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Activists protest against the sentencing of Hajar Raissouni (Photo: Reuters)
A journalist in Morocco faces jail time after being charged with having premarital sex and procuring an abortion.
Hajar Raissouni who works for an independent newspaper in the country’s capital Rabat denied the charges saying that she had sought the doctor’s help because she was suffering from internal bleeding. She claimed that she was targeted because of her stand against the authorities.
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