{"id":21547,"date":"2012-03-15T00:09:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T00:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamurt.info\/en\/protests-spread-to-several-villages-in-morocco%e2%80%99s-rif-mountains-police-report-serious-injuries"},"modified":"2021-11-26T11:26:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T10:26:07","slug":"protests-spread-to-several-villages-in-moroccos-rif-mountains-police-report-serious-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamurt.info\/en\/2012\/03\/15\/protests-spread-to-several-villages-in-moroccos-rif-mountains-police-report-serious-injuries\/21547\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests spread to several villages in Morocco\u2019s Rif mountains, police report serious injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RABAT, Morocco &#8211; Anti-government protests in Morocco\u2019s impoverished northern Rif mountains are spreading after a second village clashed with police resulting in serious injuries and 10 arrests, reported the state news agency.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For the past 10 days, there have been demonstrations in the small village of Beni Bouayache following the arrest of a local activist. On Sunday they spread to the nearby town of Imzouren.<\/p>\n<p>The state news agency said a number of police were injured when they stopped a protest march at Imzouren headed for Beni Bouayache. The report said some injuries were grievous without further details.<\/p>\n<p>Chakib al-Khayari, an activist with the Rif Association for Human Rights, said 20 policemen had been injured in Sunday\u2019s clashes, but he didn\u2019t have figures for the locals wounded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know the number of wounded because they can\u2019t go to the hospital for fear of arrest,\u201d he told The Associated Press by telephone.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco\u2019s Rif mountains, which parallel the Mediterranean coast, are one of the poorest parts of the country and have been historically marginalized with little government investment.<\/p>\n<p>On March 2, plainclothes police snatched Bachir Benchaib, a leader of the local chapter of the February 20 pro-democracy movement, as he was leaving the mosque following evening prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The state news agency described Benchaib as a violent gang-member implicated in robberies and other criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>In subsequent days, supporters demonstrated for Benchaib\u2019s release, blocking the road to the port city of Al Hoceima, 280 miles (450 kilometers) northeast of Rabat, and carrying out sit-ins in front of the police station and government buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Starting Wednesday, police began dispersing demonstrations with tear gas and water cannons and carrying out a campaign of arrests. Clashes with security forces generally now take place at night, said al-Khayari, who estimated that some 24 people had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>He predicted that the protests, which have included demands for more electricity and water in their village, would continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want their rights and a better life,\u201d al-Khayari. \u201cThey have nothing in this region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Rif mountains were once an independent republic in the 1920s, until the region was reconquered by the French in 1926. After independence from France, the region revolted against the new Moroccan central government in 1958, before the rebellion was crushed.<\/p>\n<p>The people are primarily from the Berber ethnicity, North Africa\u2019s original inhabitants with their own language, and during demonstrations they waved flags from the Rif Republic as well as the flag of the North Africa-wide flag of the Berber movement.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morocco\u2019s Rif mountains, which parallel the Mediterranean coast, are one of the poorest parts of the country and have been historically marginalized with little government investment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":607,"featured_media":22298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[355],"tags":[389],"class_list":{"0":"post-21547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tamazgha","8":"tag-morocco"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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