Dutch MEP gives Hirak detainees names to streets in the Netherlands

Dutch Labor MEP Kati Piri has launched a symbolic campaign to give streets and avenues in the Netherlands names of Hirak detainees.

«Today we changed the names of streets in five cities to give them the names of political prisoners in Morocco. We have not forgotten them and we are fighting for their release», she wrote Saturday, May 11 on her Twitter account.

In Den Haag vandaag actie voor de politieke gevangenen in Marokko die tot lange celstraffen zijn veroordeeld. #hirak #zefzafi pic.twitter.com/9livEznZk1

— Kati Piri (@KatiPiri) 11 mai 2019

Members of the Moroccan community of Rifi origin settled in the Netherlands showed solidarity with Piri’s initiative.

A symbolic one-day act taking place in a particular political context in the Netherlands, marked by the launching of the upcoming electoral campaign of the May 26 European elections.

For the record, Kati Piri led a campaign within the European Socialist Group to support Nasser Zefzafi's candidacy for the Zakharov Prize 2018.