RABAT (Reuters) - Moroccan police have arrested the editor of a news website critical of the government after he posted a video message from al Qaeda's North African wing on his site that urged Moroccans to rise up against their rulers.
Ali Anouzla, the editor of Lakome.com, was first accused of posting a video containing a direct call to violence, a statement released by the attorney general and carried by the state news agency said on Tuesday. A later statement from the Justice Ministry merely accused him of publishing an Internet link to the video.
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