Over the recent 20 years Morocco has become a more liberal country than it was three decades ago. Small political parties have sprung up, which are less dependent on the regime in power. The independent press and Internet media are performing the function of the opposition, standing up for freedom of speech and defending prisoners of conscience. But not all is good.
For instance, a certain Moroccan woman journalist was assaulted by a secret police agent after she published an article about the disappearance of an opposition politician. Investigative journalism isn’t typically practiced in Morocco. Presently Morocco doesn't have journalists who specialize in investigating economic problems. It is dangerous, besides, media workers cannot get hold of any documents or data on transgressions of the law. Ministers and civil servants will not comment on anything in the media.
On July 2011, Moroccans voted for their new constitution [the document, despite partly limiting the monarch’s rights, still vested the king with full power. – 99.8 percent of the population supported the new constitution. However, it was said that the number is unreal and essentially anti-democratic, even if the King were popular.
For more: “In Morocco, journalism is the only opposition to tyranny” /ДЕНЬ/
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