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Moroccan government sues authors of report accusing it of spying: state news agency

May 9, 2015 creative 40-page-report, action, action-follows, are-regularly, condemn-curbs, intelligence, lawsuit, map, morocco, publication, rights-groups, state, state-or-king

By Aziz El Yaakoubi RABAT (Reuters) – The Moroccan Interior Ministry has filed a lawsuit against a group behind a report that allegedly accuses the intelligence services of spying on rights activists and journalists, according to the state news agency MAP. International rights groups condemn curbs on freedom of speech and information in Morocco, where journalists and activists are regularly prosecuted under laws that criminalize defamation of the state or king. MAP did not identify the group in question, nor did it give details of the lawsuit, but the action follows the publication last week of a 40-page report on government surveillance in Morocco, compiled by the UK-based Privacy International.