Khouribga’s court of appeal confirmed the sentence of Fatima Karima, an internet user accused of undermining the Muslim religion for two years in prison due to some publications deemed offensive.
Fatima was held in detention ever since mid-july for her satirical comments on verses from the Koran.
Her lawyer Habib Aadi says that her case is still understudied, according to AFP.
Despite Fatima’s public apology to “anyone who was offended by her post”, the court did not consider her appeal.
Moroccan authorities confirmed on September 13 that she is to spend a prison sentence of two years.
The initial sentence of imprisonment was pronounced in August by the court of the first instance of Oued Zem, 150 km from Casablanca.
There was a possibility of increasing the penalty up to five years imprisonment considering that the offense counts as ‘public’, which includes social media.
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