CASABLANCA, Morocco, Jan. 15 -- A Moroccan court convicted a magazine editor and a reporter Monday on charges of defamation for printing heard-on-the-street jokes about religion and politics, the latest case in which journalists here have been punished for trying to make readers laugh. -
Humor Article Leads to Conviction of 2 in Morocco
CASABLANCA, Morocco, Jan. 15 -- A Moroccan court convicted a magazine editor and a reporter Monday on charges of defamation for printing heard-on-the-street jokes about religion and politics, the latest case in which journalists here have been punished for trying to make readers laugh.-
By Craig Whitlock