Nichane controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2010
Advertising boycott and closure
Publisher Ahmed Benchemsi said the magazine closed after an advertising boycott by ONA/SNI, a royally owned holding group.
2009
Destruction of copies over unauthorized poll
Police destroyed around 100,000 copies after Nichane published an opinion poll concerning King Mohammed VI without authorization.
2006
Prosecution and suspension over controversial article
After publishing material described by Moroccan authorities as provocative jokes involving religion and Hassan II, Nichane was banned for two months. Editor Driss Ksikes and journalist Sanaa El Aji were fined 80,000 dirhams each and received three-year suspended sentences on charges including defaming Islam and harming morality.