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Jamal Khashoggi warned Moroccan journalist before his arrest, says wife
Source: The Guardian
Jamal Khashoggi warned Moroccan journalist before his arrest, says wife
Exclusive: Wife of jailed Taoufik Bouachrine says murdered Saudi critic thought her husband was in danger
Nick Hopkins
Thu 27 Jun 2019 16.09 BST
Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 20.35 BST
The wife of a prominent Moroccan newspaper editor and critic of Saudi Arabia has described how the murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi warned her husband that his life was in danger in the months before he was arrested in Morocco and jailed for offences he has consistently denied.
Asmae Moussaoui, 43, also says she believes Saudi Arabia told the Moroccan government to silence her husband, Taoufik Bouachrine, 49, shortly before he was taken into custody.
Bouachrine, the editor and co-founder of the liberal Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, was arrested in February 2018 after the publication of editorials in his newspaper which were critical of the Moroccan government and also of Saudi Arabia.
He was accused of multiple counts of rape, sexual assault and people-trafficking.
Independent observers were banned from the trial hearings which took place last November, at the conclusion of which Bouachrine was given a 12-year sentence.
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Exclusive: Wife of jailed Taoufik Bouachrine says murdered Saudi critic thought her husband was in danger
Nick Hopkins
Thu 27 Jun 2019 16.09 BST
Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 20.35 BST
The wife of a prominent Moroccan newspaper editor and critic of Saudi Arabia has described how the murdered Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi warned her husband that his life was in danger in the months before he was arrested in Morocco and jailed for offences he has consistently denied.
Asmae Moussaoui, 43, also says she believes Saudi Arabia told the Moroccan government to silence her husband, Taoufik Bouachrine, 49, shortly before he was taken into custody.
Bouachrine, the editor and co-founder of the liberal Moroccan newspaper Akhbar Al Yaoum, was arrested in February 2018 after the publication of editorials in his newspaper which were critical of the Moroccan government and also of Saudi Arabia.
He was accused of multiple counts of rape, sexual assault and people-trafficking.
Independent observers were banned from the trial hearings which took place last November, at the conclusion of which Bouachrine was given a 12-year sentence.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/jamal-khashoggi-warned-moroccan-journalist-before-his-arrest-says-wife