Moroccan journalists get suspended sentences

Two Moroccan journalists were given three-year suspended sentences and fined 80,000 dirhams (£4,700) by a Casablanca court on charges of defaming Islam and damaging public morality. As I reported previously , there had been a fear that Driss Ksikes, editor of the weekly Nichane, and one of his journalists, Sanaa Elaji, would be jailed for an article about Moroccan humour and religion. But they won't be able to publish anything for a while. The court ordered that their paper be closed for two months. (Via Reporters without Borders)