By RFIPalled on 21-04-2019Modified on 21-04-2019 at 18:42
Thousands of people marched in Rabat on Sunday (April 21st) to denounce the April 4 appeal verdict against the Hirak leaders. The main leaders of the protest movement agitated the Al Hoceima area in the Rif during 2 years were sentenced to up to 20 years in prison. A verdict unanimously denounced by civil society.
At the call of human rights associations and several political parties, including the left and Islamists. The protesters beat the pavement from the popular neighborhood of Bab El Had to Parliament.
Abdelhak, who is in his forties, has been fighting since the first hour for the release of the detainees. " They are innocent, they must be released, because they are political prisoners, they defend the rights of man; the wrongdoers are in Parliament, in the government, they are the ones who must go to jail, not Nasser Zefzafi and his friends, "he says.
Nasser Zefzafi, the charismatic leader of the Rifan movement, charged with violating state security, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. For Myriam, activist association, the confirmation of the sentence was a shock: " We had hope, even now even leaving today is that we hope that he is released. That is to say, if you have even a small glimmer of hope, humanity, and defense of human rights, we can only go out today .
Hope, that's what this young Rifain activist embodied for this computer developer, Abdelhamid, 31 years old. " It's too 20 years for Nasser Zefzafi and his friends. It's too much, they did not hurt this country, they just wanted a good life . "
The defense of Hirak detainees has announced an appeal in cassation to try again to defy Moroccan justice.
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