In January, Fouad Mourtada was arrested and convicted for making a fake Facebook profile in the name of Moroccan Prince Moulay Rachid. Luckily for Mourtada, King Muhammad VI of Morocco has pardoned the programmer from his 3-year prison sentence. [AP]

On January 15, Fouad Mourtada created a fake Facebook profile for the Moroccan prince, Moulay Rachid. "It was just a joke, a gag," Mourtada says. Moroccan authorities didn't get it. On February 5, Moroccan police arrested Mourtada. Here's his account of the next two days.