فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
The Supreme Court of Quebec, Canada, issued a ruling today, Thursday, sentencing the Moroccan YouTuber residing in Canada, Hicham Girando, to one month of actual imprisonment, with an obligation to complete 150 hours of community service, in addition to paying a fine of 10,000 Canadian dollars.
This ruling came in the context of a lawsuit filed by the Moroccan judge Abdelrahim Hanine, after he was defamed by the aforementioned YouTuber through YouTube videos containing false accusations and tarnishing his reputation. This judgment represents a victory for legal rights and a restoration of the judge Hanine’s dignity.
It is worth mentioning that Hicham Girando, who settled in Canada as an immigrant, attempted to manage several business ventures that failed, before turning in recent years to what is known as “cyber extortion” via the YouTube platform. He has previously faced charges of incitement and defamation in other cases targeting judges and officials, which led to default judgments against him both inside Morocco and abroad, the most recent being a similar Canadian ruling in favor of the Moroccan lawyer Adel Said Al-Mutairi.
