Human Rights Watch condemned on Wednesday Moroccan security forces’ use of excessive force to disperse crowds calling for better education, health care, and jobs, raising concerns over human rights violations during mass youth-led demonstrations demanding sweeping reforms to public services. The protests have been met with a heavy-handed response from authorities, leaving several protesters injured, dead, and hundreds detained.

The Police and Royal Gendarmerie responded by banning protests and dispersing protesters using water cannons and lethal force, physical force, and mass detentions, creating a nationwide wave of unrest and repression. Hanan Salah, associate Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said:

Morocco’s youth are voicing their dissent over the st

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