting the national flag", because of the cartoon that appeared the king's cousin, published in the September 26-27 edition.
The cartoon showed Moulay Ismail with one arm raised, smiling, with a flag of Morocco in which the star appearing in the center of the banner appeared half-hidden, showing only four of its five points.
Moroccan authorities interpreted that in the event of not being covered, that picture would not have had these five tips but six, what would be the Star of David, a Jewish symbol, something denied by the medium itself, which had been considered "an incorrect reading and drawing bad faith" .
publication in the newspaper The Gallic 'Le Monde' and the English 'El Pais' caricature of Gueddar and another in which the French cartoonist Plantu alluded to the proceedings against him in Morocco in October also resulted in the veto of the numbers in which they appeared.
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