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Ilhem Rachidi

Ilhem Rachidi is a freelance journalist based in Morocco. She has written for Mediapart, Rue 89 and The New Arab.

Riot police charge against protesters during a demonstration against official abuses and corruption in the town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal - RC17B0A23700

More than a year on, Hirak protesters remain behind bars in Morocco

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Former Salafi cleric stuns Morocco with calls for gender equality

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Moroccan activist and the leader of "Hirak" Nasser Zefzafi gives a speech during a demonstration against injustice and corruption in the northern town of Al-Hoceima, Morocco, May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal - RC1A255148A0

In Morocco, press freedom shrinks with Hirak protests

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An activist carrying a Berber flag walks on a hilltop above a silver mine, where dozens of poor and unemployed young villagers have been holding a permanent sit-in since 2011, near the town of Imider, southeastern Morocco, August 31, 2015. They have cut off the flow of water from a well that supplies one of the biggest silver mines in Africa. Protesters want to make the company hire more locals and reconsider its water and environmental policies. Picture taken August 31, 2015. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal - RTX1

Sit-in in Morocco’s south still going strong as it enters its seventh year

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Protesters throw stones towards riot police during a demonstrating against alleged corruption in the provincial town of Imzouren, Morocco, June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Youssef Boudla - RTX38R6V

Protests continue in Morocco despite crackdown

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Morocco cracks down on fighters returning from IS

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