After young people for better public services in Morocco, 37 people are judged in Rabat

A first group of 37 people, including three placed in detention, will be judged in Rabat after unprecedented demonstrations of a group called Genz 212 that demand reforms from the public and educational health sectors, said one of its lawyers on Tuesday, September 30.

In the last three days, more than 200 protesters have been arrested in the capital during the demonstrations organized in the call of this group of young people whose founders are unknown, after their prohibition and their dispersion by the police. Most protesters have been released, according to the Moroccan Human Rights Association (AMDH). On Tuesday night, new demonstrations are planned in several cities, including Rabat.

Calls to demonstrate in discord

By decision of the Prosecutor’s Office, “34 people will be prosecuted, after being released on bail, and the beginning of his trial was set for October 7. Three other detainees also continue” in another procedure, said Soud Brahma, who said he did not know at the time when the charges remained against them.

In Casablanca, the prosecutor presented an application for opening an investigation against 18 people for “his alleged participation in the obstacle of traffic” during a demonstration on Sunday, said the Moroccan agency map, specifying that six minors had been referred to a specialized agency.

In a statement on Tuesday, the coalition of the liberal government and Central-Right said “listen and understand the social demands” of these young people and “be ready to respond positively and responsible.”

Genz 212 group recently appeared through Calls to demonstrate on social networks and discords. He describes himself as a “space for discussion” on “issues that concern all citizens, such as health, education and the fight against corruption”, and claims to reject “violence” and act for “love for the homeland and the king” Mohammed VI.

In Morocco, social inequalities remain an important problem with strong regional disparities and a gap between the public and private sectors.

The demonstrations have taken place in several cities in recent weeks to denounce a degradation of public services, after a first protest in Agadir that had followed the announcement in the media of the death of 8 pregnant women admitted to the public hospital by Cesáreas.