Morocco’s Foreign Ministry plans to summon Algeria’s Ambassador to Morocco according to credible sources.

The Ambassador will be summoned to give clarifications about the huge attack the Algerian Media undertake about Morocco and its integrity especially that they use official media outlets to broadcast fake news about Morocco.

Such practice would only trigger rage and hatred among the two peoples of Morocco and Algeria over unreal, made-up, stories.

The attack started first by unofficial media outlets on social media networks displaying pictures and videos about war in south Morocco especially after US recognition of Moroccan Sahara.

However, things hasn’t stopped there. Official media outlets in Algeria have started displaying fake facts about Morocco to tarnish Morocco’s image for the Algerian people.

Moroccan authorities have been following up all fake news and have managed to prove the original pictures misused to promote hatred and rage among Algerians and Moroccans.

Morocco has taken a considerable time to process such childish actions and finally decided to summon the Algerian Ambassador to Morocco over a meeting. On the other hand, Algeria has frequently summoned the Moroccan Ambassador to Algeria on every little occasion to bombard him with futile questions.

Such a gesture from Morocco only reflects how Morocco’s Diplomacy is based on logic and patience rather than haste and reactions.

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Journalists worldwide are being persecuted as governments are cracking down on them each day that passes. But there are a few countries that seem to stand out from the crowd almost every year.

According to an annual survey conducted by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an advocacy group based in New York, a total of 274 journalists were arrested in 2020 up until December 1st when the group started conducting their annual survey.

China came first for the second year in a row by having 47 journalists behind bars, while Turkey came in second this year also for the second year in a row after 2019, with 37 journalists arrested. Not to count last week’s trial that sentenced exiled journalist Can Dündar to 27 and a half years in jail for reporting on Turkey’s smuggling of weapons to rebel groups in Syria.

But Turkey isn’t a country that’s shy from taking the first prize, especially with their 82 million population compared to China’s 1.393 billion.

The years 2016, 2017, and 2018 have all seen Turkey consecutively become the world’s worst journalist jailor by having the highest number of journalists in jail.

Every journalist arrested in Turkey faces anti-state charges, and some of them are even allowed to await trial on parole. With the pandemic in 2020, judicial proceedings have been suspended for three months, which only meant three more months in jail for those in custody.

According to (CPJ), three more journalists who worked for the pro-Kurdish outlet Mezopotamya News Agency were arrested for their reporting. One of the journalists, Cemil Uğur, wrote in a story that Turkish military personnel arrested, tortured, and threw two villagers from a helicopter, which led to one of them’s death. Turkish officials have since stated that the civilians were injured resisting arrest.

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