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1 | Morocco: Busted for Posting Caricatures of the King on Facebook | Maraoka: Voasazy Noho Ny Famoahana Sariitatry Ny Mpanjaka Tao Amin'ny Facebook |
2 | On February 7, 2012, Walid Bahomane appeared before a court in the Moroccan capital Rabat. | Tamin'ny 7 Febroary 2012, niatrika fitsarana tao Rabat, renivohitr'i Maraoka, i Walid Bahoman. |
3 | The 18-year-old is accused of “defaming Morocco's sacred values” by posting pictures and videos on Facebook mocking king Mohammed VI of Morocco. | Voampanga ho “nanala baraka ny hasin'i Maraoka” ity lehilahy 18-taona ity tamin'ny alalan'ny fandefasana sary sy lahatsary manevateva ny mpanjaka Maraokana Mohammed IV tao amin'ny Facebook. |
4 | This isn't the first time a Moroccan Internet user has faced such charges. | Tsy vao voalohany no nisy mpiserasera Maraokana niatrika fitsarana noho ny fiampangana toy izao. |
5 | In 2008, Fouad Mourtada, a young engineer, was sentenced to three years in prison for impersonating the king's brother on Facebook. | Tamin'ny 2008, Fouad Mourtada, tanora injeniera, no voasazy telo taona an-tranomaizina noho ny fisolokiana ny anaran'ny rahalahin'ny mpanjaka tao amin'ny Facebook. |
6 | An international outcry and a campaign of support forced the authorities to release Mr Mourtada a month after his arrest. | Nanery ny manampahefana hamoaka an'Andriamatoa Mooutarda ny antsoantso iraisampirenena sy ny hetsika ho amin'ny fanohanana azy iray volana taoriana ny nampidirana azy am-ponja. |
7 | Walid Bahomane's arrest is the first since a constitutional reform last summer (theoretically) revoked the “sacred” character of the monarch. | Sambany hatramin'ny nanavaozana ny Lalàmpanorenana nanafoana ny toetra “masina” ny fitondram-panjaka (ara-pisainana) tamin'ny fahavaratra farany teo izao fisamborana an'i Walid Bahomane izao. |
8 | The king is still, however, the focus of a great deal of devotion in the country. | Mbola anisan'ny hajaina fatratra ny mpanjaka ao amin'ny firenena. |
9 | A copy of the police report filed against Mr Bahomane emerged on the Internet, revealing a first: according to the document, items seized by the police are “two Facebook pages (sic) containing phrases and images insulting the sacred values, and an IBM computer. ” | Niparitaka tamin'ny aterineto ny kopian'ilay taratasy misy ny fanadihadiana nataon'ny polisy mikasika an'i Mr Bahomane, fanambarana voalohany hita ao: araka ny antonta-taratasy, zavatra roa tratran'ny polisy: “pejy Facebook anankiroa ahitana teny sy sary manaraby ny hasina sy solosaina IBM iray. ” |
10 | Copy of the police report filed against Mr. Walid Bahomane as posted on Facebook. | Taratasy misy ny fanadihadiana nataon'ny polisy mikasika ny fiampangana an'Andriamatoa Walid Bahomane izay hita tao amin'ny Facebook. |
11 | Despite calls for his release the judge decided to send Walid to a juvenile detention facility near the capital pending his trial. | Na dia teo aza ny fitakiana ny fanafahana azy, nanapa-kevitra ny handefa azy any amin'ny fonjan'ny zaza maditra ao an-drenivohitra ihany ny fitsarana mandra-piandry ny fitsarana azy. |
12 | A group of netizens have reacted to the arrest of Mr Bahomane by creating a support group on Facebook called “Mohammed VI, my freedom is more sacred than you!”, where members are invited to publish and share cartoons of the king. | Naneho hevitra momba ny fisamborana an'i Bahomane ny mpiserasera tamin'ny alalan'ny famoronana vondrona mpanohana ao amin'ny Facebook antsoina hoe “Mohammed VI, ny fahafahanay no masina indrindra noho ianao!”, nasaina avokoa ny mpikambana rehetra hamoaka sy hizara ny sariitatra momba ny mpanjaka. |
