[1] In 2019, she was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison for allegedly having an illegal abortion and sex out of wedlock,[2] though she was later pardoned by King Mohammed VI.

In Akhbar Al Yaoum, where she works with her uncle Soulaimane Raissouni, she writes as much on the demonstrations of unemployed graduates as on the crisis of medical students or the reform of national education.

[5] In her article in The New York Times, Aida Alami noted that "Reporters Without Borders ranks Morocco 135th in its annual press freedom index.

The Democratic League for Women's Rights (Arabic: فيدرالية رابطة حقوق النساء) organized protests in support of Raissouni,[5] and many public figures, such as Ahmed Benchemsi, spoke out on her behalf.

[11] On October 17, 2019, King Muhammad VI gave Hajar Raissouni, her partner Rifaat Al Amine, her gynecologist Dr. Jamal Belkeziz, and the second doctor and the assistant from the clinic, a royal pardon.

Where she has been released because of the extreme backlash the country had to face, we have to think of situations where a journalist may not hold the same kind of attention in the news," the organization said.