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Morocco: Jail Sentence for Ramadan's Public Eater

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Morocco, Human Rights, Law, Religion, Youth

A court in Rabat has sentenced a young man to serve three months in jail for failing to fast in public during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan [1]. “[Individual freedom,] a right we are not likely to see protected anytime soon,” laments Yabiladi [2] [fr], who reports the news.