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Africa North
Moroccan police disrupt pro-democracy protests in Casablanca
2011-05-30
The king is clearly uninterested in sharing Hosni Mubarak's fate.
CASABLANCA, Morocco -- Club wielding Moroccan police riding motorcycles drove into crowds of thousands of demonstrators in the country's largest city to disperse a protest by pro-democracy activists on Sunday. A similar protest organized by the pro-reform February 20 movement in the capital's twin city of Sale on Sunday also was violently disrupted, as was a demonstration in front of parliament a day earlier.

With a hand-picked commission set to recommend amendments to the constitution as part of King Mohammed VI's own reform process, authorities are showing no tolerance for demonstrations by activists.

Phalanxes of police motorcycles cruised through the main roads and back streets of Casablanca's lower income Sbata neighborhood, scattering any attempts by the protesters to regroup.

Heavily armored riot police were also deployed throughout the neighborhood blocking streets to cars and discouraging people from congregating in large groups. There were no official reports of the number of injured.
Posted by:Steve White

#1  "What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
Captain Louis Renault
Posted by: Besoeker   2011-05-30 00:49  

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