Moroccans challenge ‘protest ban’ to condemn economic crisis

Moroccans took to the streets on Sunday to protest high prices, the crackdown on the freedom of expression and normalisation with Israel, which also challenged the authorities’ written order banning protests. Dozens of activists gathered at the “Nassr square” in Casablanca, amid a large security presence, to protest the skyrocketing prices of goods and fuel, and also called for the right of free education and health care for all citizens. Under the organisation of the Moroccan Social Front, a pro-Palestine social movement, activists also condemned Morocco’s two-year-long normalisation with Isr…

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