Imprisoned Moroccan Protest Leader Earns High School Diploma with Honors
27 June 2024
Nasser Zefzafi, the leader of the Rif Hirak sentenced to twenty years in prison, successfully passed his baccalaureate exam this year.
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Moroccan Protest Leader Zefzafi Granted Brief Prison Leave to Visit Ailing Relative
21 January 2024
Nasser Zefzafi, leader of the "Hirak" protest movement, was granted permission to visit a sick relative.
Human Rights Groups Demand Release of Moroccan Protest Leader Nasser Zefzafi
13 August 2023
On the occasion of the International Day of Indigenous Peoples on August 9, five international human rights organizations called for the "immediate and unconditional" release (…)
Morocco’s King Excludes Hirak Rif Protesters and Journalists from Independence Day Pardons
12 January 2022
King Mohammed VI did not pardon the Hirak Rif detainees and imprisoned journalists on the occasion of the commemoration of the presentation of the Manifesto of Independence, (…)
Imprisoned Hirak Leader Nasser Zefzafi Granted Leave to Visit Ailing Father in Tangier
1 July 2021
The leader of the Hirak, Nasser Zefzafi went on Wednesday, June 30, to the bedside of his father hospitalized in a private clinic in Tangier after being authorized by the (…)
Moroccan Protest Leader Zefzafi Hospitalized After Collapsing in Prison Cell
30 June 2021
Nasser Zefzafi was admitted on Tuesday to a hospital in Tangier after losing consciousness in his cell. This is the third time he has been transferred to a health center since (…)
Moroccan Court Upholds 20-Year Sentence for Rif Protest Leader Zefzafi
27 June 2021
Barring a political solution, Nasser Zefzafi will serve the 20-year prison sentence handed down by the criminal chamber on June 28, 2018 and confirmed by the Casablanca Court (…)
Jailed Moroccan Protest Leader Hospitalized After Hunger Strike
21 February 2021
Sentenced at the end of May 2017 to 20 years in prison for "conspiracy and undermining state security" and other reasons, Nasser Zefzafi, leader of the Rif movement (Hirak), (…)
Rif Protest Leader’s Father Pleads for Royal Pardon from King Mohammed VI
18 February 2021
After unsuccessfully appealing to government and associative authorities, the father of the leader of the Hirak of the Rif hopes for a royal pardon in favor of the 24 members (…)
Rif Protest Movement: Four More Detainees Join Hunger Strike in Moroccan Prisons
16 February 2021
After [Nasser Zefzafi] and his co-detainee, it is the turn of four new detainees of the Hirak of the Rif to begin a hunger strike. Ahmed Zefzafi, the father of the leader of (…)