Several sources have announced on Tuesday the death of Iman El Attabi. The young Hirak activist was hit in the head during the clashes that broke off on the 20th of July amid the march that was prohibited by the local authorities in Al Hoceima. According to Abdessadak Elbouchattaoui, a Hirak lawyer, El Attabi’s family hopes that the one responsible of their son’s death will be brought to justice.
Rabii Elablaq, a Hirak activist detained in late June has been on a hunger strike for more than a month. Suffering from hunger, the Hirak detainee was hospitalized on Monday in Casablanca. Trying to visit his client, Abdessadek El Bouchtaoui, was not allowed to enter the hospital where Elablaq was staying.
Mohammed VI has decided not to follow the rule. His speech on the occasion of the commemoration of the Celebration of the Throne this year has not focused on an enumeration of the accomplishments during the past year. The shadow of the «Hirak» dominated the royal intervention.
Activists in Al Hoceima alongside a number of civilians that came from all over the country took the street yesterday marching for freedom, dignity and social justice. Despite an official ban protesters managed to gather clashing with security forces that fired teargas as a response. Reacting to the event, activists and politicians commented on Al Hoceima’s unrest via Facebook.