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Morocco journalist's trial for alleged abortion postponed after protest

A demonstrator holds up a sign showing the portrait of Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni during a protest outside a courthouse holding her trial on charges of abortion in Marrakesh on September 9, 2019. PHOTO | FADEL SENNA | AFP

By  AFP

Rabat,

The trial of a Moroccan journalist accused of having a late-term abortion and sexual relations outside marriage was postponed on Monday after hundreds of people protested outside a court in the capital Rabat.

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