While the General Directorate of Prison Administration and Reintegration (DGAPR) has denied the circulating news suggesting that a hunger strike has been initiated by several Hirak detainees, the Moroccan Observatory of Prisons declared on Monday that the health of prisoners in the local prison in Ain Sbaa, Casablanca is deteriorating. Meanwhile, demonstrations and arrests have been resumed in the Rif province as the trial of activist Nawal Ben Aissa is scheduled for the 23rd of October.
During the Universal Periodic Review organized; in May, by the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Mustapha Ramid swept aside all calls for parity and individual freedoms. On September 21st, he will head to Geneva to plead once again the Moroccan case. Nevertheless, in only four months, the kingdom added spots to its file.