Moroccan party submits bill for Hirak Rif prisoners amnesty

A Moroccan opposition party has introduced a bill to the Moroccan parliament seeking amnesty for the prisoners related to the Hirak Rif movement, eight of whom remain behind bars since protests over social injustices in North Morocco erupted in 2016. Nabila Mounib, the head of the United Socialist Party, proposed the draft law on Monday that aims to end the protesters’ long sentences, including the uprising’s leader Nasser Zefzafi, who was sentenced in 2017 to twenty years in jail. “The presence of the best youth of the region behind bars and the issuance of harsh sentences against them simply…

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