Ahmed Benchemsi

Ahmed Reda Benchemsi ( en árabe : أحمد رضا بنشمسي ) es un periodista marroquí . Es el fundador y fue editor y director de las revistas TelQuel y Nichane . ^{[ 1 ]}

La línea editorial de TelQuel le causó problemas a Benchemsi con las autoridades marroquíes, que lo procesaron repetidamente en lo que Reporteros Sin Fronteras denunció como "acoso judicial". ^{[ 14 ]} En diciembre de 2006, después de un artículo de portada titulado "Cómo los marroquíes bromean sobre religión, sexo y política", ^{[ 15 ]} Nichane fue prohibido ^{[ 15 ]} por decisión del Primer Ministro ^{[ 15 ]} Driss Jettou . Mientras que Benchemsi y los empleados de Nichane recibieron amenazas de muerte ^{[ 16 ]} así como cartas de apoyo ^{[ 17 ]} de todo el mundo, el entonces redactor jefe y el autor del controvertido artículo fueron demandados por el gobierno por "dañar el islam". Fueron condenados ^{[ 18 ]} a tres años de prisión suspendida.

In August 2007, Benchemsi was interrogated over two days in custody about one of his editorials.^[19] 100,000 copies of TelQuel and Nichane were seized^[20] and destroyed by police forces. Benchemsi was sued^[21] for "disrespecting the King", which in Morocco is worthy of five years in prison. One year later, the trial was adjourned^[22] without verdict. In August 2009, 100,000 copies of TelQuel and Nichane were seized^[23] again and destroyed by the police, this time because it featured an opinion poll^[24] on King Mohammed's public record, jointly conducted with the French daily Le Monde. "The King is above polling", said the government spokesman before writing a violent op-ed against the two weeklies. In 2010, the same official, who is also Minister of Information, signed a vehement "open letter to Ahmed Benchemsi".

In 1996, Benchemsi received in Casablanca, at the age of 22, the "investigative story award", granted by Morocco's journalists union.

In 2005, he received in Brussels the Lorenzo Natali Journalism Prize,^[25] granted by the European Commission to "journalists who contribute to the cause of democracy".

In 2007, he received in Beirut the Samir Kassir Award^[26] for Freedom of the Press, granted by the European Union.

Under Benchemsi's supervision, many TelQuel and Nichane journalists received international awards, notably the RFI-Reporters without borders^[27] prize and the Press Now prize.^[28] Benchemsi completed fellowships in Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times.

He has also given conferences in the Middle-East, Europe, the United States and India on freedom of speech in Morocco, and on Islam and secularism.

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