Rida Benotmane

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Author and journalist Benotmane served a prison sentence from 2007 to 2011 for online posts. He was rearrested in September 2022 for Facebook posts and charged with multiple offenses including “disparaging public officials.” In November 2022, he was sentenced to three years in prison. His sentence was reduced to 18 months in February 2023 and he was released in March 2024.