Moroccan .- Riot control agents violently dispersed a protest today in Rabat dozens of protesters, who responded to a national call February 20 Movement to ask profound political and social reforms. According to Efe could verify on the spot, the intervention took place at 16, 00 local time (15, 00 GMT), when more than one hundred people gathered near the historic plaza Bab Alhad and shouted slogans like "Out, out , the people have the alternative "or" The people want to overthrow authoritarianism.
" In the police charge that was repeated half an hour later near the headquarters of the Moroccan Federation of Labour Union (UMT), there were some minor injuries, according to Efe found. In addition, the coach of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), Yusef Risuni, told Efe that during the police intervention of security services detained at least 15 activists.
In Casablanca, dozens of riot police intervened with force to prevent a similar concentration Ashajar Avenue, located in the suburb of SBAT, and chased the protesters through the streets of the city, according to sources might know Efe face. The protesters responded in the same way as did the massive protests in February, March and April, the call announced by the Youth Movement February 20 decided to take the street despite warnings from the authorities that demonstrations were prohibited.
In addition, the protests now occurring in most cities take place after the bombing last April 28 in Marrakech, which left 17 dead and scores injured. According to official sources, participation in the recent demonstrations of April 24 reached at least 28,000 people, although organizers said the number was much higher.
Since 20 February when protests began Moroccans in the context of the wave of Arab riots, King Mohamed VI announced a review of the constitution, granted pardons to 190 prisoners, many of them political prisoners, and provided a rise in salaries of civil servants.
" In the police charge that was repeated half an hour later near the headquarters of the Moroccan Federation of Labour Union (UMT), there were some minor injuries, according to Efe found. In addition, the coach of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH), Yusef Risuni, told Efe that during the police intervention of security services detained at least 15 activists.
In Casablanca, dozens of riot police intervened with force to prevent a similar concentration Ashajar Avenue, located in the suburb of SBAT, and chased the protesters through the streets of the city, according to sources might know Efe face. The protesters responded in the same way as did the massive protests in February, March and April, the call announced by the Youth Movement February 20 decided to take the street despite warnings from the authorities that demonstrations were prohibited.
In addition, the protests now occurring in most cities take place after the bombing last April 28 in Marrakech, which left 17 dead and scores injured. According to official sources, participation in the recent demonstrations of April 24 reached at least 28,000 people, although organizers said the number was much higher.
Since 20 February when protests began Moroccans in the context of the wave of Arab riots, King Mohamed VI announced a review of the constitution, granted pardons to 190 prisoners, many of them political prisoners, and provided a rise in salaries of civil servants.
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