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The leader of Morocco's main protest movement has ended a nearly week-long hunger strike.
The jailed leader of a Moroccan protest movement began a hunger strike on Thursday to protest against prison conditions, weeks after he was sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
Under the watchful eyes of the police, protesters in Morocco's Rabat marched towards parliament on Sunday, brandishing pictures of jailed Rif opponents.
![Nasser Zefzafi [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/3E1DDCFA-9643-4B9A-A42A-B82DFA963AC1.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=FOGmP4sR "Nasser Zefzafi [Getty]")
Activist Nasser Zafzafi, who led popular protests in the Rif region, was charged with 'threatening national unity' and 'undermining public order'.
Dozens of defendants on trial in Morocco for taking part in a mass protest movement last year have boycotted a hearing in Casablanca, denouncing "bias" in the justice system.
![Couscous [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/4C560ADF-7444-4294-80F7-4BCDC75AFEF0.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=CCvX27T3 "Couscous [Getty]")
Couscous has been awarded the status of intangible cultural heritage.
Moroccan authorities respond to calls for protests on social media by banning demonstrations on the first anniversary of the Rif region's unrest.
![Rif protests [Anadolu]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/E7264508-C59A-4C2E-96C1-5A3412A0E5CC.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=MibsSW7x "Rif protests [Anadolu]")
Around 1,000 protesters, led by organisers perched on a pickup truck with megaphones, gathered at a main Casablanca intersection on Sunday, chanting various slogans, including "freedom, dignity, social justice."
Protest group leader and 175 others remain in detention after mass pardon is granted for protesters who were 'not implicated in serious acts'.
A journalist in Morocco was sentenced to three months in jail after being convicted of "inviting" people to take part in banned protests in the restive north.