Wet Zefzafi

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Nasser Zefzafi ( Berber : ⵏⴰⵚⵔ ⴰⵣⴼⵣⴰⴼ Naṣer Azefzaf, Arabic ناصر الزفزافي, DMG Nāṣir az-Zafzāfī ; Born November 4, 1979 in Al Hoceïma , Morocco ) is a Moroccan political activist. He is the leader of the Hirak Rif protest movement and was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 26, 2018.

Life

Zefzafi comes from a politically active family. His grandfather was already the interior minister of the Rif republic , his uncle, who was murdered in 1979, was cabinet chief Abd al-Karims, and his father was an early member of the USFP . Zefzafi was already active in the February 20th Movement .

Protests

The protests were sparked in November 2016 by the death of Mouhcine Fikris , a fishmonger who was killed during an official inspection in the press of a garbage truck. It was suspected that the incident occurred because Fikri refused to pay a bribe. Thereupon a wave of protests broke out and analogies were drawn with the case of Mohamed Bouazizi . The resulting Hirak Rif protest movement led by Nasser Zefzafi called for demonstrations that were followed by tens of thousands; this led to the largest nationwide protests in Morocco since the Arab Spring. The protests have continued ever since. Most recently, thousands of the Hirak movement protested in Rabat in April 2019, and further protests have been announced.

Judgment of the Court of Appeal

On April 5, 2019, the verdict on Zefzafi and other defendants of the Hirak movement was upheld by the Court of Appeal in Casablanca in the last instance. Accordingly, Zefzafi was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for inciting unrest and resisting state violence. The security of the state was threatened by the particular gravity of the crime.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Deutsche Welle - Moroccans demonstrate for civil rights, June 29, 2018
  2. ↑ Morocco: Massive show of force as authorities confront public anger in Hoceima, May 30, 2017
  3. ↑ Morocco Protests: What to Know About Nasser Zefzafi, the Unemployed Demonstration Leader, June 1, 2017
  4. ^ Maghreb Post - Protests in Al Hoceima after the death of a fish trader, October 30, 2016
  5. ↑ Qantara.de - When fear rules, July 11, 2018
  6. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung - Morocco is experiencing a second Arab Spring, July 14, 2017
  7. ↑ Deutschlandfunk: Military service against the protest? April 27, 2019.
  8. ↑ Maghreb Post: Morocco - Court of Appeal upheld Hirak - judgment, April 6, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Wet Zefzafi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Moroccan leader of the Rif movement
DATE OF BIRTH 4th November 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Al Hoceïma