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Morocco’s public prosecutor on Friday decided to release rights activist Fouad Abdelmoumni, 66, two days after his detention, but to initiate proceedings against him “for spreading false claims”. Abdelmoumni was taken into custody on Wednesday on charges of “reporting a knowingly fictitious crime” and “spreading numerous false claims”, the public prosecutor’s office told the state news agency MAP on Thursday. He was detained following a Facebook post referencing Morocco’s alleged spying on France in 2021, in which he alleged Rabat had used Israeli-made Pegasus spyware for espionage against Par…