Rabat - The Moroccan alliance of sports journalists (AMJS), strongly condemned the aggression against the media delegation accompanying the Raja Athletic Club (RCA) which was playing ES Setif last Friday in Algeria as part of the African Champions League.
In a statement to MAP, the AMJS called for bringing the perpetrators of this abhorrent attacks against Moroccan journalists before justice.
The AMJS also stressed the importance of complaining to the relevant bodies at the continental and international levels.
On the same occasion, the AMJS expressed full solidarity with the RCA delegation following the "serious" acts they suffered and the violence inflicted on them by the Algerian police and some ES Sétif supporters.
Furthermore, the AMJS called for separating sports from politics, noting that sports should rather be considered as a factor promoting promoting brotherhood between the Moroccan and Algerian peoples.
The AMJS also stressed the need to maintain good neighborliness and hospitality that characterizes Morocco and Moroccans, urging Algerian officials to "conduct an inquiry into these acts and condemn those involved in the attack that targeted the Moroccan media delegation that was fulfilling her professional duty."
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