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Morocco: Fouad Mourtada free

Fouad Mourtada [1], the 26-year old IT engineer who has been arrested on February 5th, 2008 and sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of $1350 for creating a fake Facebook profile of King Mohammed VI’s younger brother, Prince Moulay Rachid, has been released about an hour ago. According to a source close to Help Fouad [2] campaign, Fouad got a full royal pardon and left the Oukacha Prison (Casablanca) at approximately 1:00pm 8:00pm and is on his way home.