The public prosecutor at the Nouakchott-West regional court said those involved in the case known in the media as the "bloggers abroad case" face a series of charges, including forming an organised gang and conspiring to threaten internal and external security, calling for the overthrow of the constitutional order, and undermining the prestige, security and national unity of the state.
Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday evening, he said the charges also include undermining the fundamental values of Mauritanian society, civil peace and social cohesion, and inciting discrimination and hatred through digital media and social networks.
He added that the file includes accusations of disclosing information of a military nature with the aim of harming national defence and security and weakening the morale of the armed forces, as well as defamation, slander, insult, attributing false facts to people, and spreading false and fabricated information to harm them and disturb public order.
The prosecutor said the charges also cover conspiring within a criminal organisation to facilitate money transfers and movements and financial transactions, with the aim of concealing and disguising their illicit origin, movement, ownership and location.
