The case of Reda Benchemsi, a Moroccan journalist, is bringing the issue of media freedom in Morocco into full view, at the very height of the election campaign.<br /><br />The editor of two independent newspapers, Benchemsi wrote an article on the king's eight-year legacy, and ended up asking the monarch: "brother where are you taking us"?<br /><br />The article was perceived as showing disrespect to the monarchy, and now he has to convince the court his words were in fact completely appropriate.
