Barca To Intercede for Jailed Morrocan

The Catalan club are gathering information on the case, where it is alleged that a young Moroccan boy was asked to write the patriotic slogan 'God, homeland and King' on his classroom blackboard, and instead substituted King Mohommed VI for his favourite Spanish side.

Yassine Belassal was reported to the police by his school principal for his supposed 'crime' and now faces a one-and-a-half year jail sentence as a result of his insubordination.

The case has been condemned worldwide by various human rights organisations who are seeking to relieve young Belassal from his wholly unfair punishment. Barcelona have became involved due to the boy using the clubs name, and they have liased with the Moroccan media in order to monitor the progress of the case and hopefully increase pressure on the Moroccan government to arrange Belassal's release.

Magda Oranich, the newly-appointed trustee of Barcelona, has been ordered to collect information and raise the issue with the Moroccan embassies in both Madrid and Barcelona.

It is unclear to what extent the club will strive to be directly involved in campaigning to release Belassal, or indeed how successful pleas in his defence will be.


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