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Moroccan court upholds prison sentences against Rif protesters A Casablanca Appeals Court confirmed late on Friday the 20-year prison sentence against Nasser Zefzafi, the leader of protests that shook the northern Rif region in late 2016 and 2017.

Zefzafi was arrested in May 2017 after organizing demonstrations in his predominantly Amazigh hometown of Al Hoceima over economic and social problems.

“This is a shocking verdict,” said Mohamed Aghnaj, lawyer of the protesters. “Upholding the first instance sentences shows that the Appeals Court did not sufficiently examine the case,” he toldState lawyer Mohamed Al Houssaini Karout said the court confirmed the verdict “as there was nothing new to look at after the defendants and their lawyers abstained from attending the hearings.

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