Moroccan journalist on hunger strike collapses, hospitalized
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 14 October 2015
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Maati Monjib, a Moroccan journalist, collapsed while on hunger strike following a travel ban. He has been hospitalized and demands an end to harassment against him and his colleagues.Summary
RABAT: A Moroccan journalist on hunger strike to protest a travel ban has been hospitalized after collapsing.
Maati Monjib, who ran an institute for investigative journalism and was a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, was hospitalized Tuesday after his blood pressure dropped sharply. He told The Associated Press from Rabat's Ibn Sina Hospital that he wants to enter and leave Morocco freely and demanded an end to the harassment against his family and colleagues, which included being blocked from attending journalism conferences in Barcelona and Norway. He stopped eating on Oct. 6.
The government has said the travel ban against him was imposed during an investigation into "financial irregularities."
A journalism colleague, Hicham Mansouri, was convicted of adultery and imprisoned in March. Many believe it was for his work. - AP
KEY POINTS:
- Maati Monjib was hospitalized after collapsing during a hunger strike.
- He protested a travel ban imposed by the Moroccan government.
- Monjib claims the ban is linked to an investigation into financial irregularities.
- He stopped eating on October 6 and demands freedom to travel.
- Concerns regarding press freedom in Morocco persist.
