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November 2, 2016

Morocco: 11 Arrested over Fish Seller Mouhcine Fikri's Death
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In Morocco, 11 people have been arrested in connection with the death of
fish seller Mouhcine Fikri, who was crushed to death in the compactor of
a garbage truck while he was trying to retrieve fish confiscated by
police. His death has sparked massive protests across Morocco. People
are drawing parallels to Tunisian fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi in 2010,
whose death sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. Moroccan authorities have
ruled Fikri's death a homicide and charged the 11 arrested people with
involuntary manslaughter and forgery of public documents. Click here to
see our full interview with Moroccan-Dutch professor Miriyam Aouragh.


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