This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Fez Office
A source close to the students of the Interdisciplinary College of Taza revealed that around ten students were arrested yesterday afternoon, Wednesday December 4, after their demonstration against the urban transport company “Fogal”.
The same source adds that the security forces resorted to a “repressive” approach and expelled them from the agricultural fields adjacent to the college and the main street, which led to the arrest of the students and their representatives, which which, according to preliminary data, amounts to 10 people and several injured.
The same source affirmed that the physical and verbal attacks observed against the students raise several questions about the human rights situation in which Morocco lives, and clearly and clearly reveal the falsity of the slogans that resonate.
Human rights defenders and political activists have held Taza regional officials entirely responsible for escalating tensions within the Taza Multidisciplinary College, instead of finding effective solutions to resolve the problems of students and college students by responding to their simple and legitimate requests through serious and responsible dialogue with students.
In a statement, the Taza branch of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights condemned the repressive approach in handling the demands of the students of the college and the university district of Taza and the related peaceful student protest movements. to the problem of university transportation. .
The human rights association added that it is closely following developments in the issue of urban transport managed by the Fogal company, whose problems are exacerbated by the total silence and inaction of the authorities concerned, in particular the Ministry of the Interior, the President of the Republic. the Taza Community Council and the head of the company authorized to manage the sector to find realistic and urgent solutions to end the congestion and tensions at the university. On the other hand, the repressive approach is adopted to deal with the grievances. of students in the college and university district, and this is what we have followed, since three o’clock in the afternoon, from a siege in the university district, where the presence Intensified recourse to various forces security on the national road leading to the university district, then repressive intervention to disperse the students during their peaceful protest march.
Consequently, and faced with the stubbornness and arrogance of the Fogal company and the silence of the Taza Collective Council and the Ministry of the Interior, the Taza branch of the Moroccan Association of Human Rights Man announces:
▪︎ Its firm condemnation of the repressive intervention against the peaceful protest movement of students and of all forms of siege imposed whether on the university district or the college;
His condemnation of the campaign of arrests among students;
▪︎ Calling on the responsible authorities to intervene to resolve the accumulated problems affecting the population, particularly students;
▪︎ Ask him to open a serious and responsible dialogue with male and female student representatives that will lead to positive results and commitment to his results.
The local section will continue to monitor the evolution of this matter and will take the necessary initiatives with a view to a reasonable solution to the problems raised in this sector.
The problem of university transportation is one of the most important topics of protest against the company “Fogal”, because students face transportation difficulties due to the lack of a suitable organization for this service, in amid the silence of the responsible authorities.
