Wednesday, April 11, 2012

For the liberation of all the Moroccan political prisoners: international solidarity with all the hunger strikers

"Ezzedine is a Moroccan student, member of the students' union in his city, Taza, in northern Morocco. He was arrested on December 1st, 2011, at his university during a students' protest and accused of belonging to an "unlawful organization".  He has been on hunger strike since December 19, 2011. His health is deteriorating by the hour.  Ezzedine was joined in his hunger strike by 4 other students detained in the city of Fez: Ibrahim Saidi, Mohamed Ghaloud, Mohamed Fettal, Mohamed Ezaghdidi. They are protesting their arbitrary arrest and the conditions of their detention.  In a letter Ezzedine sent from his prison cell he claims to have been tortured. One of the detained students, Mohamed Ghaloud, says he was sexually assaulted by his interrogators." (thanks Moha)