Morocco: Journalists find little to celebrate on National Press Day

National Press Day in Morocco, observed on Saturday (November 15th), launched a fresh campaign by journalists discontented with what they see as an environment hostile to the conduct of free press. Among the various targets of their scrutiny was the March 2008 ruling against independent newspaper Al Massae, which was ordered to pay 6m dirhams for libel against four deputy royal prosecutors who the court said the newspaper accused of homosexuality.