Hirak from the Rif is the victim of ferocious repression. In June, all of the movement leaders were arrested. The city of Al Hoceima has been militarized for...
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expresses deep concern over the deteriorating health condition of several Hirak Rif movement detainees.
Morocco's Hirak protests are the latest bout in the tug-of-war between the Makhzen (Moroccan regime) and the victims of hogra.
Moroccans hit the streets of Casablanca on Wednesday to condemn heavy prison sentences handed down to leaders of a movement that agitated Morocco in 2016- 2017.
Protesters raise the flag of the Rif Republic (left) and the pan-Berber tricoleur (right) at a demonstration in the northern town of...
Huge crowds have rallied in the Moroccan capital to demand the release of activists who staged mass anti-poverty demonstrations in 2016.
Five years ago, the Hirak protest movement broke out in the Moroccan Rif. Economically, the Rif region has not improved since then.
In October 2016, in the oft-neglected mountainous region of northwestern Morocco, a new popular protest movement, Hirak al-Rif, emerged.
The appeals court in Al Hoceima has upheld the conviction of Nawal Benaissa, confirming her 10-month suspended prison sentence with a fine.
Hirak Rif detainees launch hunger strike in solidarity with Gaza and Sudan. The detainees of the Rif movement, including Nasser Zefzafi,...
Grassroots protest movement centered in the Rif region (notably Al Hoceima) from 2016–2017 and thereafter, demanding economic development, social justice and accountability after the death of a local fishmonger. Prominent leaders included Nasser Zefzafi and other local activists; the movement combined social, regional and labor grievances.
