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.

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"?

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.