Moroccan medical students protesting the government's decision to shorten their training by one year were violently dispersed by authorities during a sit-in in Rabat. The students, supported by their families and medical professors, are calling for the reinstatement of suspended students, an apology from the government, and reform of medical education.
Islamist association Al Adl wal Ihsane and the Justice and Development Party (PJD) appear to be taking divergent approaches regarding the current Family Code reform. Whereas the PJD, led by Abdelilah Benkirane, has chosen a confrontational approach with its opponents, AWI advocates for a «reform that unites and does not divide».