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Morocco: Thousands call for release of jailed activists

By DW
22 Apr 2019 | 11:56 am | 1m 10s

Huge crowds have rallied in the Moroccan capital to demand the release of activists who staged mass anti-poverty demonstrations in 2016. One campaigner's father said he feared his son would die in prison.

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