Outspoken Moroccan rapper Mehdi El Youbi arrested in Casablanca
- Activists say Moroccan authorities are intensifying repression of critical voices and the Gen Z protest movement.
- Politically outspoken Moroccan artist, rapper, and filmmaker Mehdi El Youbi has been arrested in Casablanca, days after being barred from returning to France, where he has been based since 2017.
- El Youbi, better known by his stage name Mehdi Black Wind, was detained on Monday night after being questioned by Morocco’s National Brigade of Judicial Police in Casablanca, according to a statement from a group of his friends and supporters.
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- Activists say Moroccan authorities are intensifying repression of critical voices and the Gen Z protest movement.
- Politically outspoken Moroccan artist, rapper, and filmmaker Mehdi El Youbi has been arrested in Casablanca, days after being barred from returning to France, where he has been based since 2017.
- El Youbi, better known by his stage name Mehdi Black Wind, was detained on Monday night after being questioned by Morocco’s National Brigade of Judicial Police in Casablanca, according to a statement from a group of his friends and supporters.
Sources: Al Jazeera