RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan police are firing water cannons at protesting teachers and beating people with truncheons amid demonstrations around the capital.
Several demonstrations were held Wednesday, exactly eight years after the birth of a Moroccan Arab Spring protest movement that awakened a spirit of activism in this North African kingdom.
Teachers' unions held a protest outside the Education Ministry in Rabat, the capital, and then tried to walk up an alley toward the nearby royal palace, prompting a crackdown.
Police officers charged protesters, beating several to the ground. Associated Press reporters saw multiple injuries, and ambulances and police cars filled the neighborhood.
The protesters, many wearing white teachers' robes, came from around Morocco to seek salary raises and promotions and protest the limited opportunities for low-ranking teachers, who earn an average of $454 a month.
Read the Top 8
Sign up for the Top 8, a roundup of the day's top stories delivered directly to your inbox Monday through Friday.
Additional Reads
-
Double voting September 29, 2023 -
-
-
Judge tosses prosecutor’s cross-claim in Missouri abortion ban challenge September 29, 2023