Media In Morocco
This article deals with media and press freedom in Morocco.
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History
Origins
The first newspaper to appear in Morocco was a weekly English-language called "Maghreb al Aqsa" in 1877. Such publications were generally not available in the Moroccan cities until 1908.
During the French protectorate , in 1920, began the development of French publications as "The Echo of Morocco" and "La Vigie Marocaine". It was followed by the launch of a media group called Mas, who published "Farmhouse" and the daily "Le Petit Moroccan" and "The Echo of Morocco, although they continued to apply mainly to foreigners.
Then the nationalists such as Moroccan Mohamed Hassan El Ouazzani began their own publications. In 1933, he founded "The action of the people", a French-language weekly. Later, Abdelkhalek Torres and Mohamed Bennouna, in Tetouan , published in Arabic, respectively, two publications: "Al Salam" and " Al-Hayat. " These papers gave the nationalists a platform to express their demands independence vis--vis France and of Spain. More and more foreign newspapers were published in Morocco.
Later, Morocco edited a press code on 15 November 1958 Today The Moroccan government has many means such as radio and audiovisual Moroccan television. The Moroccan news agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse and an Arabic daily Al-Anbaa are the official organs of government. Semi-official bodies are: the daily Assahra Al Maghribia, the French language daily Le Matin du Sahara and the Maghreb. Moroccans have at their disposal about 2000 local and foreign publications. While journalists practice of self-censorship , opposition newspapers have started gradually to raise the issues traditionally proscribed: there is a close relationship with miliary United States and the media take great care in evoking corruption in government, the Human Rights and the Moroccan policy on Western Sahara. Similarly, Radio Mditerrane Internationale ( Medi 1 ) diffuser French / Moroccan practice self-censorship. According to latest information, Morocco has 27 AM stations, 25 FM, 6 shortwave and 5 television stations 2M . On 20 December 2006, Prime Minister of Morocco Driss Jettou decided to suspend the Arabic daily Nichane in retaliation for the publication of "jokes provocative" toward religion. The website was also closed. Note that in recent years, Morocco has made enormous efforts to improve the lives of journalists in the country. Internet access is relatively free, but the sites are regularly censored from time to time without explanation. The sites are mainly the Western Sahara conflict, or the Islamists. Press freedom
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