Hundreds protest to demand freedom for jailed activists

(8 Oct 2017) Hundreds of people from around Morocco protested on Sunday in the nation's economic capital, Casablanca, to demand freedom for jailed activists.
The demonstration was the latest of numerous protests demanding the liberation of activists from the city of Al Hoceima, in the neglected northern Rif region.
The leader of the Hirak Rif opposition movement, Nasser Zefzafi, and other leading figures are to go on trial later this month.
The protest movement has become the biggest challenge to the North African kingdom, a US ally known for its stability, since the Arab Spring in 2011 overthrew longstanding regimes in the region.

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