Hundreds of young people answered the call Sunday at the so-called 'Movement February 20' and protested in several Moroccan cities to demand democratic reforms in the country. In Rabat, about 300 people, mostly young, staged a protest in the center of the city where they shouted slogans such as "dignity, freedom, social justice" or "the people want a new constitution", and called for democratic change and reform social.
Furthermore, the protesters tried to organize "alternative forms of struggle" with a cultural event outside but the police stopped the protest after cutting power to the protesters, who only got to read two poems demands. Benamate Nizar, 25, one of the organizers of the event, said at the end of the protest that "Moroccans have discovered new acts of struggle to gain attention and claim peaceful democratic change." On the other hand, more than 2,000 people, according to organizers, gathered in the plaza of Alhamam, located in downtown Casablanca, also calling for "profound constitutional and political reforms in Morocco.
Mezi Yusef, one of the organizers of the protest, said that in addition to political demands, "the participants shouted slogans calling for the social improvement of the situation in which people live in the slums of the city." Mezi added that was also organized during this protest an outdoor cultural event that was read protest poetry in classical Arabic and Moroccan dialect as well as interpretations of rap music.
In Tetouan, the security services foiled the protest from the start and held eight people from the organizers before releasing them after an hour, as confirmed by Mohammed Susi, secretary general of the Association for the Defence of Human Rights (AMDH ) in Tetuan. Susi, who was one of the detainees, said the organizers wanted to claim for this protest, which has been suspended, "a parliamentary monarchy and a democratic constitution." In Tangier, more than 600 people gathered in a square in the popular district of Beni Makada to vindicate the claims announced by the 20 February Movement, but also police intervened to disperse the demonstrators.
A member of the local coordinator to support this movement, Jamlishi Bubka, said the security services attacked the demonstrators with truncheons and used water cannons to disperse them. He added that "the police arrested 20 people before being released shortly after." Monaim Moussaoui, an activist in the 'Movement of February 20' and one of those who were retained, said the security services "was arrested during the protest, was taken to the police station and released after verifying their identity." The 'Movement February 20', organized at that time a mass demonstration in Morocco, has called in a statement released this weekend, a similar protest on March 20 to reiterate their demands for a democratic constitution and a parliamentary monarchy in Morocco.
Saturday was held in Rabat, the first meeting of the National Council for supporting the 'Movement of February 20', which includes hundreds of civil and political associations, which agreed a massive mobilization for the success of the march on 20 March. 
Furthermore, the protesters tried to organize "alternative forms of struggle" with a cultural event outside but the police stopped the protest after cutting power to the protesters, who only got to read two poems demands. Benamate Nizar, 25, one of the organizers of the event, said at the end of the protest that "Moroccans have discovered new acts of struggle to gain attention and claim peaceful democratic change." On the other hand, more than 2,000 people, according to organizers, gathered in the plaza of Alhamam, located in downtown Casablanca, also calling for "profound constitutional and political reforms in Morocco.
Mezi Yusef, one of the organizers of the protest, said that in addition to political demands, "the participants shouted slogans calling for the social improvement of the situation in which people live in the slums of the city." Mezi added that was also organized during this protest an outdoor cultural event that was read protest poetry in classical Arabic and Moroccan dialect as well as interpretations of rap music.
In Tetouan, the security services foiled the protest from the start and held eight people from the organizers before releasing them after an hour, as confirmed by Mohammed Susi, secretary general of the Association for the Defence of Human Rights (AMDH ) in Tetuan. Susi, who was one of the detainees, said the organizers wanted to claim for this protest, which has been suspended, "a parliamentary monarchy and a democratic constitution." In Tangier, more than 600 people gathered in a square in the popular district of Beni Makada to vindicate the claims announced by the 20 February Movement, but also police intervened to disperse the demonstrators.
A member of the local coordinator to support this movement, Jamlishi Bubka, said the security services attacked the demonstrators with truncheons and used water cannons to disperse them. He added that "the police arrested 20 people before being released shortly after." Monaim Moussaoui, an activist in the 'Movement of February 20' and one of those who were retained, said the security services "was arrested during the protest, was taken to the police station and released after verifying their identity." The 'Movement February 20', organized at that time a mass demonstration in Morocco, has called in a statement released this weekend, a similar protest on March 20 to reiterate their demands for a democratic constitution and a parliamentary monarchy in Morocco.
Saturday was held in Rabat, the first meeting of the National Council for supporting the 'Movement of February 20', which includes hundreds of civil and political associations, which agreed a massive mobilization for the success of the march on 20 March.
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