13 | Cartoon representing King Mohammed VI posted on Facebook | Sariitatra mampiseho ny mpanjaka Mohammed VI nalefa tamin'ny Facebook |
14 | The group's preamble reads [ar]: | Toy izao ny vakin'ny sasinteny nosoratan'ny vondrona: |
15 | This is a solidarity group with the young Walid Bahoman, aged 18, detained in the juvenile detention facility of Salé for insulting His Majesty Mohammed VI on Facebook. | Vondrona firaisankina manohana ilay tanora Walid Bahoman, 18 taona, notazonina ao any amin'ny fonjan'ny zaza maditra ao Salé noho ny fanarabiany ny mpanjaka hajaina Mohammed VI tao amin'ny Facebook ity vondrona ity. |
16 | Let us prove to Mohammed VI that our freedom is more sacred than him. | Andeha hoporofointsika amin'i Mohammed VI fa ny fahalalahantsika no masina indrindra fa tsy izy. |
17 | Zineb El Ghazoui, a co-creator of the group, writes on her blog [fr]: | Zineb El Ghazoui, mpiara-manorina ny vondrona, nanoratra tao amin'ny bilaoginy: |
18 | This arrest flies in the face of the propaganda put out by the Moroccan state around the idea of change and the alleged democratic advances. | Mifanipaka tanteraka amin'ny fanentanana ataon'ny fanjakana Maraokana mikasika ny fanovana sy ny fandrosoana lazaina fa demokratika ity fisamborana ity. |
19 | On Twitter, some are timidly following suit. | Tao amin'ny Twitter, nanaraka ny sasany na dia nisy tahotra kely ihany aza. |
20 | Musique Arabe tweets [fr]: | Mozika Arabo ni-tweet hoe: |
21 | @MusiqueArabe Operation support Walid Bahomane - publish a (king's) cartoon of you choice on your profile. | @MusiqueArabe Hetsika fanohanana an'i Walid Bahomane - mandefasa sariitatra izay tiantsika ao amin'ny pejy Facebook-ntsika. |
22 | Despite the recent constitutional reforms in Morocco the regime does not seem prepared to tolerate any violation of its red lines. | Na dia teo aza ny fanovana làlam-panorenana vao haingana tao Maraoka, hita fa tsy vonona handefitra amin'ny tsy fanajana ny faritra menany ny fitondrana ao Maraoka. |
23 | In July 2011, a few days after the adoption of the new constitution, a French newspaper, Le Courrier International, was censored [fr] in Morocco because it contained an irreverent caricature of the king. | Tamin'ny volana Jolay 2011, andro vitsy taorian'ny fandaniana ny Làlampanorenana vaovao, gazety frantsay, Le Courrier International, no tratran'ny sivana tao Maraoka satria nahitana sariitatra manimbazimba ny mpanjaka. |
24 | The independent press has often suffered the wrath of the regime when it dared tackle the sensitive subject of the monarchy. | Matetika dia nizaka hatrany ny vinitry ny fitondrana ny gazety tsy miankina rehefa mba sahy mitsikera ny fitondram-panjaka. |
25 | So much so that the Internet seems today the last frontier where most Moroccans can still exercise their right to free expression. | Hany ka ny Aterineto sisa ankehitriny no sehatra iray mbola ahafahan'ny ankamaroan'ny Maraokana mampihatra ny zony haneho hevitra an-kahalalahana. |
26 | Something Moroccan netizens seem to be fully aware of, inspired by the Arab spring, they seem determined to close ranks and show solidarity with Mr Bahomane. | Mpiserasera Maraokana sasany no hita fa mahafantatra ny tokony ataony, nalaina avy amin'ny lohataona Arabo, hita fa vonona ny hanamafy ny fiarahana sy hampiseho ny firaisankinany izy ireo miaraka amin'i Bahomane. |
27 | As a result, exercising censorship will be even more difficult for the regime. | Araka izany, ho sarotra kokoa ho an'ny fitondrana ny fampiharana ny sivana. |