Ali Anouzla
| Ali Anouzla علي أنوزلا |
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| Born | 1963 or 1964 Agadir, Morocco |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Occupation | Journalist Editor |
| Organization |
al-Sharq al-Awsat (1992-1995) Libyan Press Agency (1996-1998) al-Sharaq al-Awsat (1998-2004) al-Jarida al-Oukhra (2004-2006) al-Massae (2007-2008) al-Jarida al-Oula 2008-2010 Lakome.com (2010-present) |
| Known for | Independent journalism |
| Website |
Lakome.com FreeAnouzla.com |
Ali Anouzla (Arabic: علي أنوزلا; born in Agadir, Morocco) is a Moroccan Sahrawi independent journalist, known for his critical articles of King Mohammed VI's rule. Since December 2010 he has been the editor-in-chief of the online media platform Lakome, which he co-founded along with Aboubakr Jamai. Lakome was most notably behind the uncovering of the Daniel scandal in which Mohammed VI was found to have pardoned, as a gesture "demonstrating good relations between him and King Juan Carlos of Spain" a Spanish serial child rapist sentenced to 30 years in Morocco of which he spent only a year and a half. The scandal led to unprecedented spontaneous demonstrations against the Moroccan monarch in early August 2013. On 17 September 2013, Ali Anouzla was arrested in a raid against his home in Rabat, officially for having linked to an El Pais article which contained a video allegedly posted by AQIM and hosted on the website of the Spanish newspaper. He was later charged with "Knowingly providing material assistance to terrorists acts". Many observers saw this as a revenge for the Daniel Scandal episode.
Ali Anouzla was born in Agadir into a Sahrawi family originally from Guelmim. His father was a member of the Moroccan Liberation Army which operated in the south of the country to oust the Spanish from the region. Ali Anouzla started his career in pan-Arab Saudi-owned newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat, he then briefly worked in Libya for the local press agency before returning to Morocco in the late 1990. After working for sometime as the Morocco correspondent for al-Sharq al-Awsat, Ali founded -along with renowned journalist Taoufik Bouachrine- his first newspaper al-Jarid al-Oukhra in 2004 which was issued weekly. The media opened its columns to many dissidents and broke-ground in Morocco's journalistic scene by publishing a poll about the personality of the year in 2005 (won by human-rights activist Driss Benzekri) in addition to publishing details about Salma Bennani, the wife of Mohammed VI.
In 2006, al-Jarid Al-Oukhra was shut down and Anouzla joined Rachid Niny and Taoufik Bouachrine and a host of other Moroccan Journalists, to found al-Massae, a daily which was to become a huge success. In February 2008, he quit al-Massae and founded al-Jarida al-Oula on 19 May 2008.
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