{"id":421017,"date":"2011-05-08T18:43:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T18:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/08\/thousands-protest-in-marrakesh-after-cafe-bombing\/"},"modified":"2011-05-08T18:43:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T18:43:13","slug":"thousands-protest-in-marrakesh-after-cafe-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/thousands-protest-in-marrakesh-after-cafe-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Protest in Marrakesh After Cafe Bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"27.8891317926\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rfi-logo-en.jpg\" alt=\"Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" title=\"Visit Radio France Internationale (Paris)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>About 7,000 demonstrators marched through the Moroccan city of Marrakesh Sunday to condemn last week&#8217;s bombing there and demand that democratic reforms should not be stalled because of the fight against violence.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration started in the city centre and ended at Jemaa el-Fna Square, where the bombing, which killed 17 people, took place.<\/p>\n<p>It was organised by the 20 February Movement, whose previous protests led King Mohammed VI to announce constitutional reforms and set up a committee charged with proposing changes.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the demonstrators, most of whom were young, said they had no confidence in the committee, chaired by lawyer Adfeltif Menouni.<\/p>\n<p>They also criticised two of the king&#8217;s advisers, his personal secretary Mounir Majidi, and former junior minister Fouad Ali El Himma.<\/p>\n<p>The tone was more hardline than on previous demonstrations, inspired by revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, on 20 February, 20 March and 24 April and included calls for a new constitution and social justice.<\/p>\n<p>A similar protest was scheduled to take place in Morocco&#8217;s largest city, Casablanca, on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.rfi.fr\/africa\/20110508-thousands-protest-marrakesh-after-cafe-bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read or Listen to this story on the RFI website<\/a><\/strong><\/em>  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105080009.html\" title=\"Thousands Protest in Marrakesh After Cafe Bombing\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thousands Protest in Marrakesh After Cafe Bombing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 8 May 2011 About 7,000 demonstrators marched through the Moroccan city of Marrakesh Sunday to condemn last week&#8217;s bombing there and demand that democratic reforms should not be stalled because of the fight against violence. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":419758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-421017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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