As another hearing is scheduled for today to try Nasser Zefzafi and other Hirak activists in Casablanca, they have started a hunger strike yesterday. The prison administration’s response was to put the detainees in single cells.
Hundreds of people took the streets on Saturday, 28th of October in Paris, the Netherlands and Spain to commemorate the death of Mohcine Fikri. One year after his murder, Moroccans in the three European countries gathered to call for the release of Hirak detainees and protest against the situation in the Rif region.
Nasser Zazafi’s hearing was postponed to the 31st of October by a judge, Tuesday in Casablanca. Meanwhile, a number of MPs have demanded the release of the Hirak detainees asking King Mohammed VI to intervene. Details.
35 Hirak detainees, held in the Oukacha local prison in Casablanca, are still on a hunger strike. Consequently, Hirak prisoners Mohammed Jaloul and Rabii Elablaq were taken to the hospital yesterday after their health deteriorated.