Hamid El Mahdaoui
{{Short description|Moroccan journalist and activist}}
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حميد المهدوي
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| birth_date = January 1, 1979
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Hamid El Mahdaoui is a Moroccan journalist, and activist. Since 2014, he is the founder and the editor-in-chief of the online news website Badil.info.{{Cite web|url=https://ledesk.ma/2017/07/26/hamid-el-mahdaoui-une-tete-brulee-derriere-les-barreaux/|title=Hamid Elmahdaouy, une tête brûlée derrière les barreaux|date=July 26, 2017|website=Le Desk|access-date=July 26, 2017}} On July 20, Elmahdaouy was arrested in Al Hoceima, and later sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 20.000 Dirhams for his activism in Hirak Rif.{{Cite news|url=https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2017/07/224348/al-hoceima-march-journalist-hamid-el-mahdaoui-sentenced-to-3-months-in-prison/|title=Al Hoceima March: Journalist Hamid Elmahdaouy Sentenced to 3 Months in Prison|date=July 25, 2017|work=Morocco World News|access-date=July 26, 2017}}
Biography
Hamid El Mahdaoui was born on January 1, 1979, in the Moroccan town of Khnichet, northeast of Rabat. He lived in several cities to study and work. After working in several local newspapers, he decided to found his own news website, Badil.info, in 2014.
Trials and imprisonment
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Hamid El Mahdaoui was arrested and convicted to fines in several occasions.{{Cite news|url=http://globaljournalist.org/2015/07/torture-report-leads-to-morocco-defamation-conviction/|title=Torture report leads to Morocco defamation conviction – Global Journalist|date=July 6, 2015|work=Global Journalist|access-date=July 26, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://themoroccantimes.com/2014/08/8010/trial-journalist-hamid-el-mehdaoui-postponed-6th-october|title=Trial of Journalist Hamid El Mehdaoui Postponed to the 6th of October |work=The Moroccan Times|access-date=July 26, 2017}}
In July 2017, he was sentenced to prison and a fine for "inciting for participation in a banned protest" and "breaking the law through speeches and shouting in public places" related to the movement of Hirak.
In the early morning of 20 July 2020, he was released after 3 years of imprisonment.{{Cite web|title=Libération du journaliste Hamid Elmahdaouy après trois ans de prison|url=https://ledesk.ma/encontinu/liberation-du-journaliste-hamid-el-mahdaoui-apres-trois-ans-de-prison/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Le Desk|language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/@ELMAHDAOUYHamid Official Youtube channel]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190415071322/http://badil.info/ Badil.info]
- [https://HamidElmahdaouy.com HamidElmahdaouy.com]
- [https://twitter.com/elmahdaouyh Twitter Account]
- [https://www.instagram.com/elmahdaouyh Instagram Account]
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{{Human rights in Morocco}}
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Category:Moroccan male journalists