​​​​Morocco: Ten years after the Rif uprising, its leaders are still jailed and its demands unmet

​​​​Morocco: Ten years after the Rif uprising, its leaders are still jailed and its demands unmet Submitted by Renee Boskaljon on Wed, 10/28/2026 - 08:01 A decade after fishmonger Mouhcine Fikri’s death triggered widespread protests, economic hardship and repression persist across the marginalised region Moroccans take part in a candlelight vigil in Casablanca on 8 August 2017 for a protestor who died in the Rif protests in northern Morocco after he was hit in the head during clashes with security forces (Stringer/