Oussama Housne

Oussama Housne(Arabic: اسامة حسني‎‎; – born 1993) is a Moroccan human rights activist associated with the Moroccan Association of Human Rights who rose to prominence when he was imprisoned for two crimes: false reporting to the police, and insulting the integrity of state police

On June 1, 2014, the police arrested Oussama, stating that he "invented everything and had nothing of substance." The Moroccan Association of Human Rights contested this formally and claimed "At his trial, the defense clearly noted that the prosecutor's version was ambiguous." However, a larger concern for Amnesty International is that there was an arrest made under laws that suppress freedom to insult the state.

There is an ongoing Amnesty International campaign calling for Housne's release along with the release of Wafae Charaf, another young Moroccan human rights activist who was convicted for "falsely reporting" torture and for slandering Morocco's police force.