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| Moroccan Leftist Dies after Two-Month Hunger Strike |
| 2014-08-15 |
| [An Nahar] A leftwing student in jail in Fes in central Morocco has died after more than two months on hunger strike, a local NGO said on Thursday. Mustapha Meziani, 31, died on Wednesday night in a Fes hospital after refusing food for 72 days, Youssef Raissouni, a leader of the independent Moroccan Association of Human Rights, told Agence La Belle France Presse. The student had been placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... during an inquiry into festivities between Marxist and Islamist students at a university campus in the town in April that left one Islamist dead. Meziani, accused of taking part in "premeditated murder", was admitted to hospital on July 19 and his health worsened on August 4 when he was "placed on life support", according to prisons authority DGAPR. "The prison's management did everything possible to convince him to stop his hunger strike," the DGAPR said, adding that he had been given permission to carry on his university studies while in prison. Meziani's family said the body had been taken to Casablanca for his appointment with Doctor Quincy. Swords and knives were used in the April 24 confrontation on the campus at Dhar El-Mehraz, the last stronghold of the radical left in Morocco. Islamist student Abderrahim Hasnaoui, 21, died in the festivities. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 :) My Dell 286 had the Mama Cass virus, the mayo leaking from the 10 Meg Winchester was the tell. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-08-15 20:24 |
| #6 If Meziani would have taken that ham sandwich from Mama Cass, they'd both be alive. |
| Posted by: GORT 2014-08-15 14:29 |
| #5 Still un undergrad... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2014-08-15 14:04 |
| #4 31 yr old leftwing student? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-08-15 11:04 |
| #3 Shoulda tried bacon on the griddle. Works every time. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-08-15 08:54 |
| #2 "The prison's management did everything possible to convince him to stop his hunger strike," "Sandwich?" "Nah, I'm good." "OK" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-08-15 02:29 |
| #1 I'm gonna miss him. I'll bet nobody else goes on a hunger strike for a while. |
| Posted by: gorb 2014-08-15 00:12 |